latest scams
Complaint
deborah evans
Country: United States
On 1/31/2011 at around 6pm, a man called me claiming his name was Officer Scott Mason calling from Gwinnett County regarding a Money Cash Advance. He then called me names, cussed and threatened to have me arrested the next day if I did not pay him $843.00 for a supposedly a $400 online loan he claims I applied for out online. He knew my social security number, address, full name, email address and last place of employment and said if I didn't pay him the company was going sue me and I would have to pay over $2000 in court charges. Then he had me write down his phone number to call him back which is (404) 981-6103 and said I had to fax him something in writing stating that I authorize the debit in the amount of $843 from a prepaid card or credit card towards my outstanding amount and I ensure the payment won't get declined and I won't dispute this payment along with the date the money will be sent, the card information, exp date, CVV#, billing address, my signature, and attached photo id and to fax to (650) 560-1721. I have since contacted my local police department and filed a report with BBBonline, the FBI, consumer reports online, social security dept., and posted a message to every scam site I could find on the internet.
And since I have received at least 2 emails from individuals stating that the same thing or similar has happened to them. See below:
“ Hi Deborah,
WhoScammedYou.com commented on their wall post.
WhoScammedYou.com wrote: "Debby, You should post your experiences on http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab87;WhoScammedYou.com to warn others when they Google this person. We have world wide exposure!"
Hi Deborah,
Janet Hill commented on WhoScammedYou.com's wall post.
Janet wrote: "Thanks for posting this, someone from this number just called me."
See the comment thread
Reply to this email to comment on this post.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team “
On 2/8/2011 same situation occurred:
Caller claims there is a lawsuit filed against my name and social security #, threatened to black list my social security and file court documents under my name and social security #. Said his name was Alex Scott, his phone number is 469-718-7315 but on my caller ID it shows 315-551-5643 Syracuse, New York. I immediately phoned the police for whom I previously filed a police report with and added to the report. Furthermore, I have contacted the FTC, and the IRS and filed reports.
On 2/11/2011:
I got a call from 800-252-2107, 760-666-2107, and 714-464-8744 and all of them are scams. I have since changed my phone numbers too.
On 2/14/2011:
Got a call from 757-255-8591 and 800-521-3236 both are scams and I have reported these too.
And since I have received at least 2 emails from individuals stating that the same thing or similar has happened to them. See below:
“ Hi Deborah,
WhoScammedYou.com commented on their wall post.
WhoScammedYou.com wrote: "Debby, You should post your experiences on http://www.facebook.com/l/8ab87;WhoScammedYou.com to warn others when they Google this person. We have world wide exposure!"
Hi Deborah,
Janet Hill commented on WhoScammedYou.com's wall post.
Janet wrote: "Thanks for posting this, someone from this number just called me."
See the comment thread
Reply to this email to comment on this post.
Thanks,
The Facebook Team “
On 2/8/2011 same situation occurred:
Caller claims there is a lawsuit filed against my name and social security #, threatened to black list my social security and file court documents under my name and social security #. Said his name was Alex Scott, his phone number is 469-718-7315 but on my caller ID it shows 315-551-5643 Syracuse, New York. I immediately phoned the police for whom I previously filed a police report with and added to the report. Furthermore, I have contacted the FTC, and the IRS and filed reports.
On 2/11/2011:
I got a call from 800-252-2107, 760-666-2107, and 714-464-8744 and all of them are scams. I have since changed my phone numbers too.
On 2/14/2011:
Got a call from 757-255-8591 and 800-521-3236 both are scams and I have reported these too.
Comments
Don't know what you can do. They're located overseas (obviously... does anyone believe people with thick accents like that are really named Robert Marshall, Jeff Morgan, Sgt. Silver, Michael Carter, etc.?) You can't go to their office and do anything to them. Can't call the cops to have people under those aliases arrested. Not sure what is right, but knowing that they're scramming you certainly helps. The threats are empty. No one calls to warn you of an arrest warrant. Your family members cannot be taken into custody. There is no debtor's jail in America. The calls are jarring at first but when you think about it, the threats are comical.