They got me. I'm a guy that really thought that my proverbial "ship had come in". I received a call from 1-876-289-5961 and he even gave me his secretary's number 1-876-334-2710. I was in communications all day with them both. They really sounded so convincing. Once I finally realized how stupid I had been, I began to really let this guy, Frank Pipes, have a piece of my mind. I called him every name in the book. It usually takes an awful lot for me to lose it, and he succeeded in making me really angry. To my surprise, I thought we were all done and he had not given up on me. He phoned me today (Sept. 4th) and he was still trying to get $350.00 out of me. I told him that I had been online "Googling" and had discovered the "876 Area Code Scam". He then began to slightly threaten me and used some "choice words" of his on....he even called me a "punk". He went on to say that he had gotten my number from what I have learned now that law enforcement calle a "Sucker's List". He said that within the next few years I was going to lose everything. He told me initially (almost forgot this) that he was with Publisher's Clearing House and that I had wond $250,000.00 and a new Range Rover vehicle and to claim it sent $200 to Norma Smith, JA. WI via Western Union.......once he verified this he was on his way to my house and then he called me back and said that he was just stopped by the U.S. Marshalls and now all of a sudden I would have to pay $1800.00 to get a gold stamp needed to claim my prize.....as you can see this kept getting more and more ridiculous. He even told me at one point that he was actually on my street......of course I never saw him....people out there please....beware. This guy sounds like Satan himself!

I am such an idiot!! Got a message from a man named David Carter in regards to my husband. Well my husband is in Afghanistan due to the Marine Corp. so I was worried. I called this number back ( which I am scared to see my phone bill now). Anyways this guy said the same thing my husband won one million dollars and a car. I thought it seemed to good to be true and of course it is...but I want to warn people these guys are very convincing. He gave me an FBI code and said that whoever called I had to ask the caller to give me the code so I knew they were the people who knew about my case. He said that the conversation was being recorded for the FBI to listen to and verify what I was saying. He gave me a code for the check and the car and also gave me the liscense plate number. He also told me that I should probably give some of the money to charity so I can reep what I sow. But the thing that made me weary was that he called for my husband but wanted to change all the check info to me and that I shouldn't tell my husband about this so I could surprise him with the car and the money when he gets back from overseas. I am now alittle scared because this man knows where I live and that my husband is not home. I know that they our also overseas but it is still scary. Also he said my husband entered the mega millions and that we had to pay 1% of shipping and handling because they were shipping it from overseas!! the best part was he said the 1% of the shipping and handling came to 25,000!! But if I didn't have the money his lawyers would help me come up with a way to pay it overtime!!

I don't thing so if this is true then why Government not taking action or find out the reason behind it.

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I received a call today from a man named David with a strong foreign accent. He told me I won 3.5 million dollars in a lottery based upon coupons I had used for shopping.??? He gave me a claim number and a phone number to call- 876-893-3294. He asked me what time it was in my time zone and then said to call the number and ask for a Mr. McGuire. He said 3.5 million dollars would be delivered to my door that afternoon. It was rather disturbing that he knew my name and exact address. He said he was calling from Las Vegas . It sounded like he was calling from a cell phone on a street corner - lots of cars driving by and road noise. It was creepy that he congratulated me on my "Good Fortune" and to "Spend my winnings wisely" Needless to say, I did not call the number, and after reading the above, thank goodness I did not. Creepy.

September 1st, 2010. My dad was just about scammed. I'm not sure how he could possibly fall for something like this. We have told both our parents NEVER to give out any personal info. This "Mr. Miller" promising he had won 500,000 US dollars but that he needed info ASAP before bank closed. My dad told the caller that his daughter would call back.
I explained to my dad that is was absolutely a scam, but he insisted that I call back "just in case".
I called just to appease him and it was of course a scam. A man with a Jamaican accent answered ( With roosters in the background ) telling me that they were about to deliver a briefcase of money to my house. I played along and said... "Awesome!, When will you be here?". He then told me that all I needed to do was go to Western Union and send a check for $200 for the combo to the briefcase. After playing along with him a little longer I started threatening to call the police if he ever called back. He hung up. I called back a few times and threatened and yelled a little. lol
I realize it was long distance, but worth it. They were startled.

My 13 yr old teen girl answered the phone call with the caller ID CB Kingston 876 289-6382. He sexually harrassed her after he had asked for my husband or me she actually talked to him for about 18 minutes because she thought he was funny. After that I looked up the reverse number search and found he called from Jamaica. Then I learned he was a scammer when I looked up the name on the caller ID. I told everyone in my house not to answer the phone when he kept calling all day into midnight. He would sit on the answering machine and not say anything before it hung up on him after several minutes. My husband answered one time with the name of a pizza place and hung up. We recieved the calls from April through May. My phone got cut off due to an $800 balance on my bill. I had to call on my cell and talk to several agents with AT&T over a priod of 2 hours. I was finally transfered to Executive Complaints. The turned my phone on in about a week after they said they would that day. They said that it would stay on through getting the issue resolved and told me not to pay until they were done reviewing the case and working on it. I was told by one agent that said they have a program that reverses charges to your bill after your line is answered to make it look like you called them on your bill. She was the one that connected me to EC office. After that day when I was called about the case a month later they said that wasn't possible that we had to have called a 1-800 number or a number back. Nobody in my house ever called that number or a 1-800-number. We were getting charged as if we called it everytime it called us. I am still in disputes with AT&T and just got my phone on again from where they disconnected it again. I can't find any info online talking about other people that were scammed by this peson without returning any calls. We could really use some information from anyone that had the same problem as us because AT&T keeps trying to stick us with the remaining balance after they cut the call charges in half. We shouldn't be made to pay the be when we didn't do anything but let the answering machine get it and answer it the 2 times.

