DEAF PERSON SCAM ALERT!

There is a scam going on that a supposed deaf person is requesting service from towing and storage facilities. They want you to tow and store vehicles and if you will give them your information they will forward payment to you. You give them the info and you know the rest of story. Bank acct gone. They called us this morning with a machine through an operator and I hung up on them. The girl that was handling the call returned a call stating she believed it to be a scam and stated they have they have fax capabilities as well. Do not know that your bank account would disappear but thought I would send a heads up as other companies have also been called. 

JURY DUTY SCAM ALERT!

Type: Jury Duty Phishing Scam

Method of Delivery: Phone call from an alleged court officer

Primary Region Effected: Reports from 11 states, including: Florida, New York, Minnesota, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon, California, Virginia, Oklahoma, Arizona, and New Hampshire; may spread nationally

Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (www.fbi.gov)

Scam Characteristics: A caller identifies him/herself as an officer of the court and notifies the victim that a warrant has been issued for their arrest for a failure to report for jury duty. If the victim protests they have never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks for a Social Security number and date of birth to verify the victim's identity and cancel the arrest warrant. This fraud is spreading quickly and has been reported in 11 states so far.

Recommended Precautions:

Be Suspicious
These vishing scams (a combination of the words "voice" and "phishing") are designed to get you to provide criminals with your personal and financial information. Most organizations will not ask you to provide your sensitive information during an unsolicited phone call, so any caller that does should immediately send up a red flag.

Never Provide Your Sensitive Information to Unsolicited Callers
Sensitive information includes your Social Security number, your credit card or debit card numbers, your birth date or birthplace, your vehicle registration plate number, and any other information you wish to keep private.

Contact the Court in Question
To determine the legitimacy of the call, contact the court in question at a number that can be found in the phone book, on a phone directory website, or by calling directory assistance.

Sensitive information includes your Social Security number, your credit card or debit card numbers, your birth date or birthplace, your vehicle registration plate number, and any other information you wish to keep private.

AIRPORT & STORAGE SCAM ALERT!

Type: Airport and Storage Scam

Method of Delivery: Email

Primary Region Effected: Reports from 48 states

Source: Email (Received myself)

Scam Characteristics: This is what you are likely to see in email:

From: Bob Smith [mailto:free_smith123@yahoo.com]

Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:37 AM

To: undisclosed recipients:

Subject: TOWING AND STORAGE FACILITIES REQUESTED !!!

Hello Owner/Manager,

   My name is Bob Smith i am contacting you as a towing company,I have up to

5 cars that is coming from Carlifornia to your nearest airport where my shipper Agent can shipped the cars to your nearest airport also i will like to know if you can help me tow the cars which I am sending in from carlifornia. As a towing company, I just need you to help me pick up those cars from the airport to your station and store them for 4days with minor faults hence cant be driven from the airport except they are towed.

Also i will like you to know i am ready to pay for the total cost including tax..for the sotrage and towing of the vehicle to your location...which i will be giving you my credit card to charge thru for that.

Also below are the informations for the vehicles..

CAR TYPE YEAR AND MODEL...Cadillac Escalade 2007

VIN NUMBERS..............1GYFK63847R174307

                         1GYEC63827R282448

                         1GYEC63867R265829

                         1GYFK63827R308490

                         1gyfk63867r166208

So all i want to know from you...is to get back to me if you can handle this...please get back to me asap.Thanks

NOTE;IF YOU CAN HANDLE IT I WILL ALSO LIKE YOU TO GET BACK TO ME WITH THE TOTAL COST FOR THE STORAGE AND TOWING INCLUDING TAX SO I CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH MY CREDIT CARD ALSO DO GET  BACK TO ME WITH THE TYPE OF CREDIT CARD YOU DO ACCEPT

Recommended Precautions:

No Response
Do not respond to email and delete immediately.

Never Provide Your Sensitive Information to Unsolicited Emails
Sensitive information includes your Social Security number, your credit card or debit card numbers, your birth date or birthplace, your vehicle registration plate number, and any other information you wish to keep private.

809, 284, 876 Area Codes SCAM ALERT!

Type: Request to Return Calls to Area Codes 809, 284, & 876

Method of Delivery: Phone Call

Primary Region Effected: Reports heard from all 50 states

Source: Email (Received by members)

Scam Characteristics: This is what we have received from members:

We actually received a  call last week from the 809 area  code. The woman said  'Hey,
this is Karen . Sorry I missed  you--get back to us quickly.. I have something  important to tell you.' Then she repeated a  phone number beginning with 809 We  didn't respond.

Then  this week, we received the  following
e-mail:

Do  Not DIAL AREA  CODE
809, 284, AND 876

THIS IS VERY  IMPORTANT INFORMATION
PROVIDED TO US BY  AT&T. DON'T EVER DIAL AREA  CODE 809
This  one is being distributed all over the US .   This is pretty scary, especially given the  way they try to get you to call.

Be  sure you read this and pass it  on.

They get you to  call by telling you that it is information about  a family member who has been ill or to tell you  someone has been arrested, died, or to let you  know you have won a wonderful prize,  etc.

In each  case, you are told to call the 809 number  right away.. Since there are so many new area  codes these days, people unknowingly return  these calls.

If  you call from the  U.S. , you  will apparently be charged $2425 per-minute.
Or,  you'll get a long recorded message. The point  is, they will try to keep you on the phone as  long as possible to increase the  charges.

The 809 area  code is located in the Dominican Republic. 

The 284 area code is located in the British Virgin islands.

The 876 are code is located in Jamaica.

The  charges afterward can become a real nightmare.  That's because you did actually make the call.  If you complain, both your local phone company  and your long distance carrier will not want to  get involved and will most likely tell you that  they are simply providing the billing for the  foreign company. You'll end up dealing with a  foreign company that argues they have done  nothing wrong.

Please forward this  entire message to your friends, family and  colleagues to help them become aware of this  scam.

AT&T  VERIFIES IT'S TRUE :

SNOPES  VERIFIES IT'S TRUE:

Recommended Precautions:

No Response
Do not respond to phone call from this area code.

Never Provide Your Sensitive Information to Unsolicited Calls and, again;

DO NOT RETURN THESE CALLS FROM THE ABOVE AREA CODES! IT WILL COST YOU!!