8667477352

call about my financial institution, they had my name and last name, my debit card number, some fake email address, and asked for my address, my mothers maiden  name, and her social security number

Okay so mine wasn't a scam. It was someone saying they had problems near a sonic where I live. And they said "David I need help" but then they went on and said that my name was David and they said oh sorry wrong number. I'm confused tho because if the person has to type into a computer then how was he on the road typing on a computer?

same thing has happened to me.  This time the name was Vivin Lawerence, stated through an assistance opperator because of a hearing disabillity, that she lived in Paris, Tn.

CALLER WAS SAID TO BE AN ASSISTANCE OPERATOR FOR A HEARING IMPAIRED WOMAN NAMED VIVIAN LAWERENCE.  SHE STATED THAT SHE LIVED IN PARIS TN AND WANTED TO BY A PUPPY FOR HER SON.  THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF HER EMAILS AS RECEIVED THEM.

Hi..
Thanks very much for your response. I would be buying  puppy  you
have for sale so kindly reserve it for me. You have to bear with me
that I called with relay service, its because am hearing impaired.  I
am sending you this email to make final reconfirmation of the
Puppies which am willing to buy for my son as his
birthday present and I also want to let you know that payment will be
by certified Check . However, I want to alert you on the
fact that you will be receiving the Check this week or
next week and payment will cover your cost and as well as the shipping
cost to be paid to the person that will take care of the pickup in
your house. So please as soon as you receive the payment, get it
cashed immediately, deduct the money that accrues to you and send the
remaining balance to the Head Office of the company that handles the
shipment via Western union. Moreso, I will pay you an extra $100 if
you can reserve this for me. So in view of the above,  Here are some
of the details I will need for final issuance of the  Check  to you.
(1)  Full Name
(2)  Mailing address, no p.o.box  please
(3)  your direct telephone number both home and cell.?
{4} Acceptance of my offer
(5} Final asking price
Once you get back to me with all the above informations, the check or
money order  will be issued out immediately and it will be sent to
you..
Regards

Hello,


        How are you doing today again with the pups there, i will want you to know that i will be sending you an email with the instruction on Tuesday or Wednesday morning which means you will be receiving the payment next week and you have to get the rest balance to the shipper agent the same day as the day you receive the payment and pls once you receive the payment you will have to deduct the accrues fund that belongs to you and have the rest balance send to the shipper agent through western union money transfer and pls when you are doing this tell the western union agent that you want the money to be send in a minute ok and i will be more than happy if this is done for me asap you receive the payment have a nice time there and pls do take Good care of the yourself for me till the pick up time and date. Hopefully i read from you before the end of the day.

Regards

Thanks for the email again, i want the LARGE GIRL WITH THE BLUE COLLAR. and i will want you to take very good care of her till pick up date and i want you to know that the payment will deliver there next week asap its arrive i will want you to proceed to send the rest balance to the shipper agent via western union money transfer the same day as the payment arrives okay and have a nice weekend there.

Regards

OH MY GOD THAT EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME AND THEY KEEP CALLING MY FRIENDS AND SAYING ITS ME and my fiends keep calling me saying they have the exact same thign from the hearing impaired person.
A few stories on that. first of all, it happened to me, I got that call, and they said it was from my friend. They said "hello mike whats up?" and I said "who is this?" they said their name. I asked the person in real life and they had no idea what I was talking about
NOW it' shappening to that person and a few other of my friends, and they're saying it is me and the message goes "hello, this is mike. Why don't you answer your phone I am trying to call you."
I AM NOT. THIS IS ANNOYING ME
but whoever is doing this is really creative. Any way I can trace this person down? I'm getting tired of this.

I got two calls from this relay number, I am reporting it as being bogus. Don't deal with these people, you will be sorry!

Got 15 calls in 20 minutes they ended up leaving a voicemail and it say "hi Jerry this is Michelle from the gym hope you have a great day tomorrow" problem is no one at my gym has my phone number as I never talk to anyone at my gym (headphones>all) and I don't even know a Michelle. I suspect I will receive more calls like this in the upcoming days leading to a scam. I will keep everyone updated should more come of this.

