Received a call from this #. Gentleman on the phone said he was calling from the U.S. Treasury Dept. and I had been selected to receive a grant of $9,000 that I would never have to pay back. I hung up before I let him finish his spiel. This is obviously a scam.
Called my mobile at 11:10AM EST. Pre-recorded transcript roughly as follows: "Hi, this is Lisa from Green Survey Co. You have been selected to receive a FREE cruise to the Bahamas. That's right, an all-expenses paid cruise for 2 to the Bahamas, just for taking some time to answer some survey questions. Say 'yes' to continue to the survey."
I remained silent to see what would happen.
Lisa's pre-recorded voice came back and said "I'm sorry, I didn't hear you. Say 'yes' to begin the survey, or 'no' to be removed from our national survey call list."
I should have hung up, but I said "no", and probably just added my number to additional call lists.
Pre-recorded Lisa apologized for inconveniencing me and told me that I would be removed from future call lists. We shall see....
Called about 15 minutes ago (9:00 am or so) on my cell which is weird because we usually get the scam calls on our landline. Thank God I don't answer from #'s I don't know. I did call it back from our landline and the "number you are calling is no longer in service". Bunch of jerks!! I really wish something could be done about these scammers. We are on the Do Not Call list, that just blocks "legitimate" telemarketers. I feel really sorry for the people that aren't too bright and fall for these scams.
Called and stated he was from the NSP the national student loan program and I was chosen to receive debt forgiveness. Had a very heavy jamaican accent, I asked him to send me information and asked if he had the address and he said mmmhmmm instead of yes ma'am or another form of confirmation, was very nice but couldn't confirm how he got my information. Asked him to mail the information to me and I would call back and discuss it with someone at a later date. I believe the caller is a scam. BEWARE
This is a scam. I received a call with a CallerID of "Ticketmaster". When I answered, I heard a gentleman with a strong Indian (or similar) accent introduce himself as being from Windows Operating System Support and that my computer was sending out lots of error messages. I requested an identifiable piece of technical data - a MAC address or a computer name - and he started to read back my home address. I said "No, please provide me with a MAC address or computer name so that I know this is not a scam." He hung up.