When I got to my office this morning I noticed I had a voicemail on my phone, so I put in my pass code to retrieve the message. On the other end was this foreign guy who barely spoke english telling me that I needed to contact him with my attorneys information or else he was going to enjoy watching the events as they unfolded on me and proceeded to leave a contact number for me to return the call. I had a friend at work google the phone number before calling it back and about 50 scam alerts popped up. The number is (818) 338-5069. When I returned to my office, my phone was ringing, when I answered it was the guy demanding my attorneys information and my social security number, when I refused to give him either, he threatened to sue me, and read my social security number to me and asked me if that was right, I told him it might be and it might not be, then claiming I owed money to an internet payday loan company that I have never heard of before. He had my full name, email address, social security number, and an old bank account number, to which he claimed is where the alleged charge was from. I asked him the date of the transaction, he said 09, but that account has been closed since 2006. I asked for his name and address,
Jim Brown
1432 Hoffman Ln
Cambodia 95008
Then I asked for his company's name
Lawfirm of Crime Monitoring Center
He gave me some made up case number B-290 (if any of you have ever been to court for anything more than a ticket you know that case numbers are longer than that). And through our entire conversation he never told an amount that I supposedly owed or gave me an account number for my alleged account with this company. After ending the phone call I immediately called and cancelled both of my credit cards and put a hold on my account at the credit union. It will take 7-14 days to receive my new cards and for the next few days my bank account is inaccessible. These things were merely precautions. I then filed a police report with the Metro Police Department. After giving the officer all the information I had on the guy including the address, she said the zip code he gave me was a California zip code. I googled the address and the company name as well as the name he gave me and nothing came up for any of it except for another scam alert when I googled the company name. I just wanted to warn everyone about this because after sharing this with a freind of mine, they said the thing happened to them about a month ago. So I hope you pass this on to your friends, and no one falls for this scam.
Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Davissa1983
Lebanon, Tennessee
U.S.A.
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