They call me around 1130 I was in my bed n they relay me message of the DEA sayin that they been watching me for while n is warrant arrest for me . My stomach was so upset I didnt know what to think about I call them back n ask them what is this about what they told me was somebody might been tryin to get contact with me.but then I google this number to see what is about n thanks to all ya I felt a lot better this company r completely scam!!!!!!and people that what to prank call are able to use this number too so watch out!!!

I was phoned this morning by someone saying they had a relay message from someone hard hearing or deaf told the operator to ask what did they need said buying car for son wedding gift. How much, told them the amount said would send a shipper to see car, I asked where they live said Houston, said they could pay by credit card told them my machine was broken for credit card because my gut told me something is wrong like magic the caller (hearing impaired) disappeared operator said I guess they hung up.

This afternoon i recieved a phone call from 866-747-7352. The lady that was on the phone with me claimed to be relaying a message for a hearing impaired person named Fred Howard. The person for which she was translating for asked me to use my yahoo/msn account to talk with them through instant message. He claimed to be an employer who wanted to hire me to do his payroll processing. He asked me to go to office max and get a whole bunch of equipment so that i could print and mail his checks for him. The whole thing seemed really shady so i asked him for his company website address. These were the two sites he claimed to be his: www.minersmanual.com and www.lemmens-group.com. Neither one of them were registered with the better business bureau, not to mention, his business proposition letter was written in broken english. Please, please, please be careful with this person!!!! I don't know what kind of illegal activity he's doing, but i'm certain it's something! He goes by the name Fred Howard and his email address is Fred_Howard101@yahoo.com.

If you recieve an email that looks similar to this, beware!!!!

Hello,  

How was your day,we have a problem with one of our secretary who has a car accident...we are looking for someone who can handle this is position,I will be very happy if you can do this but before you can get started you would need to get some Materials to get the job started. And I want you to understand something that,this job will not affect your present job or any of your time so much because you will only do this job at home and our company will pay your salary for the first month which is $1000 because you are going to use your own Money to get this materials and we will pay everything together in your first salary,and after that we will continue to pay you $1000 every month. But before you can get this started my company said you need to get some Materials to get started and here are the list of the Materials below:


PAPER CHECKS:
VERSA CHECK SOFTWARE 2009 or 2010: Gold  version
INK: Micro Ink or Magnetic Ink
PRINTER:


So I want you to locate a Staples store or Office max stores around you there because they should have all this materials in the store,and I want you to know that you would also need to be online always i mean you would need to create a yahoo IM so that we can always chat there and i can put you through better,as soon as you get all this materials our company account and signature would be email to you to use for the checks,because you would need to be printing checks for our clients in the state but i want you to do me a favor.


I can let you understand better more and remember this job will not affect your present job or any of your time because this job will only take you 2 hours at home while doing it. So kindly get back to me fast and let me know what you think about this.Thanks for your anticipated action,And we hope to hear back from you.    


To get Started, please provide the details below.

Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Age:
City:
Zip Code:
State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Gender:
Marital Status:
Occupation:


Very Respectfully.

I too got a call for a hearing impaired person wanting to buy a puppy.Callers name was Anna Crown.They wanted me to send puppy details to annacare20@yahoo.com.They are some really sick people out there to play games portraying handicapped people.Just plain sick

I recently began selling avon, and with that comes a website.  So I was excited when my first online order came through.  I received this email:  

from    Teri Lockart <lockartteri@yahoo.com>
date    Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 5:29 PM
subject    Ordering!!!!
mailed-by    yahoo.com
signed-by    yahoo.com
    

    
Hello Avon Rep.
             How is Business going on with the Company ? I Am Ms Teri Lockart and i will like to place an Order for a Company Celebration that is coming on soon. This Order is going to be use as a gift for the people and the invited gust that will be coming...That is why am contacting you to Order some products that will be needing for the Gifts,And i will like to deal with you in purchasing this item directly with you not with the company, b'cos i am new on internet and i don't have much experience on buying or purchasing merchandise online and also through credit card,So i don't operate a credit card facility.I need this urgently please just get back to me if you will be handle the item for me..below are the item list which you will help to order..

