779-400-0010

Calls from area code and number 779-400-0010 show that is from the Illinois area code.  The 779-400-0010 is associated with Erick Johnson and (if that is his real name) has committed company identity theft against a Federal Credit Union and is a scammer.

Consumers targeted by the scam typically are looking for a payday or short term loan and search the Internet for assistance.  They voluntarily place their personal information on these independent sites (not recommended) and then receive an email from one of the aliases above from e-mail addresses located at valoans33allservices@gmail.com , valoansservicesallcare@gmail.com or some other variation indicating that the potential victim has been approved for a short term loan that is affiliated with companies that the scammer has no association with whatsoever.  They include a non- authorized logo and wording in the e-mail, but no direct hyperlink to the company’s legitimate sites.  Consumers who respond by telephone to the offer are then told that in order to receive the loan, they have to pay for either an upfront fee, taxes owed, processing fee, etc., in the form of a MoneyPak or Pre-paid credit card including Vanilla Network cards.  We advise against paying any upfront fees.   We strongly suggest that you contact local law enforcement to assist in stopping these fraudsters.

They want me to get a pre-paid card for 179.00 and call them back for a personal loan of 5000

Calls from the following area codes and numbers are known to be Scammers:  210-401-3930, 979-639-7900, 779-400-0010, 713-931-1792 and 817-400-1316.  The false names used have been Don Parker, Steve J. Brown, Scott Thomas, Justin Park, Erick Johnson, James Parker and Justin Parker.  All of these individuals have committed company identify theft against a Federal Credit Union and are scammers.

Mid-easyern accent said our phone number was on our xomputer refiatration... (Not true) & that our computer is downloading multiple viruses & he was tech support from Microsoft to help. Tried to get personal info. Said his Name was Shawn B. My Husband grilled him on where he was calling from and Company ID. Got defensive. Hung up on us. We called back & the service said Verizon another ( very american accent) man answered who got immediately aggressive & said don't call again. He said he knew someone was using his number & he didn't care. Only number that came up was missing area code. 400-0010

I just got the same call I tried to ignore it but they just kept calling back and told me the same thing about there was a problem with my computer I told him he was crazy and to have a nice day and hung up on him.

Constant calls on my Verizon Cell..I have answered a couple of times and no one spoke.  They call several times a day.  Caller ID does not show area code.  

Fake Short Term or Payday Loan Scam

Calls from the following area codes and numbers have all been reported to be scammers.  These scammers use phony number and names to attempt to get potential victims to send in money on fake loans that appear to be from legitimate sources.
 
713-931-3690, 713-931-3641, 713-936-3424, 713-893-1051
512-686-4244
210-401-3930, 979-639-7900, 779-400-0010, 817-400-1316

The names vary each time.  These fraudsters have committed company identify theft against a Federal Credit Union.

Consumers targeted by the scam typically are looking for a payday or short term loan and search the Internet for assistance.  They voluntarily place their personal information on these independent sites (not recommended) and then receive an email from one of the aliases. They say that you have been approved for a short term loan that is affiliated with companies that the scammer has no association with whatsoever.

Consumers who respond by telephone to the offer are then told that in order to receive the loan, they have to pay for either an upfront fee, taxes owed, processing fee, etc., in the form of a MoneyPak or Pre-paid credit card including Vanilla Network cards.  Do not pay any upfront fees and hang up on them.  

I'm not 100% certain that this is the correct number that called me... originally, the name on caller ID said "Unknown Namer" but did not have the area code listed.