They called us saying they were my dad's uncle and aunt and saying they were in a car crash. They asked for money (speaking in spanish). It sounded suspicious so we called the daughter of our dad's uncle and aunt and they said they were in Mexico. So in the end we did not fall for the scam and we did actually get the names of the people who did it. His name is Jose Roberto Gutierrez Carranza. People beware of this person.Do not fall for there scams
And the next call will be something magically happening and they need money! This is a type of "grandparent scam" only insert the relative here instead..
See:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/fina ... scams_5608.html
Report is to:
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
http://www.fbi.gov/
http://www.nw3c.org/
and your local authorities.
I received 2 calls person claimed to be my nephew. Said he was my husbands sister's son from California but was visiting in Illinois. Problem was he told his name and gave my husband a different name. Not sure what caller wanted but don't give any information to this caller.
A young man called saying he is my nephew, speaking Spanish . Would not give me name made me give names of brothers and sisters. When I said one that lived in California, he said yes I am in Chicago. Gave phone to my husband, he then gave him a different name. So my husband hung up on him. Think he was wanting money.
Just got a call from 331-926-4015 saying he was my cousin visiting Texas and he got in to a accident
And he needed money asking me to wire him some more. I got suspicious and called my family in Puerto Rico and found out my cousin was not in Texas. After googling the number found this web site and saw it was a scam!! Glad I didn't wire any money! Then after about a hour this same guy calls back from 331-146-5965 telling me that he really needed my help! After I told him to find himself another sucker, he cursed me out in Spanish!! Be aware of this loser! Hope they catch this creep!
Got a call from this number...kept asking for my husband in Spanish. Gave phone to my husband and told him DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION...especially since I didn't recognize the number. They kept saying they were family and were trying to locate the elder person in the family..they also somehow new our last name. My husband kept asking who they were but after getting no information from us they hung up. Checked number online and found out this number is a scam.