You got the same call?
They have already started calling me from a different number. They call 3-4 time a day. And they somehow have my personal information.
Just go to your telephone company web site and BLOCK the offending number, so it will not be able to come thru.
But that's nothing permanent, because those Caller ID spoofers use a number for one day or so, then start to use some other number. The numbers they use are abandoned numbers, not yet reassigned by the telephone companies.
From Wikipedia:
Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient's Caller ID display which is not that of the actual originating station. The term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered malicious by the speaker or writer. Just as e-mail spoofing can make it appear that a message came from any e-mail address the sender chooses, Caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to have come from any phone number the caller wishes. Because of the high trust people tend to have in the Caller ID system, spoofing can call the system's value into question.
It is amazing that such a crooked practice is allowed to go on!
Where are the feds when I need them????? I wrote to my US Rep...no response!
Bottom line: IGNORE IT and never give the other side ANY information. PERIOD!
You got the same call?
They have already started calling me from a different number. They call 3-4 time a day. And they somehow have my personal information.
I also received a call from this number and then when I told them I had reported them to the FBI, they cussed me out. They called me to inform me that I had criminal charges pending against me, they identified themselves as Federal Agents. In the guise of trying to help me avoid being sued, they were asking me for $250. They claimed I was part of a scam and that I had funds deposited into my account. I told them I had never had any funds deposited into my account. When I asked who this bogus company was, they said they could not provide details, they were just trying to help. I asked for their address and phone number to their main office and the guy just said he worked for a corporation then he hung up on me. They called me a few days later from a different number. I did report them to the Los Angeles FBI and they informed me it was a scam and not to talk to them.
Suggestion; a nice metal whistle by the phone. Next time it's them, just give them a blast. I would think it wouldn't take much of that to get your name off their ripoff list.