Hi, A person with a very thick accent called my cell phone today from the phone number listed above. Asked for a person with my last name. He went ahead and asked me if I have been notified that I have won a Cashiers Check. I said how and through what contest. He said in very broken english through the U.S Postal service. I said "oh ok". He said your address is and gave a wrong bogus address and I said no that is not my address. He proceeded to ask me my real address and I said well if you affiliated with the U.S Postal service you should now my address. This is definitley a scam and only hope that someone does not fall for this. They are trying to get people to give their information out. The only way I could say they got my number is that I am getting married soon and in the last month or so contacted a place in Jamaica to have our wedding. Maybe they sell the information to these people.

- Got a call from a man around Aug 25 2010 with the same story as posted above (won 1.8 million was from Las Vagas), he had the gall to call back on Aug 27 2010 (This time prize was 450K all I had to pay was $95) I knew not to believe them because I had already been a victim of another party of their group in May of 2010 and I am now in more debt than I can began to process. I had over 50K in savings and only 5 years to pay off my house, had to refinance my house (30 years) to pay back loan I took out from my 401K. and I am over 50 years of age with a job that is uncertain. Unless there is a supernatural intervention from God on my behalf I don't know how I will ever get out of debt, take another vacation, give to charity, enjoy the simple things in life again in my life time. What I can do right now is set my pride aside and share this horrible nightmare in hopes that no one else even give them time to talk, because they are professional and the practice deception daily and are good at what they do. It is humiliating to have to admit to myself let alone anyone else that I got caught up in this scam. This is their job, preying on hard working, God fearing people. They do not attack the ungodly because Satan does not attack himself.
DO NOT FALL fall for any of these SCAMS. Take heed from someone who is paying for allowing these people to get into my head. They are agents for Satan who come to kill steal and destroy. Which is what they are trying to do to me now. I'm an intellegent, educated person and greed was not a motivation of why I listened to them. In fact, countless times I've even warned my mother who is 84 yrs. not to fall for this kind of scam. You are free to judge me, but God knows my heart. I have repented for not trusting GOD to take care of all my needs. The entire time I was talking with them they spoke constantly about God and how much they trusted and they were God fearing women. Spoke about how important it was to give part of my winnings to God as tithe and help others. They even talked about how when good things are about to happen to good people the devil will always try to prevent it. I too prayed and asked the Holy Spirit to guide me. He did but I had already fell into the mesmerized trap. On several occassions when I went to the bank to get money (cash) The entire branch computer network shut down, it took over 20 minutes to come back, it shut down at time my transactions was being processed. Another time I went to cash a large check from my 401k loan. The first time the person told me that the signatures on the check didn't look right. It took 20 minutes for them to approve cashing it. Another time I went to get monies for the same check from another branch and the teller took be the check had not been cashed. I was persistant, went to another branch and they gave me the money. I could tell of at least 3 other times the Holy Spirit tried to warn and stop me, I thought it was Satan trying to keep me from getting was was mine, this is what I allowed myself to believe, because everyday all day I was praying. I know now I should have been fleeing from the bank with a blaze of smoke behind me. Each time I gave them money they always wanted more for some other charge. They will do this until you don't have any more money or you come from under their spell. I know I sound crazy, but I know what happened to me and the financial mess my life is in now. I was not and still not one that did not value money. These people are under the power of Satan, I have and am praying for their release as well as praying for anyone who may come in contact with them that the Holy Spirit is so strong on them that they immediately hang up and do not give Satan a crack to enter their mind. Please understand, they claimed to be with FTC, IRS and US Customs. After realizing that it was a major scam I filed reports with FBI, FTC, IRS, US Custom, State Consumer Protection (AT), Western Union, MoneyGram, Local Police. No one really cared and no one helped. My only trust now is in God, he is the ultimate provider for all our needs. Praise God.
I have every reciept from Western Union and Money Gram and and every date, time and ref number of all agents I reported this too. If you don't believe anyone else email believe this one.

This just happened to me and my husband. A man (named Alex Brown) with a heavy accent called saying I won $10 million. His number is 876-403-6459 and his manager's is 876-840-9077 (name is Dane Chamberlain). He says their website is www.winnerinternational.com or www.globalinternational.com. Please be on guard with this!!!

I received a phone call from the above number about 10-15 mins. ago on my cell. I didn't answer because I generally do not answer calls from unknown phone numbers on my cell (if its important they will leave a message). I did a GOOGLE search of the 876 # & I saw that it is a legit area code, but its also used for scams. I do not know anyone in Jamaica & no one in my family is visiting Jamaica. About a minute later they called again. I rejected the phone call & then blocked the phone number.

Just received a call from a man with an accent said wants $150 to deliver a package for me at the house - says I won 2.5 million dollars - I told him to deliver it c.o.d. - very persistent - children in the background - FRAUD I"M SURE

I got a call from a man with a Jamacian accent who said he was calling from the "company of Las Vegas in the country of Las Vegas"; that a UPS driver was on the way to my house with a $2.5 million dollar check I had won. I questioned him about the children I heard in the background at his "company office" and why he was calling me on what sounded like a cell phone. "Oh, no, no, no children. I call you from my company in country of Las Vegas". That was enough for me. Scam written all over this!

