Attempted Scam
Jun. 16th, 2021 11:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ndrosenI got a scam call Tuesday morning, telling me someone was coming to my house to give me a check for two million dollars. The caller commented that I didn’t sound very happy; that was because I didn’t expect to get the money. I played along, so long as it didn’t cost me anything, but told him that if he tried to extract my Social Security number or something, I would hang up. The caller gave me a code in letters and numbers, which I would supposedly need to cash the check; I wrote it down, and made sure sure I had all the letters right.
Then he told me I would need to buy a $200 “claimer’s card” at Walmart, so I told him it was a scam, and hung up.
He called again — at least, I presume it was he — and when he heard my answering machine, he hung up. Then he called yet again, and this time left a message on the machine, with a number to call. I didn’t call back, but I did provide the phone number and a description of the attempted fraud to the Federal Trade Commission: https://Reportfraud.ftc.gov.
Then he told me I would need to buy a $200 “claimer’s card” at Walmart, so I told him it was a scam, and hung up.
He called again — at least, I presume it was he — and when he heard my answering machine, he hung up. Then he called yet again, and this time left a message on the machine, with a number to call. I didn’t call back, but I did provide the phone number and a description of the attempted fraud to the Federal Trade Commission: https://Reportfraud.ftc.gov.
