"john" with a heavy heavy heavy accent from "salt lake city, utah" representing "I D Watch" started a brief conversation with me...asking if i was fifty years old or older. I aked who he was, where he was calling from, and what was a telephone number that i could verify his statements....he hung up on me. Obviously a scam on older people. These people are criminals!!!! Please stop them.
It appears that this is one particular gang working under a variety of names. Among them:
ID Crime Watch
ID Protect
ID Watch
Protect Senior ID
Secure ID
Secure ID Service
Senior Crime Watch
These are/were web sites associated with this gang:
http://www.idcrimewatch.com - ID Crime Watch (site no longer on line)
http://www.kmrmedical.com - KMR Medical (clone of idcrimewatch.com site - no longer on line)
http://www.protectseniorid.com - Protect Senior ID or Senior Crime Watch (clone of idcrimewatch.com site)
http://www.secureidservice.com - Secure ID Service (clone of idcrimewatch.com site)
http://www.uslifecare.com - US Lifecare
http://www.westernmedicalgroup.com - Western Medical Group
Other possible sites:
http://www.seniorfirstmedical.com - Senior First Medical
http://www.actionmedicalgroup.com - Action Medical Group (Clone of seniorfirstmedical.com web site)
All 8 sites are hosted at 192.41.94.149 and all have domain registrations through GoDaddy using the Domains by Proxy service to conceal the name and address of the domain owner(s). Most show a street address of 831 East 340 South, American Fork, UT 84003 with differing "suite" numbers (130, 150 and 200).
They call from many phone numbers, which are probably spoofed in order to conceal their identity and location and to deliberately deceive call recipients into thinking it's a local call (local area code), so they're likely violating the Truth in Caller ID law as well.
BEWARE OF PHISHING.
(see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing)
This is a classic example of an attempt to obtain my personal information.
I answered a call which my phone displayed as "SECURE ID." The male speaker, who had an accent from the GMT+5.5 timezone, said he was selling
*Identity Theft* protection
and if I was over age 50. I said I was, and he said I could therefore receive free service for a year. I said I already use a product by that name (true) and asked what company he represented. Without saying,
I said I would read the material there and asked for a toll-free number so I could return a call. He said "please hold" then about 20 seconds later gave me a toll-free number. I said that's not the number on the web site (the site provided one toll-free number to discuss benefits for back and knee pain!) He then gave me two more numbers, neither of which matched that on the web site.
He then said he could provide a brochure, and this time
*He asked for my email address*.
After I asked for some clarification about the web site, he said he could send me a brochure, and then
*He asked for my mailing address*.
I said I wasn't interested in this "service," he thanked me for my interest and hoped to hear from me, and I ended the call.
He was very polite with me. I'm sure he was probably being monitored for his effectiveness.
Refer to the following Better Business Bureau info I located by the postal address listed on the web site:
http://www.bbb.org/utah/business-reviews/medi ... ork-ut-22314342
Notice anything common in the above items between *asterisks*?
Just got a call from this number. I answered, as well like the others. The man was selling ID protection. I let him know I have Life Lock and several other protections. So no thank you. He went on anyways also wanting my email address. I said, auh....I don't think so buddy. Not giving you my info, but your selling ID protection....LOL. He did know my first name when he did call. So I just said," Have a nice day, bye bye."