I recieved 2 calls saying they were with my bank and I had won and a check would be delivered to my address. I asked which address, they told me a different one. I preceeded to say I'm ____ who are you looking for. They said a wrong name and not my address.
They then called back saying they were looking for me, and asked if I was in ____ the city and state I'm from and that the check was for me. It was "John White" calling from Las Vegas with my bank.
I said that he could talk to my father, and asked if it was under my name. They said it was underr my name, which is impossible since all my checking is in my parents name.

BEWARE. I have been scammed before. I told them I know this is a scam and they better stop calling.

This AM (starting at 6AM) got a call from 876-413-8279, didnt answer, then a restricted #, followed by 509-377-51409, another restricted, and then 5109-373-94234. I answered twice, to an older, far away sounding male who said hello hello? how are you? he sounded creepy and was either trying to disguise his voice or using a machine possibly. Calls stopped at 10AM.

Received a call from a Jonathan Brown looking for an ex-employee, stating he is with the lottery and that the person he was looking for won $850,000.00. Lucky him! Wait, but I don't know how to get in touch with this person who no longer works here. OH...well, since he used our company address to enter, anyone from our place of business can claim the money. Wow, really?! My boss is going to be so excited! HAHAHA People please beware of these scammers...it seems they have taken the email scams to phone calls now. Do not give out personal info, especially bank/card info. And do NOT call these Jamaican numbers back!

I just posted the 11:00AM thread on this, something else people should know: about 4 or 5 days ago my husband received a call from an "old" sounding man asking for me. He said it was odd because he could hear breathing and said hello about 3 times then the man said my name. My husband said "no" hold on I'll go and get her. When I got to the phone I kept saying Hello and no one would answerthen finally hung up. My PH # is listed public on about 6 job sites, anyone else on any job sites? I think this because my name is not in the PH book. (I am going to undo that). Now I wonder if this call was to see if the # was actually mine. I plan to call the fcc.

Had a message on home phone, could hardly understand the woman, and I have grown kids in military that could be deploying any time somewhere overseas, so after listening to this message about 10 times I was able to get a phone #. I use my cell thinking it could be out west somewhere and maybe something to do with the kids. Should of looked at the regular phone first, I just realized tonight that I had a call from Jamaca. When I called this # a woman answered with hello and I asked if this was Sharon Brown, she said yes than I tell her who I am (pretty stupid and trusting, someone kick me) then she starts telling me I won 500,000.00 from a company called gruber or gribber international, could hardly understand her, she kept asking if I could hear her and I said yea but I can't understand a # # thing your saying. Finally I told her to send me documentation (knowing by now this is a bull s... call, but not knowing I'm calling Jamaca) and she kept trying to talk over me and I told her to send documentation through the mail and I am going to take it to an attorney and asked her if she heard and understood what i just told her, then repeated it again and informed her again that I was going to contact an attorney with her paperwork. Haven't gotten a call yet today so far. Talked to my cell phone company tonight and they gave me the FCC PH # 1-888-382-1222 and also www.fcc.gov/cgb/donotcall website. Hopefully the goverment will help with this mess.

The first call I got was from a man with a thick accent that I couldn't hardly understand. He said I had won 5.5 million dollars and wanted to know if I'd be home tonight so it could be delivered. I told him I wasn't interested, thank you and hung up. He called right back. The caller ID said it was from the City that I live in which is why I answered it in the first place. The call showed no area code making it look local. On the second call he said his name was Mr Gordon and I told him he had the wrong number and another man got on the phone and told me the same thing that I'd won 5.5 million dollars and if I was going to be home. I told him I didn't enter any sweepstakes and I wasn't interested, said thank you and hung up again. A third call came only seconds later with the same thing.. I said, "I don't think so" and hung up. Several hours passed and I got the same type call saying his name was Michael Moore and I'd won 5.5 million and I said I'm not interested and hung up but this time caller ID showed it was a cell phone from Jamaica. The number is: 876-278-9397. Four calls so far, hope I don't have to change my number but I will. Sorry for anyone who's fell for this.

I received a call this morning saying I won 1.5 Million dollars just had to do the registration fee of 150.00. It was a scam and bullcrap. I hate scams.

Add this # 8764478158 this man from Jamaica called my house saying send some money and you will receive a prize I told him to kiss my ass and hung up on him.. He called back threatening me he said he had a shotgun and he was gonna kill me I laughed at him, told him ok is that supposed to scare me that didn't sit to well with him than he said he would torture me(again I laughed) These guys are phony as hell they are not scary they are not intimidating tell them to just go to negril and smoke some more weed leave us alone in the US.

I got a phone call not to long ago of a man claiming to work for UPS. He had said I won 1.5 millions dollars and that the truck was on it's way to my place now. He gave me some information about Western Union on what I should fill out and what information I should give in order to 'claim my prize'. At first I was like; "How, 1.5 million dollars, sounds awesome." After that feeling went away five seconds letter and sensing a scam I hung up and tried to go back to sleep. The number called back two more times when I answered again in which the caller asked what was wrong and proceeded to tell me what info he needed again. I pressed him on the issue, asking that it was unbelievable that no one just gets 1.5 million dollars out of no where for nothing. He hung up and called back two minutes later after seeming he 'collected' himself. I pressed him harder asking who was sponsoring this 'contest', and he told me it was just UPS and no one else and that I have 'entered' because I order a lot of packages from UPS (I don't. In total I've gotten maybe three packages from UPS this entire year). I continue to grill him, asking it was far-fetched, unlikely, and unbelievable that just UPS a lone company would sponsor such a contest to give a lone person 1.5 million dollars. He hung up after I increasingly got more and more hostile. I'm not fun to talk to on the fun when you're bullshitting me.

