876 number - You won the American Shopper's Network Sweepstakes

Yes they just tried this on me and it was1-876-5205568 and the man also said his name was Michael Anderson  ppl are so sorry try getting a real job instead try to scam hard working Americans . God Will Get you ....

My elderly aunt was called by Mark Bryant 202-558-4555. He told her she had won $450,000 as a second place winner in a sweepstakes and that she needed to send him $1,000.  She called me and I called him.   He was rude and upset that I had called on her behalf. I had my sister and several other family members call, as well.  We advised him that if she has won and insurance is needed, deducted it from the money she won and buy the insurance for her.  I have given his number to every one in my family all over the country and ask them to harass his ass too. I bet he wont be using the above number for long. The problem with this is that they have messed with the wrong family.  My aunt does not control her finances.  As her guardian, I do and she has a huge, huge, huge bank account and I am very pissed about this scam and am willing to send big bucks catching these crooks.  I have already hired several investigators and a couple of lawyers to track down their fraudulant [***].  They have committed wire, mail and other fraud.  I am on a mission and will not stop until I get my pound of flesh from somebody, and I don't much care who at this point.    People fight back by gettin everyone you know, who is willing, to harass they on the numbers they call you on and dont let up. Keep them running to buy other phone numbers. Make them spend more money on their hustle.

>>> I am on a mission and will not stop until I get my pound of flesh from somebody, and I don't much care who at this point.    People fight back by gettin everyone you know, who is willing, to harass they on the numbers they call you on and dont let up. Keep them running to buy other phone numbers. Make them spend more money on their hustle. <<<

This is very BAD advice, and I'm surprised that it came from someone allegedly being advised by a "couple of lawyers."

It's bad advice for at least two reasons:

(1)  Your post is off-topic because it concerns a 202 area code number.  The thread is about 876 numbers, which are from the country of Jamaica.  Every time someone calls a Jamaican 876 number, they have to pay international dialing rates, which for most people, are not cheap.  Furthermore, there are special premium rate numbers that are difficult to recognize and that do not provide the protections that the U.S. requires for callers.  For example, there may be no obligation on the part of the owner of the number you call to tell you that it is a premium number or how much it will cost per minute.

So doing what you suggest may end up costing your followers thousands of dollars.  And your phone company probably won't credit your account for any of these calls -- you called the numbers quite deliberately, and they have already paid the international interconnection rates for your calls.

(2)  even for calls within the United States, there's a good possibility that the number you see on your caller ID is spoofed -- i.e., not the number from which the call actually originated.  In some instances, phone numbers of legitimate companies or even individuals are used, and people complaining about the spoofed calls have made life unbearable for the unlucky people who actually had their caller ID used this way.  And, by the way, YOU might be guilty of harassment in this instance.

Aside from this, if the caller ID is spoofed, there is no reason for the callers to buy other phone numbers.  They won't be the ones getting your calls, anyway, and even if they did, they would just spoof another number.  For free.

So if you are really determined to get your "pound of flesh from somebody, and [you] don't much care who at this point," consider getting a punching bag and dissipate your rage that way rather than displaying it for all to see along will your ill-conceived suggestions.

876= Jamaica? That explains it. Has anyone been there? It is the most depressing poverty stricken and crime stricken place in the world. Many years ago I was stupid enough to leave my resort and take a local bus to the other end of the island to see my then favorite band UB40. I saw things on the way that I had never seen before. The place is ridden with violence, shootings and squalor like you can never imagine. Miles and miles of squalor. If they are involved in tele-scamming they have the most ruthless crime mentality. Lawless. The good citizens are very nice, warm and hospitable but they are overridden by the criminal element there. Christian missionaries and aid workers have gone and have been shot by drug gangs. Really bad stuff.

Someone just called me this morning with a very similar message, he told me I won 1.5 million dollars and a Mercedes and he wanted me to meet him somewhere anyone getting a call like this should definately NOT do what the caller says, because I have no doubt it's worse than just a prank call

DO NOT return the call from someone calling from a 876 area code.
This is not a toll free "800" number, it is the international long distance code for the island nation of Jamaica. You are charged international and long distance rates for calling this number. Other international/long distance area codes are 809, 284, and 649.
http://www.att.net/smartcontrols-809AreaCode

Scammers use these numbers to not only try to scam you out of money, but also sting you with high phone call rates.
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0119-jam ... ng-us-consumers
http://www.dhs.gov/news/2013/03/13/written-te ... 2%80%9C876-scam

Do report the calls, Jamaican and US officials are still actively tracking down and arresting the offenders:
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-8476d8cae08c200 ... -bites-the-dust
https://800notes.com/forum/ta-a1b4e9c40adfb53 ... -scam-operation

Also:
It is a scam:
http://info.pch.com/consumer-information/fraud-protection

Publishers Clearing House never requires any money, purchases, taxes, fees, or deposits of any kind to get your prize.

Publishers Clearing House DOES NOT call, email, FAX, mail, any advanced notice that you have won.

"If you are ever contacted by someone claiming to represent PCH, or claiming to be one of our employees,  and asked to send or wire money (for any reason whatsoever, including taxes); or send a pre-paid gift card or Green Dot Moneypak card in order to claim a sweepstakes prize – DON’T!  It’s a SCAM. If you are sent a check, told it’s a partial prize award, and asked to cash it and send a portion back to claim the full prize award, DON’T.  The check is fake, but the SCAM is real!

Publishers Clearing House does not operate this way and would NEVER ask for money to claim a prize award.  PCH employees would never contact you personally or in advance to notify you of a prize award.  Our prize awards are presented just the way you see in our popular TV commercials, ‘live and in person’ by our Prize Patrol, with balloons, champagne and check in hand - - and with no advance notification!"

Got called from 876-881-3456 - JM (Jamaica).  American Shoppers Network.  I declined their "offer" and submitted the info to www.donotcall.gov

Thank you for putting this on her because they told me the same thing and the same person calls me every day saying the same thing. He told me in won 2.5 million and BMW of any color and free insurance for a year and 5 months free gas card. He told me to go to CVS and get a green dot money card and I knew he was lieing. He want take no for a answer they call all day.. So thank u for confirming what I suspected all alone

1-876 is Jamaica and does cost far more than a domestic call, but not $2425/minute. Whoever wrote that likely meant to claim $25/minute for some premium number (not the entire country) in Jamaica, and even that's a stretch.

That said, there is still plenty of fraud originating in these tiny countries, so caveat emptor.

James Thompson just call asking for $500 for to claim 2.5million told em I couldn't pay it he said he can give it charity so I go head and do that he ask what one I told him you pick it and yes it was the American shoppers award

"876"  jamaica  fraud  scam  calls........


already  noted  and  reported  here a   billion  time  already  !!!

-  NEVER  call back   any   fraud scammer.................only  idiots do  this

I recieve a call ftom an unknown saying i wom 3.9 million and ave to send 2000 and i did send like an dummy

Mikey your back.

Your 2000 is gone.  You'll never get it back.  You will never get the prize the scammer said you would get.  Consider it an expensive lesson.  Never send money to someone you don't know.