A call, that looked like it came from 830-431-4180, called my son's cell number today. My son answered, as his caller ID showed that it was a call from our same 830 area code and it had the same prefix as his number (431). As it turns out, it was some foreign sounding guy wanting him to give out his credit card number, and the call was not really from the number listed on the caller ID. After the scammer hung up on my son, my son called the number back, and found that the call went to a young guy around his same age. The guy, at the number, said that many people were calling his number, and accusing him of calling them. He said he knew nothing about it. So....somehow, his number was being used, so that it made it look like the scam calls were coming from his cell phone. So....... beware if people call you from your own area code, etc, and appear to be some local company or bank. Yesterday, my husband and I received texts from another number 830-431-4876 and the text indicated that the call was from Security Service Federal Credit Union. After calling that bank directly at their REAL phone number that was listed online, he was told that they did not text us and that it all was a scam. Other people were contacting them saying they had received the same text. Scammers!!!!!
A call, that looked like it came from 830-431-4180, called my son's cell number today. My son answered, as his caller ID showed that it was a call from our same 830 area code and it had the same prefix as his number (431). As it turns out, it was some foreign sounding guy wanting him to give out his credit card number, and the call was not really from the number listed on the caller ID. After the scammer hung up on my son, my son called the number back, and found that the call went to a young guy around his same age. The guy, at the number, said that many people were calling his number, and accusing him of calling them. He said he knew nothing about it. So....somehow, his number was being used, so that it made it look like the scam calls were coming from his cell phone. So....... beware if people call you from your own area code, etc, and appear to be some local company or bank. Yesterday, my husband and I received texts from another number 830-431-4876 and the text indicated that the call was from Security Service Federal Credit Union. After calling that bank directly at their REAL phone number that was listed online, he was told that they did not text us and that it all was a scam. Other people were contacting them saying they had received the same text. Scammers!!!!!