876- won cash award. James Green stated as caller

Is this a scam? Have received several calls from area code 876 with the past couple days. Since I do not know any there, it is Jamaica I understand, I do not answer. I would like the calls to stop though. My carrier, Sprint, says all they can do is change my number, to which I respond, "Why do I have to change my number" Anyone know what can be done to stop these calls?

I recieved a call yesterday and than again today for a man with a VERY thick accent. He claims he was with the MGM Grand in NV and I was the August 2010 sweepstake winner. He asked if I was a US citizen and had a bank account. I asked him to fax me all this info so I could collect the money(HAHAHAHA) He said he would but have not recieved anything as of yet. Not sure if I should report this to the police or not. The # is 876-899-5924!!

A man with a heavy accent contacted our home phone saying that he was from a Global Sweepstakes Firm and that we had won 18.5 Million Dollars and that at 3 pm our new Mercedes would arrive at the provided address. He then went to asking for a checking account number. Which we don't have by the way but asked if we could send 118 Dollars to the company under Colton Williams, MoBay, Jamaica. We asked why we had to pay if we had supposedly won 18.5 Million Dollars. He just made up some excuse that we would have to pay for the delivery of the car and they would give us a receipt and that on this receipt there is a number that we needed to send back to them for the transaction of the check that was on it's way...What's funny is that we asked him what address he had and he gave back our Postal Office Box number, which is weird because we asked him how they was going to deliver a car to a PO BOX and he said no worries we know you live in the area and that is all that matters...They are persistent and very hard to understand and the Caller ID also marked the number as a Cell Phone Number from Jamaica....

I received a phone call at 9 pm from the following number 876-437-0075. The caller ID said it was from Jamaica. A man with a heavy accent was on the other end and claimed he was Tony Washington. He said he was with the Global Sweepstakes and that I won 2 million and a car. Proceeded to tell me that I won because I paid some bills with my credit card. He said he needed to confirm some information and he had my name and address. Although, he couldn't pronounce anything right. He told me that the car and the money would be delivered to me at 10:30 in the morning. But before I would get any money I needed to go to a Western Union and pay 399 and call them back with a barcode. I proceeded to tell them that I didn't know who he was and that he could be anyone scamming me. I told him that the caller ID said he was calling from Jamaica and he claimed he was in Nevada and that it was just the area code they used...haha. I told him that there was no way that I would have to pay any money if I had won the money. Then he tried to say that I would get the money back and that the money would be tax free. I told him yeah right. I'm not sending you anything and that it was a scam. He then said that he could send something to verify that it was legitimate. I said sure I would like to see what he had. So he told me to give him my email address. I told him no that anyone can send something over the web and that wasn't legitimate. I have to say he was very persistent but after I declined giving him my email he told me okay well miss I'll have a good day and you'll have a good day. At that time I hung up.

To follow up with my previous comment, I filed a complaint with the FTC via the phone at 877-382-4357 this morning and obtained a complaint number for follow up if additional information warrants. I was also advised to continue to not answer the call or return their call and if I am threatened in any way to contact my local police department.

I received a call Saturday evening at 7 PM. When I saw the call come in from Jamaica, I did not answer and I waited for it to go into voice mail. When I retrieved the message, he stated his name and number clearly with an urgent message to call him back in a heavy Jamaican accent, but you could not identify what company he was calling from or about. I reviewed this site on Sunday as I suspected this was a scam. I then received a call Sunday morning at 8:11 AM from 413-241-2114 and as soon as I heard the Jamaican accent I hung up. He followed up with a call this morning at 7:45 AM -caller ID flashed as 876-562-8248. When I retrieved my messages, it was the same man, same message only this time he identified himself with Winner's International.

I also received a call from Jamaica saying I had won $2.5 million and some car. I knew immediately that it was a scam. I told him I couldn't understand his accent and that I wanted to speak to someone from the US. He said he WAS from the US-yea right?! Then he gave me a number to call back: (876) 399-2439. I certainly did NOT call back but instead did a reverse phone search, then googled until it brought me to a page that suggests that calls from 876 area code are typically scams. The call came from (876) 460-8081. This frankly scares me! I hope I don't continue receiving calls like some others on this board have!

