210-280-8487 / 2102808487

I've been getting this call twice a week starting in September, but I never answer, and they never leave a voice mail.

Live in Canada. Southern Ontario (519). This number has been calling my work cell phone every few days, but nobody is there when I answer it. Not sure of the origin, but it is very damaging to my work productivity. I am a fed gov't employee, but our IT can't help us.

The 210-280-8487 number is a scam, or "boiler room", either operating out of San Antonio, Texas,or using a number-forwarder located there, with a call centre located offshore. Most likely in India.Please note: THIS IS A FAKE, FRAUDULENT BUSINESS VENTURE, OK?Folks, do not give out *ANY* personal info of any kind to these type of operations. They willuse whatever they can get, and will have access to *hundreds* of bogus scripts that their callerswill use to get money from you. They will say *anything*. Most operations of this sort have limitedlifetimes, and are eventually shut down by the police. I am in Toronto, and have started gettingthese calls on my cellphone. There was once a boiler-room phonefraud shop located on Adelaide, near Yonge st, near my oldoffice many years ago. They were taking in over $600,000 a week!! I got the details from the landlord of the place, who a business associate of mine. We got a chance to look thru their office after the cops had raided the place, and it was wild! They had these tiny little cubicles, with telephones,and they hired these low-life types to make the calls. We saw copies of the *scripts* they used.It was fascinating. They had *hundreds* of stories they would use: Eg. "You won a VCR, and youjust need to send us the sales tax, before we foreward your prize", or "Its me! Its me! (they would then mumble their name) I'm in trouble with the police, and you have to send me some money!" (This one worked well on old grandparents, I expect... It is also a big scam in Japan, apparently)They place was busted and shutdown by the RCMP and Toronto Police. Back in the 1990's, they had this joint operation, called "Phonebusters" (ala Ghostbusters, I guess?), and it was pretty successful. Did you know that fraudshop "boiler rooms" were invented in Toronto, in the 1940's?There were these fake stock-brokers who would sell "penny stock" to Americans. For a while,it was technically not illegal. By the 1960's, the securities laws had been changed, and most wereshut down, but phone-fraud is as old as the telephone. Main thing: Do not, *ever* give out any personal information to any business that you did notcall yourself, or establish the contact yourself. Just don't do it. Not even a personal name, orany info about your circumstances. They will use it later, to scam your wife/son/daughter/husbandgrandmother, etc. They will say anything, and try to get your VISA card numbers. Also, if you are in Canada, you could try contacting the RCMP, or your local police department,and ask for the phone-fraud group. (They all have them now, as the problem has grown so big).I expect similar agencies in the US may be helpful. Call the local cops, and see if they have a desk or a group that fights phone-fraud.Remember, no info over the phone, unless YOU have made the call. That is the best policy. If really insistant folks keep bothering you, just politely say that "I do not do businessover the telephone." and hang up. If you engage the fraudsters, they will use this to extractvaluable personal information from you.Hope this is helpful.- Rus.PS. If I get more of these calls, I think will document it, and call San Antonio police department,and see if they have a phone-fraud group. Could be an interesting experience.

The weirdest thing - can anyone explain this? The number called my cell and I missed the call but a minute later the same number called my work line (People who call my work line do NOT know my cell unless it's a family member). So I thought it must be for me, someone I know. But the number cannot be dialed, connected, whatever. Was that just a BIG coincidence? Or what?

just got called from this numberim in canada and only pick up 647/416/905 numbers that i know and google the restgood thing i found this site

The only place my cell and my work number are listed together is on my children's school records, so they can contact me.Is there an answer on this site or just a list of happenings? I don't have time to read all the pages, so if you know of useful info please let me know what user name to look for.

Your post was very informative, but I am puzzled by this. They called my cell. It went to voice mail telling them my name... Less than One Minute later, they called my work number - the desk I sit at. I answered, with the name of the establishment, and ... my name. Now have they connected me, my cell number, and my place of work and what I do? How did they put the two numbers together? Sorry if I'm asking questions you know nothing about, but you seemed to have the most information I've read and perhaps you can answer some of it. Thanks.

210-290-8487 has been calling my number daily at the same time. No one speaks and the connection is broken after ~10 seconds. Perhaps this is a "robo call" of some kind? Some type of bug? I see this has been going on with other people for quite some time. How can that be? If I keep getting calls, I am going to find out how to block it if i can.

I received this call at 7:04pm CST on Monday, September26th, 2011, on my cell. I did not answer it, as it was a different area code than mine and I did not recognize the number. No message was left and upon searching the number, I came to this site. Seems it's some sort of scam anyway. Will reply again if I get a call from them, but this is the first, and hopefully last, time that I have or will receive a call from these people.

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