Some lady with a foreign accent called our office asking to speak with the manager. I asked if this was regarding a job that we were doing and she said yes. I asked for the job address and she said our address. I asked if it was commercial or residential and she said commercial. I asked what company she was calling from and I couldn't understand her... "something" Financial. She kept asking to speak to the manager. I kept pestering her for job details. She sighed and asked again for the manager. I asked what she needed from the manager and she wouldn't tell me. I hung up. Waste of time!
Her: "Is a manger available?"
Me: "Speaking."
Her: "Your company has been selected in a drawing for a free $25 for any Irvine Restaurant Companies. I have a few questions for you: "Are you working full time or part time?"
Me: "part."
Her: "Are you between the ages of 18-25, 26-35, etc."
Me: "25-35"
Her: "Which number is greater, 44 or 45"
Me: "45."
ANYWAYS, I gave her my real name and eventually hung up.
Ring, ring ...
Caller ID says 385-249-1264
"Federal Financial Scam"
(They call every day)
Out of boredom I click 'answer'
Female rob voice says "You have been kicked from this conference" and ... hangs up on me.
Yeah, that's the way to get my business.
I just received a second call from this number, the other one was in March. THEN - a few hours later, another call from IMS, who is Interactive Marketing Solutions, aka Federal Finance and I'm sure dozens of other names they try to fraud with.
These numbers have called showing IMS on the Caller ID:
385-229-3335
385-249-1264 X 2
385-249-1870
385-249-1873
Federal Finance has called us from these numbers:
385-229-3204 x 4
385-229-3209 x 4
385-229-3221
385-229-3222
385-229-3224
701-204-7330 (also received a call from this number with Cash Funding showing on Caller ID
702-299-6029 (Caller ID showed THCSAFTHR and there are MANY reports on 800notes with that name, many also report this number with Caller ID showing V22118565500237)
Believed to be from the same scammer:
305-602-0661 - Cash Funding
314-666-8256 - US Direct Funding
314-666-8338 - Cash Funding
314-666-8495 - Business help service
856-295-6960 – Business help (also called from 314-666-8495)
THESE NUMBERS MAY ALSO be related; I've received no calls from these numbers but found them on 800notes to be Federal Finance:
314-666-8364
412-430-5636
417-800-2684