I recieved a call from what I first thought was a tellemarketer. He spoke broken English (very hard to understand). He said I had been chosen by the U.S. Government for a grant of 12,500 dollars based on my tax history. He wanted my acount number to verify that my bank was federaly insured. I told him I was not going to give my account info over the phone to anyone. He then gave me his name, Christopher Jackson, and an athourization code, 0838. He also said that anyone I write a check to had my acount number and it wouldn't be possible to access my acount with just that info. I told him that I wasn't at home and My wife delt with the bills, and I did not know my account number off hand. He told me to call my wife and get the number and he would call back in 15 minutes. I hung up the phone and called my wife, she called our bank. The bank said it was definatly a scam and if we gave our acount number we could be ripped off. He did call back, but I missed the call.
I came close to getting ripped off and fortunatly have a wife that is not as easily scammed. Thinking back on our phone conversation I should have seen the signs. He gave me a common name that did not match his accent, he would not let me talk to his supervisor, and he was going way out of his way (arguing with me about me not wanting to give my acount info, calling me back 2 times, and basicly trying to convince me this wasn't a scam) just so he could give me 12,500 dollars.
I sure hope someone dose an indepth investigation and prosocutes these people before they ruin too many peoples lifes. I don't have a clue on how to poceed with this complaint.
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