So yesterday like 30 minutes before I had to leave for work I recieve a call from this Jamaican man on my cell. At the time I couldn't see the area of the call so I didn't know it was placed from jamaica but I recognized the accent immidiately. When I answered,the man on the other end told me he was calling from chase bank international. I immidiately stopped him there because I'm not with that bank. I told him I wasn't interested. He said it was an important call. I asked If I owed chase money or if they owed me any. His reply was no. In response I told him that the phone call did not interest me then. He then told me to hold while he transferee my call so that what was happening could be explained. He then clearly just handed another guy the phone because I could still hear him in the background. I laughed at their foolishness and proceeded to tell the new man with the same accent that ivwas not interested in any promotions. He then told me that I won some Australian lottery for $2,000,000. I told him I had not entered in any sweepstakes. He told me it wasn't a sweepstakes in a kind,forgiving tone. He kept calling me sweetheart. He then told me that I used my debit card at one of their affiliated companies like walmart,k-mart, or kroger and that it automatically entered me in the contest. I recognized the scam right off the back but I like catching people up in lies and I'm quite good at it. I told him that that wasn't possible because people have to give consent to be entered in any type of contest and banks never give out your personal information and that it was confidential. I then asked him how he got my telephone number and he couldn't give me a straight answer. He then told me the same story and added that I needed to go to western union to fill out some registration forms so that an official us stamp could be placed on my check then the people from the austrailian lottery would come to my house and hand me my check and shake my hand. I then told him that he watches too much tv and that it all sounded fake to me. He then told me that the IRS would pay my taxes on the check for me. But Id have to send something in.by this time I was running late for work and got bored with hearing him lie so I asked what he needed to accomplish from this call. He told me he needed to verify the address. I asked him what address he already had listed just to see how much information he actually had on me. He then told me he had no address. I told him that the word "verify" implied that he already had something and that it just needed to be confirmed I then asked him why would he need my address if I was going to submit a registration form that I'd imagine would ask for all of my information. He had no answer. I told him that it sounded like a scam.he then said,still in a kind tone, that it wasn't and that I should never send money to Jamaica because that's a scam. I asked who said anything about Jamaica and that he sounded Jamaican. He just said "no sweetheart". I laughed and told him goodbye and that I'd research it and get back to him. He gave me that first name and number.

This morning I woke up to about five missed calls from Jamaican numbers.I could now see that the number that called yesterday was also placed from Jamaica.

Lol..scamers..

A Jamaican man called my grandparents who are from Germany. Since both sides had a thick accent I'm not sure what happened over the phone. He said we won $10,000 but had to pay the taxes to western union of $250, my grandfather just told him that if we won then just send the check and worry about the taxes later.

He called back later when my grandfather was out and my grandma told him that he wasn't home.

Then he called back a third time calling my grandma a b!@#$ and a Fu@#$%^ lyar. He then went on THREATENING TO COME TO MY HOUSE AND HURT MY FAMILY FOR LYING TO HIM. Abusive language is one thing but threats are another. I notified the sheriff's department and they said they couldn't do anything about it but we should contact the FBI.

I don't think I am in any real danger but I don't take kindly to these threats. I hope somebody catches these monsters and tortures them. This world has really become a shame to live in that people have to sink to this level to make money. If they aren't punished in this life I know that someday they are going to experience the wrath of God.

Yesterday I received a call on my UNLISTED landline phone from a heavily accented man. I asked to be removed from his call list and inquired how he got the number. He continued talking thru my questions about some sweepstakes. I interrupted him again and informed him I would be reporting his name and number to the authorities, and insisted that my name be removed from his 'call list'. He then began shouting at me with a string of 4-letter words, to which I hung up.
Today, I got a call from 876-372-9669. Again an accented man who tried to tell me I had won $50000 in some sweepstakes. I asked him how he got the number and to remove it from his list. He continued on about the winning 'prize' and did not listen to my request for info on how he got the number, nor my request to take my name from his list. I know there's no 'prize' as I ahve never entered any sweepstakes. My phone number is unlisted and I do not give it to unknown sources.
How they get the number is annoying, and the language I was subjected to is downright abusive. I will be reporting them to the FCC.

My husband got a call from a Jamaican phone #876-363-9139. The man asked
if he was going to be home in an hour and that he had won some money. My husband told him that he would. When the man called back, he told my husband to call another Jamaican # 876-397-1485 and talk to a Mr Johnson to claim his money
and a Mercedes. My husband called me at work in between phone calls, so I was
able to tell him about the scam

A few days ago I received a call from this number: 876-365-2915. A quiet man was on the other line who took a little while to respond to my "hello" (I think he even said "hold on"). He said "hello, hello..." and then something about his name, Nikoy, and that he was from Jamaica. I told him he had the wrong number and then hung up on him since he wouldn't stop talking.
A few minutes later I got a TEXT message with this message: "Hi am nickoy from jamaica and am searchin for a penpal or a close friend.r u interested?"
Then he called back two more times, and the second time I asked my boyfriend to answer the phone in a deep voice, thinking he just wanted to talk to me because I was a girl. My boyfriend just said, "you have the wrong number" again and hung up. Then I got another text message saying: "Am deeply sorry if caused u any trouble.jus needed a friend thats all.am sorry"
Now I keep getting calls from him every day or two, usually in the evening, usually two at a time. I haven't answered, and he has never asked for any money.
I have been looking through posts on this site trying to see if anyone else got a similar message, but I haven't found anything yet. He never told me I won any money, or tried to say anything about where he was from. He told me straight up that he was from Jamaica... Is this a new tactic? The text messages are what I found to be most disturbing. Is this someone completely different? Has anyone else had a similar situation?

This is the first call I've ever received but it was from a man named Marcus Johnson of Fast Express Delivery and Courier Services and he spoke very slowly and sounded a bit automated (perhaps he was new and reading from a script). According to him, I just won $2.8M from a Walmart receipt drawing. When I asked for his website and email address, he quickly hung up.

A very nervous sounding Jamaican man just called my cellphone and said, "yes, I'm calling about your American cash Sweepstakes award...." I immediately told him I'm not interested and hung up. Certainly this was a scam, and just wanted to expose the phone number here in case anyone else gets a call like this.

