Over a year ago I started receiving phone calls on my cell from a guy who is OBVIOUSLY foreign (he can barely speak English). This guy was calling a friend of mine, then began calling my parents as well. The phone calls stopped for about 6 months; now, here we go again! But this time, I am not only receiving the calls from this guy, but a woman too! There are several reasons I think these phone calls are not legit:
1) The callers barely speak English, yet they say their names are Mary, John, Frank, Jenny, etc.
2) Although the callers use different names, they sound like the same person to me
3) When the calls began, the guy was stating my SSN on my voice mail. Hewas saying something to the effect of, "... We have your your SSN as: xxx-xx-xxxx. We need you to confirm."
4) HE says he is calling from "the back office of USA Finance", SHE says she is calling from a law firm, yet it sounds as if theyare calling from the middle of Time's Square or, on several occasions, Ican hear their car door dinging in the background.
5) My friend whom they were contacting actually called them back to see what it was all about. He also thought this was some type of scam. He told the guy, "I'm sorry, but if you want any information from me you are going to have to have someone who speaks English call me back. I can't understand a thing you are saying to me." The guy became irritated, hung-up on him & never called him back.
6) These calls are constant! They will call 3-5 times back-to-back and the calls range anywhere from 8am - midnight.
7) Their phone number is inconsistent. It will be 1 # the first 2 times they call, then change. Sometimes it's an unlisted/restricted #.
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