pauld315
01-01-2011, 04:53 PM
It probably is.
Speaking to a friend of mine over the past few days about a dilemma his 82 year old mother has gotten herself into. He found receipts in her condo which showed she was wiring money to Jamaica using a service called MoneyGram. He also found telephone numbers written down. These numbers had an 876 area code. For those of you not aware, that area code goes to Jamaica.
To make a long story short, his mother was scammed into sending money to Jamaica in order to claim her sweepstakes winnings. Of course, the winnings never existed. He is still trying to figure out how much she has sent them over the past 3 months but is roughly in the tens of thousands of dollars. They will call constantly and once they receive money from you, your name and number gets put on a list that they sell to other scammers. He has now had her phone calls forwarded to his cell phone and yesterday alone scammers called over 20 times in 8 hours.
Be ever vigilant about people trying to steal your money with unrealistic promises of wealth. Also, be aware that the phone numbers might look legitimate but there are several area codes assigned out that go to other countries (mostly oin the Caribbean). The scammers aklso know how to display fake phone numbers making you believe they are from here in the US. They prey on the elderly and seemingly. there is very little that can be done to stop them since they are offshore.
Speaking to a friend of mine over the past few days about a dilemma his 82 year old mother has gotten herself into. He found receipts in her condo which showed she was wiring money to Jamaica using a service called MoneyGram. He also found telephone numbers written down. These numbers had an 876 area code. For those of you not aware, that area code goes to Jamaica.
To make a long story short, his mother was scammed into sending money to Jamaica in order to claim her sweepstakes winnings. Of course, the winnings never existed. He is still trying to figure out how much she has sent them over the past 3 months but is roughly in the tens of thousands of dollars. They will call constantly and once they receive money from you, your name and number gets put on a list that they sell to other scammers. He has now had her phone calls forwarded to his cell phone and yesterday alone scammers called over 20 times in 8 hours.
Be ever vigilant about people trying to steal your money with unrealistic promises of wealth. Also, be aware that the phone numbers might look legitimate but there are several area codes assigned out that go to other countries (mostly oin the Caribbean). The scammers aklso know how to display fake phone numbers making you believe they are from here in the US. They prey on the elderly and seemingly. there is very little that can be done to stop them since they are offshore.