4 Quantity of SKIN SO SOFT Signature Silk Ultra Moisturizing Body Lotion (576-417)
4 Quantity of AVON BASICS Rich Moisture Face Cream - 3.4 fl. oz (431-384)
4 Quantity of NATURALS Vanilla Hand and Body Lotion (386-700)
4 Quantity of NATURALS Antibacterial Hand Gel (Vanilla 386-566)
4 Quantity of Foot Works Conditioning Foot Soak (253-108)
4 Quantity of Foot Works Hydrating Foot Serum with Vitamin E & Aloe (587-850)
4 Quantity of AVON BASICS Vita Moist Hand Cream (428-821)
4 Quantity of ALWAYS Eau de Parfum Spray (394-666 )

kindly calculate all the items together and let me know the total cost of the order and also let me know if there is a discount to it, and also you don't need to worry about the shipping,I will be handle the shipping through my mover company as soon as you place the order and the order deliver to your home address,So the pick up of the order will be made at your home or your office once you receive the order.i will be paying you upfront for first order with you with a bank cashier check or a Money order ,And when you receive the payment you can then proceed on making order for the items i mention,or you can order the items down now.kindly get back now with your full name and mailing address for payment to be mailed out to you,I will be waiting on you so that i will know how much this is going to cost me.

I don't know if you always be on computer and also if you care about chatting online, and if so you,You can add me to your IM on my personal yahoo IM at {lockartteri@yahoo.com}

Thank you


So, I understand that some people do not like to use their credit cards over the internet.  I replied to the woman that I would accept a cashier's check or a money order, and once that is received by me and validated I would process her order.  

She wanted my home address...not my post office box, so I knew something was going on.  I contacted my director who informed me of a scam.  I let the lady think I would fall for it so I could get her address and information to contact the authorities.  

So she mailed my "check" via FedEx to the false address I gave her.  I went to FedEx, picked up a FAKE CHECK for $1,800.00.  Her avon order was $240.18.  Of course, she wanted me to cash the check and western union the difference to Latunya Fowler.  The check was written on Mountain Mineral Law Foundation in Westminster, CO.  I contacted them also, and informed them of the scam.  On the check, the "M" in "Mountain" was partially missing and the abbreviation for Colorado was not capitalized.  The paper was cheap as well.

Her email said::

from    Teri Lockart <lockartteri@yahoo.com>
date    Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 4:22 PM
subject    GET IT DONE
mailed-by    yahoo.com
signed-by    yahoo.com
    
Hello,
  Sorry for the mistake .. i want you to send the money Latunya Fowler in Danville IL at one of the western union address i locate for you .. and come back and email me the total amount sent after western union charges has been deducted and the senders full name and address including the 10 Digit MTCN number

Thanks and get this done today

I have been in contact with the authorities, and was told that this fraud ring expands to Florida.  But they're going down now!!!

When she was told that I cashed the check (of course I didn't - it was handed over to the state police) she called my phone 27 times in an hour from 1-866-747-7352 and then she tried scrambling the number to 1-186-674-7735

Here is the person I was supposed to western union the money to:  

Latunya Fowler
915 Fowler Ave
Danville, IL 61832-3617

(217) 443-3913
http://www.myspace.com/latunyafowler

Just got a text from a yahoo user Teri Lockhart and the email was lockartteri@yahoo.com wanting to buy a dog.  I don't sell dogs, and have no idea where they got this number.

It sounds like all the emails are the same person...they say "regards" in closing, and "hope to read from you soon."  

But how does Western Union allow someone to retrieve money from them without identification/drivers license/photo I.D????  Could it be they've faked ID's, or is it their real name they give when providing "shipper" or "movers" names?

