I just received a call at work (came through the switchboard) from someone I think he said his name was James; claiming he was from the Chicago Citibank branch. He said he was calling about a mastercard that that has a "refuses to pay" on the acct? He stated a last name that sounds very much like mine -polish and not common. He asked if that was me; he also had my first name. I said no and that I didn't have a mastercard acct and what concerned me was how peculiar all this was. He asked if I knew anyone in Lake Forest b/c they were giving out my "info"? After I read the number 847-741-7841 back to him on the caller id - the call was disconnected. I called the nubmer back and it's busy busy busy. Do not take this statement offensive, this is just to help out, but I know the voice was older / african american male and sound very proper but monotone.
I got the same call from GEC - same number, and they asked for the SAME AMOUNT - five hundred eighty something, and told me to call that number and told me I needed to send in my W2's. Im going to look into this a little more since w2's contain info you dont want going around. The guy at the "illinois dept of revenue didnt even give me his last name.
Ditto. Same amount, same number. Not exactly sure how to proceed. I've never lived in IL or had investments there. Pretty sure this is a scam. Calling ill dept of rev directly to check it out
I've been divorced for 10 years but these wonderful people are looking for my ex regarding a debt. They leave a number for me to call back but the person talks so quickly it would be an effort to figure it out and it's not worth the effort. After the fourth call, I blocked it.