I also got a call from this number just now. The guy sounded like he was from Africa. He asked for me and I told him there was no one there by that name. I've been getting calls from all over the U.S. (Nevada, Washington, New York) and they all have African accents, ask for me, start babbling about loans and prizes. Who knows what they want.
I received 2 calls both calls, said, you have been approved for a $7500 Grant
I only need to pay a $275.00 security firsr .this is such a scam. But next never never NEVER
PAY MONEY TO GET MONEY . have ahyonE r that wants to send you monety Just send it/
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ake phone number....as usual !!!.....most cases scammers using google voice / skype etc...... ( voip )
NUMBERS ARE ALWAYS FAKED / SPOOFED...............THESE ARE FRAUD SCAMMERS !!!!
( sorry for the long list....but people have to know ! )
NOTE : similar calls now coming in from the " 209" area code !!! ( same crap )
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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............
Just got off the phone with these guys. Basically to make a long story short I knew it was a scam so I decided to play along without giving any information. I made the man so angry when I foiled his plan that he called me a terrorist and admitted they were in Afghanistan .
Got the latest of 3 calls from this number, identifying himself as "Logan" from the US Department of Education, Student Loan Department. When I said I was looking the number up against scam lists, his response was "F* YOU!" before he hung up.