This number called me on my cell phone. The caller identified herself as a Patricia Thrope working with Kirkland and Ellis law firm in D.C. . She was claiming that I had won 250,000 dollars from being entered into a sweepstakes by shopping at walmart or target. All she I had to do now was call a Bank of America at 404-462-1319 to identify myself so they could release my said check.
Patricia did not ask for any other information other than if I was married, a senior citizen, and the name of the bank that I use. When I asked the address of her office location I was put on hold for about two minutes. I had already had the Kirkland and Elllis law firm website loaded and was testing to see what she had to say was accurate, indeed it was, she read it perfectly off of the website, I know this because I called the actual law firm and asked if there was anyone who worked for them with the name Patricia Thrope. They said no. I called her back to tell her that she was caught and to just quit bothering people, she replied I will tell the government that you thought this was a scam and you just wont get your 250,000 dollars.......RIGHT.
The number that she gave me to the "Bank of America" was traced to Sandy Springs, GA. I decided to call and see what they had to say. A man named Michael Anthony Smith answered the phone claiming to be working at a Bank of America branch. I asked him if the address of the branch was 6075 Roswell Rd., NE Atlanta GA 30328 the branch in the Sandy Springs area. He said yes sir it is. Ok cool, but how come your branch is closed today and you are there? ........CLICK...... we have ice on our roads and many businesses are closed this week, they are closed and it was posted on the Bank of America website.
some other information i was givin:
the check number i was supposed to call about: 0347927
Hi I Have the same phone call with the same phone and decided to Check out tonight and found out they said the same me me as they said to you the only difference is that they said I won a 1,75000 Dollars I am very happy to have found this information.
Thanks for posting Michael. My housemate take the message that some woman called. Since I didn't recognize the area code, I goggled the number 404-462-1319 and found your message. You saved me a lot of time.
I also received the same scam phone call from the same above mentioned "Patricia Thorp."
I called having the same info above, right after Patricia" called me back, and was told that she was not in today. She represents herself as an employee of Kirkland and Ellis as well.
outrageous. i called bank of america the fake one and I knew it was a scam when these two things happened.
1. they answered the phone on the first ring. I do Loan Modifications and Short Sales, Not ONE bank on the face of the earth NOT ONE answers on the first ring. I recording may pick up, but a human. NOPE
2. I asked to speak to a manager, by saying very specifically " is there a manager available I can speak to?" they say yes, of course may I ask who I am speaking with etc... after I give him my information I ask for the manager again. He said " I am the CEO of this department!" HAHAHA what country are you from? We don't have CEO of departments at banks in America, nevermind at Bank of AMERICA.