I have received phone calls from this number 3 times today. I finally answered tonight and they asked for David. I said there was no David and abruptly hung up. I then looked the number up on this site. I called the number back and the number was also listed as disconnected.
Same scam artists who call from 770-293-0151. At first they call looking for someone by the name of John, and when they don't find that person, they offer the same sweepstakes for your Visa / Mastercard as the number above. Researching the above number you will find more details on the scam that they try to push onto you.
(I have reported this post on the 716-392-7132 thread, as well)
REPORT THESE DPS in UTAH CALLS TO YOUR LOCAL POLICE and your PHONE COMPANY! PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE! Since I only got this cell number recently, I have only given it to certain people. I ditched my land line, though, so when I have ordered things from the Internet, this is the number I give.
Yesterday, I received a call at 10:18am from (716) 392-7132 (KEEP reading...this pertains to the (267)392-7132 number). When I answered it, the man asked for me by name, and I said "yes?". He said he was calling from DPS in UTAH, and that my name was selected to be in the running for $25,000 cash or a new Ford Mustang. He was speaking fast. He then asked if I still had my Visa and MasterCards, which I STUPIDLY replied "yes", then he continued to say that all I had to do was to answer a few survey questions. He continued with "Are you single, married, divorced" and then the line went dead.
I had the worst feeling about this, because:
1. He called me by name
2. He had a number that few people had, and the only other ones that had it were business on line that I had placed orders with
3. He asked about Visa and MasterCard
I immediately called the number back to see who would answer, and got the "Number is out of service, disconnected, etc..." message. They just called me and the following second it was disconnected??? Definitely something stinks here!
I then called Verizon (my provider) to report that I received a call like this and it definitely sounded fraudulent. While she checked the number that called me, I got on the Internet to check 411.com, which told me the number was also a Verizon wireless number from Buffalo, NY. The Verizon rep couldn't tell me anything about it except it was not in service. She advised me to report it to my local police dept.
After that, I got on the phone with my credit card companies, canceled those cards and ordered new ones, telling each of them the situation. It's obvious to me that these people have my information, and this is their way of confirming things.
TODAY, I received ANOTHER call at 9:45 am (NOTE: around the same time as yesterday's call), and when I answered it, the voice was different but the message started out the same- "May I speak to XXXXX?" I'm calling from DPS in UTAH.." and I interrupted him to say, "Oh, I have reported you guys to my local Police Dept", to which he replied, "Really, why?" and then the line went dead. Again, I called it back immediately and again, the number is disconnected, from Broadwing Communications in Philadelphia. I tried to call Broadwing, and could not reach them.
I have received phone calls from this number 3 times today. I finally answered tonight and they asked for David. I said there was no David and abruptly hung up. I then looked the number up on this site. I called the number back and the number was also listed as disconnected.
BOTH the 267-819-9601 and 716-392-7132 numbers have called at the exact same time yesterday and today. When we called them back, they were both disconnected. We have not answered it so we do not know if we would receive the same "You have won" scam, but I am sure it is the same and somehow they are able to mask the number they are calling from to show up on OUR phones as these other numbers. REPORT these calls and get this info out to the public!