Well, just got a message on my v/mail. I knew to check it out. SCAM! Maybe this kid from Brooklyn should pay them a visit next time I'm in Staten Island. I always handle things this way.
Received a bogus call from this number this morning. Called for a person who was not me, but I had a hard time recognizing the name they mentioned on the message. Said that if I didn't disconnect the call by hanging up, it could be assumed that I was the person they were calling who owed money and that they were calling to collect a debt and would use legal means to do so. I am not the person they said they were calling for and I don't owe any money. It was a totally fraudulent call.
I too received a call here in Illinois looking for my daughter. I answered and they said it was regarding a financial matter with her. I told them I was her mother, what financial matter AND how did they get my number - she couldn't answer that! I told her it was a SCAM and I would contact MY STATE'S Attorney. She mumbled something and I SHOUTED IT IS A SCAM, YOU B____H! I hung up. Totally a SCAM!
Today, August 18th, I received an automated/pre recorded messages which is suspicious and a total scam. The recording stated if you are not this person do not listen to this message and if you are in 3 seconds we have a message for you!! Really - pre - recorded with your name dubbed in. If I receive another voice message they will be reported.