robocall about saving on my energy bill, press the number to get transferred to an agent to hear more. she said it was the Energy Savings Center. got the 'good luck' finding me.
caller id was Ingling Elaine, called back, voice mail box was full.
does anyone know who these people are? I would love to pay them a personal visit.
Utilities still warning about Obama energy bill bailout scam
http://www.elp.com/index/display/article-disp ... ilout_scam.html
Dayton, Ohio, July 12, 2012 — At a time when the recent heat wave may increase next month’s electric bills, utility customers are being taken in by an identity theft scheme that is sweeping the country.
Dayton Power & Light has received calls from customers who have been contacted by individuals who claim President Obama is paying utility bills as part of a bailout plan. Targets of the scam are asked to register for the program and to provide personal and financial information.
But there is no such program. The scammers are simply seeking personal information as part of a nationwide identity theft fraud. Unfortunately, many victims received forwarded emails or text messages from friends and family.
The scam uses email, Twitter, phone calls and even door-to-door visits. Sometimes, utility customers are asked to provide the number on the back of their Social Security cards. It is a way to get Social Security numbers, bank account or routing numbers to use in identity theft.
The scammers assure targets that their utility bills will be paid if the information is provided and in some cases they provide a confirmation number. But victims soon learn that the bill was not paid. And now the identity theft scammers have personal and financial information to deduct funds from victims’ accounts.
I have been receiving hang up calls and the caller id is Elaine Ingling, 856-778-2145. Two calls showed up on my grandmother's caller id, then the next day at my new place of employment there was hang up from the same name and number on the caller id. I thought someone was tracking ME down for some reason. I did a few google searches, and there is an Elaine Ingling, approx. age 66, in Marlton, NJ and another address in Mount Laurel, New Jersey. I found this website after googling Elaine Ingling Debt collection. Still not certain what it is all about, but i have been calling back the number and getting Voice Mailbox Full recordings.
I just received an inbound robo call today on my mobile phone. (I answered the call). My Caller ID listed the originating number as 856-778-2145. I beleive that 856-778-XXXX is a Verizon wireline number according to this http://bit.ly/MaXPRX. When I test called that number back, it just dumps me into a generic voicemail greeting/mailbox that is full. Keep in mind that number MAY be a legitimate number belonging to an innocent person whose Caller ID presentation may be have been spoofed (maybe via VoIP technology, who knows)
In any case, the robo call indicating something to the fact that they were from the Energy Savings Center and I qualified for savings to my electric bill due to a new government program. I hung up the phone as it sounded like a scam. I did give my wireless and utility carriers fraud divisions a heads up just to let them know.