Educational post:
You may have been exposed to scam #8, as described here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.
My parents were called this morning and told their grandson was in jail in California after attending a wedding and needed money for bail after police pulled a car over which he was a passenger in. Police officer pretended to put my son on the phone requested money be wired to him for bail. Requested that money be wired from a Jewel food store. I called the number and a pretend police officer answered the phone! SCAM SCAM SCAM
Educational post:
You may have been exposed to scam #8, as described here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts_rev.html
Remember to return here, to 800notes.com, after you look at any of the information at that site, either to post more information, or to let us know you avoided the scam, or to read any further information about that number that others may post.
Did further investigation...phone number was originally issued to Telus Communication in Canada and later sold to another carrier. The area code is a Montreal, Canada number which was confirmed by a call I made to Telus Communications. Through facebook postings, we bombarded this number with prank phone calls all day long! Hopefully, it slowed down the scammers who are targeting the elderly. Two police departments have been notified as well as the Illinois Attorney General's office.