My grandparents received a call from this number as well. Same story as the one above. They said they had a grandchild in custody and put her on the phone. When my grandparents asked her name she said nothing. They called me to make sure I was okay. I called the number back and he said that he may have received a number from his colleague and that he was with a law firm. He stated that it may have been a mistaken identity and that they did not mean to call my grandparents. I told him to stop preying on elder adults and to make his own money. This is a terrible thing to do and I hope I can do something about it so no one loses any more money! Do not believe these scammers!
The guy who owns this phone number has been placing scam calls to elderly. He called my mother saying he was an attorney at Law using an old mans voice. Tried to have my mother wire him $1,000 dollars to get my sister out of jail for a DUI. Another number from Los Angelos CA, 213-286-9999 was a gal disguised as my sisters voice in distress with a cold claiming she didn't want her husband to know about her situation because she was too imbarrased, these calls are intermingled as they are most likely working as a team. Be on the look out for this scam. I suspect they are a couple of college stoolies who have nothing better to do with there time and trying to make a quick take, not realizing how serious this kind of thing is. Calls from these numbers continued twice by each, the second time the caller was doing a follow-up call asking how things went. Fortunately, I took the last call coming from 438-933-4808, so I got to give him a what for and told him not to call my number anymore.
The FTC warns about the family emergency scam here http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt111.pdf Report to the Internet Crime Complaint Center http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx , the Federal Communications Commission http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm , the Federal Trade Commission https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/ and your state AG http://www.naag.org/current-attorneys-general.php as appropriate.
Just got a call from this same number claiming my granddaughter was in courthouse jail in Monteal for DUI
She needed $945 in bail money wired to this phony attorney.
My granddughter is safe and sober in Massachusetts..
The same guy called our grandmother in in Florida about our sister, it was high drama as she was actually pretty close to where he said she was picked up. This guy is a total scam and is very upsetting.
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Same thing happened to my mother yesterday. The girl called crying saying she was in jail in Niagra Falls. Even knew my niece's name without my mother giving it to her. Wanted $900 for bail and for her not to call her mom because she wanted to tell her. This is so ridiculous. Who is to say that these people could cause someone some serious medical issues such as a heart attack when someone of the age of my mother could have very easily had. If you receive calls like this, please call your local Dept. of Aging who will then call the Attorney's General Office. Not sure if there is anything they can do but at least the word is out there.