Another Scam call from this number. Do not give them any information about you.

Another phone number to add to this list. I Live in a Southeastern state and the caller said the men were in the area but had to spend the night in a hotel which is in Arizona but would be at my house in 2 hours to deliver the $1m prize. I just had to give them $100 for taxes that were still due ( they had already paid most of the tax for me....how nice ) When I said I didn't have the money available and couldn't get it today (Saturday) he wanted to know when I could get it. I told him Monday and he agreed to deliver it then. Then he wanted to know my phone number and I said since he called me he should know it so why did I have to tell him. He gave me "code" that I had to have in order to accept the prize but kept making mistakes and telling me to cross out what he had just told me. These words consisted of something like Kingston, Jamaica WI Rosemarie Slamon and he also gave me a phone # to call 876-462-7165

I had a Jamaican accented man that went by the name John Peterson, and were redirected to his supervisor named Howard, who said I won 1.5 million dollars after some sort of rebate from using coupons at JC Penny and/or at Wal-Mart, but would end up being a million after taxes. He said that he would have 2 armed guards knocking on our door with a check, but before he said that he tried to con-art is into answering a few regular questions and said if you don't want to answer then say no. We said no, but we believe he was trying to scam us into getting our social security number, drivers license, or credit card number. He then, we believe, tried to get on to the next person to scam by leaving us with getting our email (taking their con-artist time acting to make sure he got it correct) and then made us hang-up saying we would have emails within minutes (an hour and a half later writing this, still nothing) haha...I'm sure they do over a thousand of these a day, and if they get that one unlucky fellow that does give away his personal information; I'm sure they've got freelancers running and counterfeiting credit cards and billing them at store's under your name. At least we weren't scammed that far.

I AM AT MY WITS END. For months, my 83 yr.old Father has been getting calls from Jamaican Scam Artists. Says he's won millions and all he has to do is send X amount of dollars through Western Union and UPS will deliver his check. Also hes won a NEW CAR. He has given them, probably Thousands of dollars so far. He has a lock box FULL of Western Union receipts. I recently moved on to his property in N. California, but had no idea this was going on beforehand. I've told him that it's a scam, but he doesn't want to hear it from me. My Step-Mom is almost fed up with him. And she has threatened to leave him. He hasn't been paying the bills. The phone has been disconnected twice since I've been there. The last time they turned it back on, you could only call locally or 800 numbers. Now, in the last 2 weeks it's shut off completely. And that's good because they can't call him. But bad, because he's 83 and what if theres an emergency. His wife doesn't drive and they live 60 miles from the nearest hospital. I called the phone Co. (with his wife's permission)and tried to have 876 numbers blocked. CAN'T DO IT. Short of having the number changed, which they've had for 26 yrs., there's nothing they can do. The Sat. cable has also been shut of twice. I heard him say to one of them the other day, that he had wired $1,050.00. He only get's about $1,200.00 a month from SS and his pension. And his wife gets about $400.00 a month SS. There was a Mr Jones who was calling. Then someone called and said Mr Jones had died. A couple of weeks goes by and Mr. Jones calls and says he's not dead. Theres CODES that they have. Also FBI agents are calling and are suppose to help him get his money back.
So, last week I copied 75 pages off this website and sent it to him. I could only afford to copy half of the testimonials. If he doesn't get it, someone said I should go to a Judge and have someone take over his finances.
He has a Store/Bar/Restaurant which has been closed for about 3 years, and he took out a loan on it and gave it to them. I think it was $1,500.00 that his wife told me. While she was in the hospital for about 3 months, he came to the hospital and asked her where her money was, so he could pay the taxes. $2,000.00 down the drain. Money she had saved.
I'm out of town working until early Sept. but I have told his wife, that if he hasn't stopped by the time I get back...........WHAT DO I DO?

Just got a call from a lady claiming to be from UPS. Stated I had a package to be delivered to me. Then said I had won $50,000 and a Mercedes-Benz. I just laughed my butt off and told the lady exactly where she can shove that money, that car, and that Jamaican accent of hers. "Ya Man." PLEASE DO NOT CALL BACK 876 NUMBERS. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR INFORMATION. Let's show these crooks, criminals, thiefs, delinquents, low-lifes, and scoundrels that we are up on their tricks, and they are going to have to do better than offering free money to us in order to steal our hard earned cash. These people are the lowest of low, stealing from someone who actually earns what they have. I hope they read these comments and understand how they are parasites on this Earth. I know there are some folks in Nigeria pulling the same tricks. Someone very dear to me fell for it, and was paying every dime he had for the next two years to pay it off. Absolutely breaks my heart. No worse feeling than knowing someone blatantly stole from you. I hope these people get what they deserve.

I just got a call from a scammer who sounded Jamaican. Now they are using privately listed numbers, so it's hard to tell if they are the dreaded 876.

I also got a call this AM saying I won a car & money, etc. It took me by surprise as I thought it was someone I knew playing a prank but, then he began to get agrressive with me and I realized it was something very wrong. So I got some numbers to call him back, not realizing it was Jamaica, and, luckily, the calls would not go thru because I have an International call block on my cell. Anyway, Googled & got this site. Wow! Its been going on a long time & not in the News, etc. Anyway, I called T Mobile & they discontinued any texts to this line but, I cannot block the area code (or specific numbers). I think the phone companies need to be more proactive on this front to help us out! I do not want to change my number I've had for years!!!

