Aug 21, 2011
My Mom first received a phone call yesterday from 333 874-9662 stating that they were a nephew from Mexico and they wanted to invest $30,000 in a trailer home here in the United States. They planned to fly into Fresno and wanted to know if we could pick him up and if he could stay a few days at our house. The person knew my Mom's name and did a great job convincing her it was a normal conversation. He told her that he had called the day before and we didn't answer, if he could get her cell number so when he arrived at the airport he had another phone number to get a hold of her at. Unfortunately, she gave the guy her cell number and told him to call when he arrived.
Afterwards, my Dad called his sister to ask how come they were not coming along with him. She said her son had no plans on coming to the States and that he was just at her house and did not make that phone call. Obviously, we realized it was a scam. I quickly looked up the number and realized it had been reported for the same story. Today we received a call from THIS number. First, on our house number, then followed on my parent's cell number (which not many people have). Now it's not the original 333 number, BUT I feel that these people are working on this together. We've reported BOTH numbers to our local authorities.