I have been getting 052-312-293 call me..of course that is NOT a number so I never have answered it. They always leave a voicemail and no offence to others but sounds like someone who is from a different country with a mental problem! They ask for a name CLOSE to my husbands but not his name! I of course laugh at the message and never have returned the call. Well today his employer gave him a name and number Andy Thomas 315-628-1706 said he keeps calling for my husband. So I googled the number and that is where I found this VERY wonderful site! I also contacted our local attorney generals office and the lady said I was about the 500 person who has called about this in the past couple of weeks! She of course said as you all already know they are from India most of them and are trying to get you to pay a payday loan. I informed the lady me nor my husband has ever had one and she said she knows but that is what they will focus on. She said just to ignore the calls or get them blocked and to let the employer know its a scam!
I got a call from this number earlier, and worse they also called my employer, now I am in jeopardy of getting fired because it's not the first they have called.
I just spoke with the Ilinois Attorney General's Office. This company is located in India and they have stolen all of our personal and financial information. The are not calling from the US. They instructructed me to notify my bank, employer and anyone else involved in the situation and not to answer any of the calls from these people or to call them back. The other numbers associated with this company 469-567-9589 and 469-529-9129.
The same thing just happened to me....my job recruiter sent me an email saying that a "Lisa Thomas" from the Bureau of Credit Investigation called her wanting me to call them back...I called them back and yelled at them not to call again!!
These criminals have been calling me and my husband days and nights. They are driving me crazy to a point that I'll do anything to stop these harassment. I've found a post from this website in which the poster has some brilliant ideas to beat them in their own game. They use cheap indian monkeys to call us and we'll "ask" the general public in US to "stop" them. I wonder what will happen if I post a ads in Craiglist about giving away free big screen TV or video game with their return numbers (not the fake caller ID number!)
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I received multiple phone messages on my business phone from both a female and a male with identical scripts in very broken english with thick, almost unintelligble accents.
I wasn't born yesterday--and because these people are scam artists AND irritating me when I have real work to get done--I took a few moments out of my day to screw with them.
First, I called them back and asked them if they needed directions to the memorial service or the funeral showing. The male on the other end said "I do not understand what you saying" (very broken english, thick accent). I then asked, "Sir, what exactly was your relationship with the deceased? Because the memorial is open to everyone, but the viewing of the body is for family only." He started in with "you must relay a legal message to XXXXX XXXXXX" (my name X'd out for privacy purposes). I told him that would be very difficult, considering XXXXX XXXXXX passed away six days ago, and my job was just to direct people on how to get to the memorial service. He stuttered a bit, then said "sorry to bother you" and hung up.
Oh no, I wasn't done there. I am just WAAAY too creative not to get even with these idiots even more. I then went online and filled out every "have an agent contact me" scam I could find. I entered their name (John Jackson) and their phone number (661-532-8529) for free insurance quotes, free daily horoscopes by phone, free debt relief help, free home improvement memberships, etc. Hopefully that will cause THEIR phone to ring off the hook with telemarketing scum and scammers.
But wait, there's more. I couldn't just hope they would get lots of calls, I had to make sure of it. So I signed into Craig's List for one of the biggest cities (most populated) that I know of. I listed an ad stating that I was in search of a payday type of loan, and for anyone in that business to call me and help me through the process. Again, I listed his name & number.
Then I went into my "spam" folder in my email and found any email that said something to the effect of "you inherited large sums of money from Nigeria" (as an example) and responded to those emails with his name and phone number as well.
Yes, it all is a little bit evil of me, but because these guys arn't in the U.S., I really don't think that our law enforcement is going to be able to do anything about it other than stick it in a file. If I come up with any more creative ideas to get even, I will definitely come back and post again so that you all might have some of the same fun!
Good luck everybody and absolutely do not give these guys any of your personal information, much less your hard earned money.
Caller: JWC Law
Call Type: Prank Call
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