Caller ID said Google, Inc.when I said hello, I heard a man said to someone I'm using the phone and heard someone else hang up. The guy then asked for David, I laughed and said um no and they hung up. Surely it's a scam!
They called, showed google on id I answered, some Indian accent tried telling me they're calling from department of sth US and I won 7k and congratulated me :) I hung up of course :) But they knew my last name...
Got an automated message from this number on my Verizon cell yesterday. The call I got came from 650-214-4578 in Mountain View, CA, and warned me to call 843-637-2848. Said something about "... under federal investigation...Do not try to disregard this message...." Two weeks ago a woman from a number in Murrieta, CA called to see if I still wanted to keep a Google listing I had for a business I closed in 2009. She had noticed it was not being actively used by me, and was warning me that it might be removed from the Google search engine. I had tried to delete the listing about 4 years ago, but couldn't. I said I'd be thrilled if she could delete the listing. I felt like this wasn't what she normally heard. She asked for my name and seemed to check it against something. She said it might take a few days for the listing to be deleted. I just checked, and it's still there. I wondered if the scammer trolls Google listings to gather phone numbers to call.
The IRS will NEVER call anyone. IF they need to get in touch with you they send a letter in the mail. Same number just called me. The man on the other end said his name was David Brown and he was calling about my computer. I don't think any [***] has an American name. Caller ID showed this call as from Google Inc. What a f'king scam.