I get these calls about every 6 months or so. It's different numbers but they always have the same scam in one form or another. They have even gone so far as to call my place of employment and my mother. It is a SCAM. My State Attorney General's Office says they shut them down but then they just open up in a new place with a new number. When they call me the first time, I now just start laughing hysterically and tell them "Good Luck". If they chose to call back a 2nd time I get all serious and ask for as much info as I can get such as company name and address. Then I hang up. I report to the FTC and my State Attorney General. If it continues, I then start calling them back and use different voices while doing everything from crying hysterically, offering a Starbucks card because I have no credit cards since companies won't give someone with bad loans or check fraud credit, or giving them my attorneys name and number which is usually the number for either the local police department or FBI field office. after about 3 or 4 calls in a row of me harassing them, they leave me alone. If they absolutely won't give up I have an airhorn I blow into the phone when they call. That has always done the trick. Problem is I am on some list with enough of my personal information that these scammers just keep trying. Instead of letting it stress me out I have turned it into a game by trying to be as outrageous as I can.
Be aware...calls that are stating they are bill collectors, threaten to take legal action, and stating the you are involved with check fraud...are scams and phishing scams. They are making an attempt to collect additional information. The will mention scare tactics against you or the person they are inquiring about. They will have some basic information but not any detail. They will attempt to get that from you. DO not give them anything they ask for. Hang up and report them to BBB, FTC, and to the police. I was given this name, Anita Town, phone number 4046020192. Looking it up on the internet; it states that they are false calls. Report them to the BBB, FTC, and to the police.
Be aware...calls that are stating they are bill collectors, threaten to take legal action, and stating the you are involved with check fraud...are scams and phishing scams. They are making an attempt to collect additional information. The will mention scare tactics against you or the person they are inquiring about. They will have some basic information but not any detail. They will attempt to get that from you. DO not give them anything they ask for. Hang up and report them to BBB, FTC, and to the police. I was given this name, Anita Town, phone number 4046020192. Looking it up on the internet; it states that they are false calls. Report them to the BBB, FTC, and to the police.
I received a call from a Ms. Green stating that I was under some criminal investigation. When I called her back. ere was no business name on her voicemail. When I told her she.didn't have the right person she started going off and hung the phone. I did file a complaint. With FTC and when I called her back to get her address ans and name of her company she hung up. They have caller id she kept letting me go to voicemail. Then she would pick up and just hang the phone up...