SCAM ALERT!
The person who contacted me from this number identified himself as Steven Hynes of the NATIONAL FRAUD CENTER in Washington, D.C. He said they were investigating several companies known for their fraudulent activities and my name and info had come up under one of them. (ye-ess, they got me, I'm chagrined to say). Mr Hynes (while earning no financial benefit for himself) was eager to set me up with a company called CLIENT SERVICES MANAGEMENT(.com)(888-204-1811) who could, for a percentage of the recovered amount - 1/2 paid in advance - "mediate" with my credit card company to get the money I'd lost back. Of course, this sounded like great news, but the more I talked to him, the more he sounded just like the scammers he was purporting to thwart. And he had the marbles to actually tell me that fraud.org was the website I could refer to to check up on his story.
I reported all the information I'd collected to the National Consumers League who runs the REAL National Fraud 'INFORMATION' Center at fraud.org,, and they assured me that Mr. Hynes operation is indeed a scam.
Today, my phone showed an incoming call from this number. I did not answer it and very shortly I got another incoming call from 202-223-2023. I did not answer that one either, but I suspect it is from the same outfit.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED. With today's technology, routing phone calls through exchanges even half way around the world is not a big challenge. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., They are very smooth and convincing, especially if you are desperate for what they are offering. But if you listen closely, they do make mistakes! Don't fall for them.
SCAM ALERT!
The person who contacted me from this number identified himself as Steven Hynes of the NATIONAL FRAUD CENTER in Washington, D.C. He said they were investigating several companies known for their fraudulent activities and my name and info had come up under one of them. (ye-ess, they got me, I'm chagrined to say). Mr Hynes (while earning no financial benefit for himself) was eager to set me up with a company called CLIENT SERVICES MANAGEMENT(.com)(888-204-1811) who could, for a percentage of the recovered amount - 1/2 paid in advance - "mediate" with my credit card company to get the money I'd lost back. Of course, this sounded like great news, but the more I talked to him, the more he sounded just like the scammers he was purporting to thwart. And he had the marbles to actually tell me that fraud.org was the website I could refer to to check up on his story.
I reported all the information I'd collected to the National Consumers League who runs the REAL National Fraud 'INFORMATION' Center at fraud.org,, and they assured me that Mr. Hynes operation is indeed a scam.
Today, my phone showed an incoming call from this number. I did not answer it and very shortly I got another incoming call from 202-223-2023. I did not answer that one either, but I suspect it is from the same outfit.
DO NOT BE DECEIVED. With today's technology, routing phone calls through exchanges even half way around the world is not a big challenge. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., They are very smooth and convincing, especially if you are desperate for what they are offering. But if you listen closely, they do make mistakes! Don't fall for them.
My mother was scammed several months ago & was recently contacted by Mr. Hynes. She referred him to me and I called the # he had left, 888.238.3577. I just got done talking with him a short time ago & he said he had all the info from my mother's scam and said that while they were a non-profit group, they worked closely with "Client Services Management" and he was certain that they could help with the retrieval of funds. There would be a deposit for paperwork, of course, but "most" of the money they charged for fund recovery would not be collected until they actually recovered the funds. And if they couldn't recover the funds, her deposit would be returned. I tried to find both "National Fraud Center" & Client Services Management" online, with no luck (except for the fraud.org site, which didn't mention the "National Fraud Center".). While I was on the phone to AARP trying to check on this "National Fraud Center", I received a call, that I didn't answer at the time, from 202.350.4067. I looked up the #...Thank you, Kathy, for the post. Saved me a lot of time & energy.