Day Eight: I was SCAMMED!!!!

Today is one of those days that I wish never happened. I am sharing my story on my blog because I don't want this to happen to anyone else. 

Yesterday around 3:00pm I got a phone at work from a lady named Jennifer. She asked me if I was aware that I had 3 criminal charges against my SSN. I told her no and she transferred me to some guy named Leo. When Leo got on the phone he read me this "document" saying that I have 3 criminal charges for a bad check and payday loans. He also told me that on Monday there will be police with a warrant to search my work and also arrest me. After he was done reading this "document" he said that if I paid $1,245.22 in the next hour that all the charges will be dropped. He gave me directions for what I need to do to get him the money. I could only use my debt or pre-paid debit card and the fax him with all this info. 

I was chatting with my friend online telling her this whole story and she said this sounds like a SCAM and not to send them any money until they prove it with documentation. When I asked Leo to fax me these documents, he said that if I want the documents then that means I want to go through with going to jail. Oh... He said that he was calling from the state.  When I asked him for his state i.d number it seemed like it did not know what I was talking about. I said that every state employee has a state I.D and then he said that I would have to send a litter to get his I.D. 

These people-- who ever they really are do this to people everyday and its SICK!  

I googled  the number that they gave to call them back with the card number and I found out that they have done this to so many people. Using the same story and same number. 

What was so scary about this whole thing is... they had all my personal info. Home and work addresses, phone numbers, my birthday, my SSN, and they even told my my brothers name.

I feel so violated!!!!!

Comments

[Natty]

That's horrible! Thank goodness you saw through the scam and didn't fall into their trap. People can be so terrible :( Hope you feel better!

[Nikki]

omg...i'm so glad you didn't send them anything!
I knew it was a scam in the 1st few sentences. There was actually a story about this VERY SCAM on "60 Minutes" not very long ago. Anyone who calls wanting money but won't provide ANY DOCUMENTATION or additional info is a scam artist...
How the hell did they have all your info???!!!

[Kinsey]

Eeew how creepy is that?? I'm glad you didn't fall for it... ♥

[Mary-Beth]

oh my gosh, that's so scary! i was watching a tv special the other night about people who have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on scams where people call saying they've "won the jamaican lottery" or some other country! when people send the first check, the scam artists continue calling every week asking for more, and threatening the victims! i can't believe what goes on out there!

[CupKay]

guh, good thing you didn't fall for that! So shady. In the past, i've tended to freak out in situations like this and just give my money away out of fear but now I know to think twice!

I wouldn't think that someone that knew that much about me would be a shyster, that's terrifying!

[Tamberine]

That's awful, I'm glad you didn't fall for it! Something similar happened with my parents. Someone called my mom with a story like that about my dad.. and they've been divorced for almost 20 years! She's in a different house with a different #, last name and everything. I don't know how in the hell the connection was made!

[the GIRL&BOY]

holy crap dude. that sucks.
definitely a violation of person info.
thank goodness you didn't fall for it.

[Michelle Clement]

Omg!! That's so scary! I'm glad you had a good head about you, on the phone - I would've been stammering like a dork...lol. Eeeks!

[Jazmyn]

That is horrible! The same thing happened to my boyfriend's dad! They called him saying that he was arrested in Canada for poaching and to wire money to them. People on this planet can be crazy!!!