876-368-4260

Anonymous number called claiming to be from Publisher's Clearing House with a think West Indian Accent. They gave me this number and a guy named John Ford to call back to confirm my prize. Sounded hinky to begin with but since I was busy at work I didnt get a chance to call before they were already calling another extension with the same spiel. I told them they just called two minutes ago (I could hear someone in the background trying really hard to sound American) and they just hung up. Darn guess I didnt win after all.

DO NOT CALL THAT NUMBER BACK!

1) The call was from a scammer, trying to entice you to send money
2) If you return the call, it will cost you money!  (Keep reading)
3) The 876 (Jamaica) prefix is VERY frequently used by scammers, and WILL cost you money if you call it back.

Some area codes are not toll-free numbers and calls from any other area code are billed at international long distance rates.

Some curious people return the call and will immediately be charged $19.95 for an international call fee and an additional $9-per-minute charge, according to a news release from the BBB.

Here is a list of some area codes that will be billed as international calls:

242 Bahamas
246 Barbados
264 Anguilla
268 Antigua
284 British Virgin Islands
345 Cayman Islands
441 Bermuda
473 Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique
649 Turks and Caicos
664 Montserrat
758 St Lucia
767 Dominica
784 St. Vincent & Grenadines
809, 829, 849 Dominican Republic
868 Trinidad and Tobago
869 St. Kitts & Nevis
876 Jamaica

More info:
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/Phone_ForeignAreaCodeScams.php
http://www.forbes.com/sites/josephsteinberg/2 ... des-its-a-scam/

John Ford hoky sounding name to begin with had very thick accent and won't stop calling me.  He claimed I was a 2nd place winner of 900+ thousand dollars and a new car.  Since I never gave them my number and I just moved it seemed to good to be true a guy who works in the office near me has had the same call before.

876 is the area code for Jamaica. Cold call from Jamaica = scam.

I to was scammed by calling that number back several times telling John Ford that he was a scammer but he kept hanging up on me and after seeing the prior post above from Slim I called my phone carrier and told them and they took the additional charges off my account.

Got a call from a restricted number.  Man with Jaimacan accent tells me I had won the publishers clearing house and told me to write down a name and number to call and verify.  Told me to call Tony Parker at the 876 number.  After he told it to me, he asked me to repeat the number. When I told him I wrote it down the first time he got mad and told me to repeat it to him.  Told him I got it written down.  He didn't like that response, so he told me "f*** you" and then hung up.

Received the call on my cell phone. I rejected it as it was an unknown number. Call ID said Jamaica. No message was left. I assume it was a scam call.

Called and said they were   Publishers clearing house. I told them I didn't have time for their crazy @#$%.

Me: hello?

Caller:  876-364-4260 Hello! Hope you're having a great day, I'm bhachdad (no idea what his name was).

Me: ok? I have no clue what you just said, but I will call you Steve!

Caller: My name is Bhachdad ma'am!( Still don't have a clue what he just said).  I'm from Publishers Clearing House.

Me: Ok Steve! Whatever you say!

Caller aka Steve: You have won ma'am! I will give you a number to call and you give them your info, to get your money.

Me: Uhm No! You will come to my door, like I've seen on tv and surprise me with a cardboard check,  flowers and balloons.... alot of balloons Steve!

STEVE😄: Ma'am? I will give you a number to call ma'am.

Me: I want balloons STEVE!

Me: Steve???

Listened to his pitch that I had won a car in Publishers Clearingshouse sweepstakes and needed to call mgr to learn how to claim my prize . Didn’t call they called three more times answered again “I’m calling police don’t call again and take my number off your list” his response was Well kiss my ass you f—- stupid old lady “and hung up

Tony Parker claimed to be from publisher's clearing house.  Winning number.