I received a phone call on my home telephone from a man who sounded Indian like a Hindu. He told me his name was Fady Johnson. The name Johnson raised a red flag b/c of his heavy accent I found it hard to believe he would have such a common American last name (It felt like I should call myself Jane Doe). This man offered me a good to be true offer, anywhere from 5 to 50 thousand dollars. He said all he needed was bank id# which I had no idea what it was... He kept on insisting i give it to him and that he was not asking for my social or pin number just my personal bank id #.
I stated I did not know what it was but that if he really was from the government as he said he was why would he need to confirm it. I had already filled out my fafsa online and the governtment was well aware of my financial standing... He gave me some lame story. I asked to speak to someone else. He put me on hold w / no music (yet another red flag. Most businesses have hold music). The man who got on the phone also had a heavy Hindu accent (sorry if i am being poltically incorrect). He told me the that they were not the government but working for them to verify the people.
I said ok can I call you back and he said no that they were the only ones who called and I remembered I had been given a 1800 customer service number ANOTHER FLAG! Why would you give me a customer service number andthen tell me there is no way for me to call back. I told them to call me back in 5min. I called my bank and they told me that the only info needed to verify a banks location is a bank number and not to give out any personal number. I called the 800number he had given me and all i got was a busy signal. I decided to look at my caller ID and noticed they had not called me from a 1800 number but instead from a no name regular number FLAG. The number was 602-218-4230. I called it and a voicemail came out saying the id number blah blah wasnt there. I hung up and I got a phone call from another unknown but it gave me there number this time the number was 707-361-4287.
I picked up and it was Fandy he asked for the number and I gave him the back id which was only 3 digits. He got mad at me and said he needed my personal number I refused to give it to him and questioned where he was calling me from. He said it was from the 800 number he had given me I said no he hadnt b/c my caller id said otherwise and that the 800 number he gave did not exsist. He said he would call it and did but put me on hold... The story goes on. I basically told him to shove it where the sun don't shine and that he was a theif who was trying to steal poor peoples money and he wasted my time and that I would contact the police. I did a search online which brought me to this page and pratically all of the info matched what I had... I hope this helps and if you need more info contact me!
Melissa
west new york, New Jersey
U.S.A.
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