Eceived a call on my cell from "Kevin Dsouza" at 714-384-9647 with an Indian accent. He said I owed $783 dollars for a $200 loan I supposedly took out Nov 20,2 006 over the Internet. When I explained that I hadn't taken any such loan, he shared my bank account number, my brothers name, my place of employment & the last 4 digits of my SSN.
He said my job & my credit were in jeopardy as they would send me to the "credential department" & legal action would begin.
I tried to explain I could show proof via my bank statements that I had never received any loan, & he said it wouldn't do me any good. But, I could make all of this go away if I paid at least half of the $783 with a debit or credit card. I told him I wanted to do some research before turning my bank card number over to him. He said he would begin legal action & hung up. A few minutes later, he called back & asked "if it was fine that he turned me over to their legal department", another last attempt to get me to share my bank number. I almost did since I couldn't believe he had so much of my personal information.
After looking up this "bank" on in the Internet and finding them noted on this website, and calling 411 to see if there was any such listing in Irvine, CA (there wasn't) I'm relieved I didn't share any more details than he already has. I will be notifying my bank as I need to change my account numbers.
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