I then reported all info to the FTC BUT, I am in the Tourism Industry in Florida and if you really want to see action, go to the Jamaican Tourism Board (and anyone who makes money off tourism there) and let them know what you think. Let them know you will not go to Jamaica until this gets under control. Believe me, they WILL do something if they realize how much money they are losing over this!!!

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I RECEIVED A CALL THIS MORNING FROM GLOBAL WINNERS CLAIMING THAT I WON $1.5M AND A 2010 MERCEDEZ. THE MAN'S NAME WAS JOHN WATSON AND HE HAD A HEAVY ACCENT. I DID'NT ANSWER THE PHONE, HE LEFT A VOICE MAIL. ADD THESE TWO NUMBERS TO THE LIST 876-279-2861 AND 876-375-5171. THE FIRST NUMBER IS THE ONE HE CALLED FROM AND THE SECOND IS THE ONE I'M SUPPOSED TO CALL BACK TO. GLAD I READ THIS WEBSITE ABOUT THE SCAM!

The caller ID was "Private Caller" & I almost didn't pick up-the man was hard to understand & kept saying he was "Inspector John O'Reilly" and needed me to get delivery of a cheque of $20,000.00 as an award for paying my utilities on time. I hung up and was called back several times-he kept repeating that he was only doing his job "to feed my family-you could hear a baby in the background". So to get my "Unclaimed cashiers cheque" as I was 1 of 4 lucky winners, (2 people had already recieved theirs!), BUT they were having trouble with the "IRS stamp"-that would let you cash the cheque in all states.Finally I hung up after telling the man he should be ashamed for trying to scam hardworking americans-& he called back with the JAMAICA area code=1-876-254-6758. He actually said he was calling from an Orlando area code 38112. THAN when again I told him not to call & try & scam people he got a little annoyed & told me to "go suck a certain part of my husbands anatomy". Hopefully that will be my last call!

Had a message on our land line yesterday from someone who said his name was Anthony (Anthone) Forry calling about a FedX delivery they were trying to make. Not bothering to look at the caller ID (stupid me) I wrote down the number: 876-858-2446 and called him back. I was determined not to give any personal information but he did not ask for any except if I had a legitimate ID and if I was single or married. He said there was a drawing in Las Vegas that is done each year (I started getting suspicious) and that they needed to deliver a package to me tomorrow) I had won 2.5 million dollars and a Mercedes Benz. Ok. Now I knew it was a scam. He told me to go to Western Union and give them a refundable payment of $350.00 so my prize could be delivered. I would give the receipt to the FED-X guy, etc. Then I was to call this guy back to tell him I had paid Western Union. (I was to give these special words on the payment: Denver, Senior, Kingston 11, Jamaica WI). I have not called back of course but he did try to call me again from #876-395-9726.
Now I have to figure out how much charge there will be on my phone call for that stupid scam that I called back!

876-894-5669 Thick accent. Says I was awarded three million dollars. Since they weren't successful with $300.000 they figured three million would get my attention. Retards!

So over the past few months I have been receiving calls from Jamaica but I seen to always miss them because I am in class when they call. I had missed about 4-5 calls when finally one of them left a message. The only thing is that the message they left was not for me, they were calling “regarding an urgent financial matter” for someone else. Well why would I respond to someone else’s urgent financial matter??? I wouldn’t.... not long passed before they called at a time when I was free to answer, “Hello, Miss Donna?” Nope, wrong number stops calling me I am not who you are looking for.
After this there were a few months of peace, until recently, the calls stated again, this time at like random times like on Sundays and weekdays at 6am... I certainly do not answer calls from foreign countries at 6am.......
So again, finally, they get me when I had a moment to spare....In a thick Jamaican accent “Hello miss NOT MY NAME HERE” Nope not me you got the wrong gal here....I tried to tell them. Then this man proceeded to tell me that because I always pay my bills on time and I am so good at managing my debt I have been chosen to receive X amount of dollars from the credit bureau of some factitious nature ......BUT FIRST!! He must know my name. HA... He says “we seem to have some of your information wrong in our computer here”. Meanwhile, in the background I can hear a dog barking and children playing. I knew exactly what was going on here, so I just thought I should ask a few questions and see what he was getting at......“So you mean to tell me that you were calling to give someone else this money, but if you get my personal information I can have it instead?”
But no, it is you we are looking for “we just have a wrong address for you here”
“If you don’t mind my asking sir but how that is you have all of my credit information and my phone number but don’t even know my name or have my address?”
“I just need to get you current address because we have someone in your area ready to deliver your $$$$.”
“In my area you say? And where might that be?”
“You are in Florida aren’t you miss?”
“NO, I most certainly am not, and this is the worst scam ever.”
He insists “This is no scam, you sound like a very nice girl”.................CLICK.
That was enough of that, there’s no way this Jamaican was going to charm anything out of me.
Almost laughable how bad he is at his job, however it’s sad that these sick people pray one those who don’t know better.
I did some research and it turns out that Jamaica is notorious for all type of these scams, either they try to get you to call them back and they charge you international rates and they receive a cut of some kind, or they tell you that you have won some ridiculous amount of money but in order for them to release it to you they need you to send them a percent or a release fee or something. I dont even think that there is anything that can be done to stop it either, I just hope they stop calling me now.

Msg to call 876-285-7214 to U.S. Customs!

