Warning: Bank Scam
 

Just a heads-up to hopefully prevent someone from falling victim to a phone phishing scam.

Early this morning we got a phone call from someone claiming to be a representative of the bank where I have a joint account with my father. Rachel answered the phone as I was busy at the time. The caller asked to speak to my father by name, and Rachel asked him what the call was in regards to. The caller was evasive and wouldn't give her a straight answer.

Rachel asked if they could talk to me instead as I am joint account-holder. The caller said dad was the only person he had listed on the account and again insisted to speak with dad. (Those who know the situation with my father know why we weren't about to put him on the phone).

After several failed attempts at getting the caller to state what they were calling about, Rachel hung up on them.

I called out local bank branch and informed them of what happened, and gave them the # where the call originated from. They informed me that several customers had called them to inform them of receiving similar calls from the same phone #, and the bank confirmed the call was not from anyone authorized as a representative of the bank. Had dad been allowed to take that call, God knows what could've happened.

If anyone else gets a call from (three zero four)-four six one-one one seven one, do <span style="font-weight: bold">NOT</span> give them any information and let your bank know about the call.

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304-461-1171 There, now all the programs that pick up phone numbers on line will pick this one up and give them a dose of their own medicine. I get more scam/solicitation calls per week then I do business calls. What a waste of my time!

Re: Warning: Bank Scam
 

I did a Google search on the number and found this.
James


304-461-1171


Central Office: BECKLEY, WV - NTELOS NETWORK INC.-VA

Re: Warning: Bank Scam
 

Another thing to watch is the telephone/money scams against the elderly.. These dirtbags, usually from out of the country, target and telephone elderly folks here in the states and will first talk to them for a long while on the phone to gain their trust. Then they hit them with the old lottery winner scam story or tell them some BS story about their grandchild being in jail and need to wire, Western Union, money to them ASAP for bail...

I like the lottery one the best.. These morons tell the victims that they won a certain amount of money, say like 4 grand. Then they tell the victim that they will be receiving a check, which is bad, in the mail shortly for 6 grand and all they need to do is wire back 500 bucks for the &quot;lottery fees&quot; and keep the remainder of the money.. Or they just tell the victims to immediately wire them money to cover these &quot;alleged fees&quot; and they will be receiving their big sweepstakes soon..

They will also use intimidation and threaten the victims by telling them they will come to their house and inflict violence if they do not cooperate which is usually all BS!! It is really a terrible thing and a real problem...

Just an FYI for those of you with elderly parents.. I would keep a close eye on their bank accounts.. Usually they will never divulge what is happening or has happened due to intimidation or humiliation after they find they have been scammed...

Rich

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SS427</div><div class="ubbcode-body">304-461-1171 There, now all the programs that pick up phone numbers on line will pick this one up and give them a dose of their own medicine. I get more scam/solicitation calls per week then I do business calls. What a waste of my time! </div></div>

I also looked into this..pretty sure it's Cumby's cell phone [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Nope, not mine. My cell # is 3.

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Dan

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My mother-in-law, who is 85 years old, sent a pretty decent sized check to help &quot;The poor hare-lipped children&quot;. She was then bombarded with requests for money to help every kid in Africa. She sent thousands of dollars before the wife found out. The scammers ply on thier feelings, making them feel guilty if they don't help everyone. I'm sure there are some real charities out there, but you have to be very selective as to who you help.