Aug 4, 2015
Received a call from this number yesterday Sunday about 7h00 pm. Guy says he is a paramedic and he found my cell number (yes this was on my cell phone) as a contact on a phone from a "person" who was involved in a major accident. His tone was very pressing and urgent. The guy is really good I have to say... Great actor ! My wife was out running errands at this time.
When I questioned of what happened, he asked me who he was talking to and that is when I knew it was a scam. I responded that since he called me, he should know who I am !!! Again his tone was very pressing as "this is an emergency, etc.". Then, he made a huge mistake of describing the car the "person" was driving, a 2008 black Nissan Altima. Not at all what my wife drives... Got you !
In the mean time, I had quickly dialed my wife cell number and she answered just as I was telling this guy that his scam was up and to go F himself. I did not even finished my phrase that he had hang up on me.
I immediately tried to call the number back. It is a cell phone with a voice mailbox that has not be set-up.
I am in the car business and sometimes I find ads (not always CL but on sites where one has to pay to advertise) for cars that I am interested in purchasing. Such was the case just last week. The phone number given in the ad never answers, most of the time the mailbox is full, or you just leave a message and no-one ever calls you back. No-one answers emails either when sent through the advertiser's site.
I strongly suspect this is how they gather phone numbers since very few people have my direct cell number.