Received 2 calls from this number in less than an hour. First time it was a woman asking for John. I told her there was no one by that name at this number and to please stop calling me. 2nd time a man called asking for the same person. I asked to speak to his supervisor and he hung up.
202 " AREA CODE FRAUD SCAMS".........have been going on forever !!!
( already addressed here and in the forums a million times already.......everyone should know by now !!! ).
NOTE / NEW !!!! SIMILAR AND IDENTICAL CALLS NOW " ORIGINATING" FROM THE "209" AREA CODE.......same crap / fake calls / fraud attempts , just a new area code............
202 area code fraud scams !!!!!
PLEASE NOTE !!! THESE SCAMMERS ARE ALSO IMPERSONATING THE US GOV'T / SEVERAL GOV'T OFFICES AND PERSONS....BEWARE !!!
- they are also impersonating DEA officials / IRS / FAKE LAW FIRMS etc.... with threats to arrest you unless you immediately send money via wire transfer / western union to some offshore country !!!!! obvious scam !!!
some are landlines...many are cell phones...some are spoofed and linked to offshore foreign call centers / countries !!!!
we've traced back most of these numbers to offshore foreign call centers mostly in INDIA / THAILAND / AFRICA / JAMAICA ETC....
here's a few other numbers posted from the same area code offering a wide variety of scams / fake emails and scams after posting something on craigslist ( old scam ) ...... collecting for non existant " payday loans "....free money / scam giveaways / calling on behalf of a humane society..... $1,000's in free gov't money......... etc etc.....stories change out all the time......and the usual nonsense!!!
** mysteriously call to claim they have several thousand of dollars to send you / give ....just provide your bank account and credit card right away etc etc.........scam scam
several of these are the usual long ongoing scams such as : you have won a free walmart / bestbuy gift card....or you have won a free ipad etc......all long ongoing scams............
You people are not alone! I started getting these calls from these same foreign people a while back with out of state phone numbers. My phone numbers are on the national DO NOT CALL LIST, but its a joke because it doesn't work! First of all they keep asking for a guys name that I believe had my phone number years ago. I told them they have the wrong number, don't call any more, take my number off the list....NOT!!! Same foreign people call back under a different phone number, different state, asking for the same person. I finally started telling them that the person is dead, they still keep calling. I then tell them to go F%*K themselves, yet they still call with a different number. I contacted Verizon, and they said sure it sounds like a phishing scam, and that I can block there numbers, all the numbers I wanted. HA! they went as far as calling me with the number 1111111111? It does matter when it comes to ignoring the calls because some of the out of state numbers that I get are not always them calling. I would never give them my information, and they have never got so far to ask for any, but I would like to find a way to make this stop. ITS JUST ANNOYING!
I continually get calls from this number as well as several others regarding a payday loan, or sometimes they dont speak at all and hang up. If you are able to answer, do so and speak some sort of gibberish, maybe theyll eventually give up. Super annoying.
Confirmed this is a scam operation. I asked them the name of their company and they called it "A1 Cash Advance". I asked where they are located and they said Washington, DC. They responded with the verbal equivalent of a blank stare when I asked them about their Washington Redskins team. Dumb criminals.