210-249-8808

The caller said her name was Samantha Collins, and she was calling to update our business information.  She wanted to know how many employees we had, where we were located, and other operating information.  I asked her what company she was with.  She said she work for the State of California.  I didn't believe her, there was a lot of background noise, and she had a strong Indian accent (there are a lot of call centers based in India) so I asked her what department she worked for and what was their website.  She told me that she was with the Business Development Department and to just go the general state website to find their information.  As I was talking to her I looked up the area code and found that it was based in San Antonio, Texas.  So I asked her where her office was based out of she told me San Francisco.  She must have gotten annoyed with my questions because she hung up on me.  I called the number back and it went to Sprint PCS voicemail.  She then called me back and wanted to try to get the information, again.  I told her she was commiting fraud by representing herself as a state employee and trying to solicit information.  I asked her why her phone number was based in Texas when she said her office was based in San Francisco.  She said because I'm moving from Texas.  I told her last time I checked the state didn't have employees use their personal phones to call businesses.  I told her that I would be reporting her, she then hung up on me again.  I called the State of California's Business, Transportation and Housing Department (this would be the agency over the department she said she was with).  They verified that they had no such department, and that I should call local law enforcement.  The local law enforcement said that it is not fruad until you actually give them your information, so there was nothing they could do.  Just be advised not to give anybody any information even if they claim to be with the government!!!

I also received a call from 1-210-249-8808.  The conversation started with a "I understand you guys are moving, is your permanent address ...." giving my correct address.  When questioned more, I was told that the called (also East Indian in accent) worked for Ontario Business Development and just wanted to confirm that we were moving.  When I questioned more about where he/she had heard that we were moving I was told that it had been flagged as a move.  When I asked to get the caller's phone number and I would return the call with the info, funny, the line went dead.  When I called the 1-210-249-8808 back I also got the Sprint mail centre.

11:50 28 Feb - another call from this number - same spiel - this is Kevin from the Ontario Business Development Office - are you moving - confirming address - etc.
When I questioned the caller's location, it was reported to be in Southwestern Ontario.  As soon as I indicated that we had had this conversation before, the line went dead.

Similar to above - received call from "The Ontario Business Development department".  "Kevin" asked me for some information about my company, but when asked why his "government agency" was calling from the 210 area code, he hung up... big surprise there...

We got a similar call, from a Kevin. Our caller ID was not functioning so I could not verify the number. I asked a lot of questions, how they'd heard of us, why the state would need this, and eventually they hung up. They seemed to be trying to verify whether our business address is a permanent one. This seemed fishy, as we've been here for more than 6 years, something the state would know from its tax records.

We received a call from this number, asking if our business was moving.  The caller (with a strong Indian accent), said he was from the Illinois Department of Revenue.  When asked additional questions, the caller hung up.

We received a call from this number, asking if our business was moving.  The caller (with a strong Indian accent), said he was from the Illinois Department of Revenue.  When asked additional questions, the caller hung up.