Two calls today from this number. Caller id says Washington DC... Let the answering machine pick up. They say the IRS has a law suit against me. Scam...
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 !!! ).
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 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....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
I got the same call. I called them back and cussed out the Indian or whoever he was. My sister-in-law recently received the same call saying they are the IRS and they are suing her.
My daughter who is a single mother and going to school has been hounded by these people for 2 weeks.
She received a calls from a man impersonating a Government Grant Counselor, advising me that she had been awardered a $9,000.00 Grant because of her recent school registration and income status.They asked her to call "Darla McCarcer" with her grant confirmation number then bring $290 in cash to the nearest western union for filing and processing fees
Fortunately she has the good sense to know that grant money does not have fees applied to it. These people are real low lifes. Keep passing on the information to anyone you know that might not be as savy on things as others. They will find those that are less informed and they will be victimized.