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Picturelady
January 15, 2010
Scam to get my personal info
I recieved a voicemail from a man who said his name was Donald Rogers (atleast I think that's what he said). I could barely understand him because he had a foreign accent. As I struggled to understand his message, I understood him to say that he was with a law firm...something about Orange County...and I Or my attorney needed to contact him immediately. If I did not contact him by the following day he could only wish me luck. I returned his call and he proceded to tell me that I had taken out a loan online with CashNet and never paid it back. He asked me for my Social Security Number to "verify" my account. I immediately said, "I'm not giving you my SS# until I know exactly what company you're with." (still not understanding exactly what law firm or why I had not been receiving notification by mail of any lawsuit against me). He then said, "Let me get to my desk, " and he put me on hold. When he came back on he made some comment about not collecting money but being with this law firm. I told him I was going to double check my past loans and make sure they were paid off and I'd get back in touch with him. He said something else I didn't understand and then said he'd pull up my file and give me a call in about 30 minutes. I never heard from him after that. The more I thought about it the more I realized...that was insane. First of all...online loans require bank information to repay the loan on scheduled dates. I KNEW that had been paid off but he caught me off guard. Thank God I didn't panic and give him my social. I spoke to a company who said these people purchase old Internet loan company leads and call people to try and retrieve personal info to steal identities. Oooh. Scary!!!
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