Got a call from them today 3/1/2011 @ 2:15 pm. I don't answer calls from numbers I don't know. It said it was New York w/ the number. My answering machine came on and some lady just kept saying "Hello..hello..." and finally hung up. For me to answer next time they need to leave a message. It's so frustrating because they all seem to call when my daughter is sleeping...guess I need to start unplugging my phone at that time.
Mother got a call from this number looking for my father. When my mom asked who it was the African American caller began to curse at her demanding to speak to my father. My mother kept her cool and kept asking why they wanted my father. The caller stated it was a police matter concerning their son and continued to curse when my mother would not produce my father on the phone. My mother told him to listen to how he was talking to her if he was a cop. The man responded with more foul language and hung up. When she tried to call back to confirm his position the call could not be completed. Just after she received another call from “out of area” which sounded like a telemarketer or bill collector to which she simply hung up. This call really shook her due to the individual offensive language and stating it was a police matter concerning their son. Someone should really look into these call tactics.
This is the second call I got from these people today... the first number was from Jamaica 876-307-9246. They asked me if I was home right now (which freaked me out since I am a single mother), and when I said "yes", the guy said that there would be somebody coming to my house today to drop off a check for me because I won the mega-millions or something like that. I politely asked the guy to not bother, I know this is not legit, and to please not call my phone again, then I said "goodbye, have a nice day" and hung up. One minute later he calls me from this New York number and I said "hey, you *just* called me", and he hung up on me.
You're all probably wondering why I was so polite to him. The fact of the matter is that these particular scammers scare the crap out of me. They are ran by different GANGS in Jamaica. Gangs that kill each other because they bought the same phone number list as the rival gang. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I really don't need some machete-wielding Jamaican gangster showing up at my house.
for the past week I have been recieving these calls from this number. They never leave msgs,in fact when I redial the number is always busy. Where I live NYC is 3 hrs ahead. I called today and they answered and just hung up on me. Thanks to this post I know now that it is a scam. Thank you guys for your all your post. Now I know not to answer to this number
I have received two calls from this number. One this afternoon and the other yesterday. Both have been hang up calls. I tried calling back to find out where the call was coming from but no one ever answered the line and all of a sudden it just stopped ringing. Glad I saw these posts. I now know that if someone does end up talking next time they call I'll know this is all spam.