>>> "YMAX COMMUNCATIONS CORP" which is based in Florida <<<
... is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company that sells magicJacks and provides all the magicJack phone numbers. of which this is one. MagicJacks can be plugged in anywhere in the world there is Internet service and call into the US showing the assigned number for their device.
Scammers can get YMAX numbers in many area codes, but 202 seems to be popular because it looks like they are calling from Washington, DC. Most people seem to associate such calls with the federal government even though a large number of private citizens live within the city limits.
MagicJacks work well for honest people who use them, but they also seem to work very well for scammers who want to hide behind a US number that is very hard or impossible to trace, and that can be used in places where the US cannot get a foreign government to cooperate in bringing the scammer to justice under US law.
This idiot with a strong Spanish accent (I had to speak to him in Spanish because he hardly knew any English) called me and said my electric bill was unpaid and they were going to cut off my service. Total scam, tell him to go f*** himself.
YUP!!! they are at it again... PEPCO SCAM!!! I like to call them back with a randomized app in the wee hours of the night... I have a new born so might as well prank these scums at that time. They get really pissed off, and I mean.... why would PEPCO be answering at that time? come on!!! lol