I have received several in the last week. I have been on line looking for loans. The first call I received was from someone named Derik ( sounded like from India )and I was to call 949-945-9517 to get my loan. I called gave all my personal information and they said I should have the loan in my bank the next day. Then i received a call from a women ( who sounded like she was from India) stating that I was qualified for a free Grant that was for 9000.00 , all I had to do is call Alice Parker at 202-470-6035, I called with the confirmation number and spoke with Alice Parker ( sounded like from India ) gave her all my information and I would have to go to a western union with cash and send 163.00 ( when I'm there, then I was to call ), then she would tell me where to send the money. then I received a call by the name sam watson ( sounded India ) 916-287-3815, he said he was from legal customer affairs dept. That's when I got on the web site and looked up these number and found out they where all scam's. Now all my info is out there. I don't know what there doing with all my info and It's not the bank info i'm worried about, now just a few minutes ago I received another call from someone ( he wouldn't leave his name, sounded like from India ) stating he was from USA Finance and to call 409-497-8162 with a confirmation number. I don't know how to stop it. I guess i'll call the police and see if they can do anything. Just be careful giving any info to anyone.
I have received several in the last week. I have been on line looking for loans. The first call I received was from someone named Derik ( sounded like from India )and I was to call 949-945-9517 to get my loan. I called gave all my personal information and they said I should have the loan in my bank the next day. Then i received a call from a women ( who sounded like she was from India) stating that I was qualified for a free Grant that was for 9000.00 , all I had to do is call Alice Parker at 202-470-6035, I called with the confirmation number and spoke with Alice Parker ( sounded like from India ) gave her all my information and I would have to go to a western union with cash and send 163.00 ( when I'm there, then I was to call ), then she would tell me where to send the money. then I received a call by the name sam watson ( sounded India ) 916-287-3815, he said he was from legal customer affairs dept. That's when I got on the web site and looked up these number and found out they where all scam's. Now all my info is out there. I don't know what there doing with all my info and It's not the bank info i'm worried about, now just a few minutes ago I received another call from someone ( he wouldn't leave his name, sounded like from India ) stating he was from USA Finance and to call 409-497-8162 with a confirmation number. I don't know how to stop it. I guess i'll call the police and see if they can do anything. Just be careful giving any info to anyone.
I was fool enough to western union 350$ to aThomas James in Norcross GA. With a promise of a10,000$ personel loan of course my money is gone and nothing was deposited in my account
If you filled out an online loan application, you'll be getting these calls for years. Whenever your application results in "referrals" rather than offers, you've just been suckered by personal information brokers. 90% of the time, applying with a "referral" will get another list of "referrals". Eventually, a scam artist will buy your data from them and you hear from a real person. In another country using a VOIP service like Skype so a U.S. # shows on your caller I.D.
International crimes are tough/expensive to prosecute, so reporting them is kinda futile unless you've actually SENT money. If you fell for it.... They're counting on you to be too embarrassed to speak up.
The only practical way to stop the calls is to change your number, and notify your bank. (If they have any of that info)
To give perspective: I once had someone use a skimmer to copy and clone my credit card. When I contacted the police where it'd been used, I gave them the exact time, date, address, point of sale reference codes, clerk names, etc. Cops didn't do anything at all.