Victim Location 83687
Type of a scam Phishing
received a phone call asking for my mother Catherine Ward. I informed him that my mother was passed on. He asked me if I was her husband and I said no that I am her son. He then asked me if she had made contact with the fraud abuse hotline to have the callers blocked from any more calls or if I had done so. We talked about how smart the scammers are getting and that he wanted to put them behind bars. Also, he said that there would be paperwork to fill out so they could track the scammer’s phones. Here is the information that he wanted me to write down: He identified himself as Officer James Reynolds, 202-552-5154, then, the certified envelope would be done by a private courier, who would come to my house on July 19, Thursday between 2:00 to 4:00 pm. The expected amount of money would be $915,000.00 dollars. It would be tax-free and that there would be found a form 1099G and a w-9 form. There would be a release form of some kind, with a second check for the amount of 1percent of the $915,000 dollars. He went on to talk about the freedom act of 2016. as well as the 9/11/ 2001 account. He then instructed me to call a Robert Mason from the National Sweepstake company, at 585-312-0397, and to use the claim Number 60912. he then said to me that I should donate some of the money to a charity and then he congratulated me on the getting the large sum of money and to call Mr. Robert Mason as soon as he hung up the phone. After about 15 minutes Mr. James Reynolds called me and ask for my middle name, he then asked me why I hadn’t called Robert Mason. I told him that I had called an investigator to check to see if he was a ligament person. He then wanted to know who the name of the person was. So I was tired of the conversation and I hung up on him. Seconds later he called me back. I told him not to call me ever again and I hung up the phone.