Awhile back I was contacted about the sale of a puppy.  This sounds exactly like the scam they tried to run on me.  Good for you for contacting the cops! Most people would have returned the stuff and torn up the check.  I filed a complaint with the FBI for internet crimes here

http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx

They will blow your phone off the hook if they think you have cashed the check.  They called me from 866-747-7352 and the dude's name was Vincent something.

Omg!!  I'm an Avon rep as well, and I am dealing with the same thing right now!  I received calls from both an 866-747-7352, and 402-694-3656.  Both of which, when I googled them, came up as Relay services.  Scammers.  They're not getting a dime out of me.

It's a valid service, yes.  Unfortunately though, it's being used by scammers.  If someone wants to buy a puppy, they would pay the amount due.  Not send you an amount more than you're owed, and then expect you to do something with the remaining balance, such as use Western Union, etc.  Be smart people.  If something doesn't sound right, it most likely isn't.

December 9th 2009.
Anna Crown (annacare20@yahoo.com)

LOL...here is her e-mail...with my response.....



An extra hundred bucks!!! WOW....did I also win a Nigerian Lottery. LOL...Well I won't be sending YOU any personal information....just Yahoo, a copy of your e-mail....have a wonderful day....dumbass. Do NOT contact me in anyway again.

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Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 18:29:24 -0800
From: annacare20@yahoo.com
Subject: PAYMENT AND PICKUP!!!!!!!!!


Hello

Thanks very much for your response. I would be buying ONE PLAYFUL MALE AND FEMALE PUPPY so kindly reserve it for me. You have to bear with
that I called with relay service, its because am hearing impaired. I
am sending you this email to make final reconfirmation of the pup
which am willing to buy for my son as his birthday present and I also
want to let you know that payment will be by certified Check or Money
Order. However, I want to alert you on the fact that you will be
receiving the Check or Money Order this week or next week and payment
will cover your cost and as well as the shipping cost to be paid to
the person that will take care of the pickup in your house. So please
as soon as you receive the payment, get it cashed immediately, deduct
the money that accrues to you and send the remaining balance to the
Head Office of the company that handles the shipment via Western
union. More so, I will pay you an extra $100 if you can reserve this
for me. So in view of the above, Here are some of the details I will
need for final issuance of the Check or Money
Order to you.

(1) Full Name
(2) Mailing address, no p.o.box please
(3) your direct telephone number both home and cell.?
{4} Acceptance of my offer
(5} Final asking price:

Once you get back to me with all the above information s, the check or
money order will be issued out immediately and it will be sent to you.

Anna

Word for word as "Steve"'s email, the only difference is the email is slightly different.  They got me.  I am selling some puppies for my mother, and I wish I had googled "ben kim" ahead of time.  I felt bad about calling the guy out as a scammer if he was legitimately handicapped, and paid the price.  :(  lesson learned.

A call came through from 8663944493, claiming to be an operator for a hearing impaired caller, who wished to purchase 2 playful pups for her son's 15th birthday gift.  The email used was annacare20@yahoo.com.  Caller promised to send certified check or cashiers check right away, and to have someone pick up pups to be shipped to Washington.  I asked for an address, and never got one.  The call took over 45 minutes. She (?) also said Western Union would ship puppies.  I was to pay whoever picked up the pups $100.00 for taking them for shipment.  Of course this was a scam, and we never sell pups without seeing who is buying, and decide from there if we will sell or not.  Call was placed Sunday, 12/13/09 @4:31pm.

The Nigerian Scammers have a way of getting past any safeguards that Western Union may have about pick-up identification.  They normally give some sort of password, or an identity which they commonly use for the pickups, or who knows who is doing the handing out of the funds at the WU location in Nigeria.  All of which is lots easier to do in a country where falsifying documents and scamming in particular, their 5th largest industry, and their population is nearly equal to that of the USA.  A $15 Billion dollar per year industry.

They take in unsuspecting people EVERY second of EVERY day.