I received this same call. They want me to call them back and explained I would get $6700 because I am a US citizen that paid their taxes and bills on time. I tried to ask questions and the person on the other end just repeated the same information. He also spoke with a broken English accent that was difficult to understand. It is scary that he was able to tell me my name, address and personal information so I didn't have to give him any information other than rather I worked or not. They told me to go to the nearest Wal-Mart and fill some documents and bring $210.00 with me and call them from there when I told them that I have no money they told me that they can hold my file and the person to happen to have an Indian accent want to know when I have the money so they can verify. I just wonder if I can report this scam to the FBI.
• There ain't no such thing as a free lunch.
• If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.
• You have not won big bucks from a benign benefactor, a pot of pesos from PCH, dinero from a doctor, a car from a caller, or a grant from a gracious government ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄- ◄-
• The tooth fairy really does not exist
• Everything you read on the internet is not necessarily true.
• It is illegal to ask for money for a loan or prize, before awarding the loan or prize!
• "Free Trips" are loaded with mandatory & costly extras, and you usually must give them your card number after listening to a loooong spiel at a hotel.
• Microsoft or a different famous software company, or one of their agents did NOT cold call you to fix your computer.
• The moon is not made of green cheese.
• The IRS will snailmail you, rather than phone you, if there is a problem.
• Jackalope milk is not an aphrodisiac.
• If you Vanilla Card, MoneyGram or Western Union money to a scammer, the money is gone.
• You should beware of Geeks bearing gifts, specially if the gift is a wooden horse with termites, or a statement that your computer is infected.
• 876 is NOT your lucky number, and it will cost you money to call that area code!
• The number you see on your Caller ID may not be the number of the person who called you!
More information on those scams (and others) may be found at
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam.
It's a scam got the guy to start swearing at me. He got really mad after I called him sunshine and told him not to raise his voice. He threatened to put a lean against my house but has no authority to. He finally admitted he scams people then we talked about what we were doing for the rest of the night and told me how to cook pork.
If they call just tell them you know its a scam. Can we go to the cops on them?
Um...The tooth fair is not real??? Way to ruin my childhood memeories Slim.
I asked to speak to someone who spoke English. The person who I was transfered to did not speak English as their primary language. I am sure the government loves to give money away and that we have so much money in our country that we can afford to just give money away!