I also rec'd a scam call fm 876-285-7214 -- saying it was fm U.S. Customs.

Heavy accent / card reader said that I had won $276,000 and 99% of the tax was paid. All they required is 1% ($25,000) for the remainder of the taxes. I asked for a lump sum payment and I will take care of all the tax, or send the paperwork showing where the tax was paid to the government. They said, "Forget the government..." Forget the government?? Not in my country.

also add 813-446-2338 cell phone from Tampa - and Tom Bolt at 73582 Cataline Way Unit 6, Palm Desert California 92260 to the scammer list - with American Shoppers Network- in addition to the good old Jamaican 876-440-5974

Same story - different number --- 876-440-5974

Just rec'd 2 calls from a Mr. Edwards (heavy accent) that I have just won a ton of money & a Mercedes. From USA Cash Awards out of Vegas - New no. 876-845-5975

Just hang up

Have been receiving these phone calls on a daily basis the past couple of days. I told the person calling that I know this is a SCAM and that they need to stop calling my phone. They go onto to say that this is not a scam - which I know differently. I asked him how there could be someone at my home when he is calling from Jamaica and he stated that they have people in our area. Also informed him that there is absolutely noway that I would be paying anyone for money that I supposedly won. And I questioned him about how can they be carring a cashiers check and $500,000 in cash around. Not a very good response of course. I am going to report them to my cell phone company because I am also on the DO NOT CALL LIST and that they are calling a private number.

My mother has been playing into these guys hands for at least the past two years. We have spoken to her at length that these people are criminals, that there is no way in hell that you are getting the BMW, the Mercedes, the cash, etc. She has also spoken to the police, the FBI, and refuses to believe that these people that are "so nice" on the phone are crooks. They call at least 5 times an hour (I just erased 32 messages from her machine from one day when she was not at home), and then she gets so upset that they are calling so much that she makes herself sick.
But, she continues to send money, to the tune of about $1500 every month.
We have tried to see about blocking international calls, but ATT is not able to do that. We have changed her number 4 times in the past year, but she CALLS THEM when she hasn't heard from them and gives them the new number!
Since she is allowing this to happen to herself, we are very close to taking legal action, at least to protect the rest of her money.

This is another you have won millions of dollars and we are coming to your house. THey tried to Scam my 87 year old grandfather. He told them to wait 15 minutes so the police could be here when they arrived. They called back and he said the police are on there way. He then went out to buy some additional shot gun shells.

I received a voice mail from someone saying her name is Peaches and she has a prize for me. She said she's with American Special Awards or something like that.
Not having heard of this scam before, I called back. When I asked where she was located she said she was located in San Diego. I now know that was a lie after looking up the number and finding out she was in Jamaica. She didn't even have to get to the part where she asks for money. When she said she wanted to come to my house to deliver my prize I knew right away it was some sort of scam and hung up on her dirty Jamaican ass. The number this bitch called from is 876-378-8895 Rot in hell bitch!

This morning I mistakenly dialed 876 -276-2278, but hung up soon after realizing I had misdialed the area code. The connection had just begun ringing and I hung up before it was picked up.
About 45 minutes later - some called me from 876 - 276-2278 claiming to be calling from a " Claims Office " (somewhere), so I guess everybody in Jamaica is trying to work this scam. They'll actually call you back if they have caller ID and see a US number come in to their location.
In short, I had won 2 million dollars and the Mercedes- but they wanted me to tell them my address for delivery within 2 hours and an escort to my bank for my protection. I gave them a phony last name over the phone and of course it matched the winners name, so the conversation continued.
To assure me that all was in order, I was invited to call WASHINGTON and verify I had won - a Mr. Golden ( Fleece?). The number 727-242-2376, called my house instead a few minutes later and registered as being in CLEARWATER , FL.

Prior to that call, the Kingston caller had said he was going to call me back and hung up because of a poor quality connection, but he had just started to explain that they would be needing some money from me to cover some minor expenses and taxes.
Later on a second caller phoned me and claimed to be the first caller, to continue the conversation. By then I had pulled up this site and was reading the contents.
I informed him I was not going to give him any information at all and he promptly hung up.

Ditto, "I did have some fun with a "Michael Washington" a Jamaican phone scam started calling a friend." The interesting thing is Michael Haacke of Alama St, Palo Alto, CA sent my friends money and some of his own to Jamaica. These people are persistent and aggressive.

Here's a number that has been calling me. 1-876-438-7678. It's a guy that says I've won the Reader's Digest Contest, which I'd never entered into. He said by just being a subscriber of Reader's Digest that I was automatically entered. He told me the same shpeel as everyone and that I had to send him money through Western Union to pay for "processing". I said that it was a scam and that you don't pay money if you've ligitimately won something.

He keeps calling me, each time for winning a different contest. I've stopped picking up the phone when I see Jamaica in my caller ID. I've signed up for the do not call registry and also called the ftc to register a complaint. Hopefully they're actually doing something about it.

I just got a Scam call from 2 Jamaican guys saying that I’m a winner of 1.5 mil and a Mercedes Benz. One of the guys claimed his name was James Adams and work for International Golden Nugget in Las Vegas. He asked me to send $135.99 through Western Union to a Jamaican Bank to the merchant banker named, Oschane Blackwood, in order for them to send the package. They mandated that I have to send the money instantly in order for them to send it today and unable to provided all of the needed information that I asked to prove that this drawing event is true. I tried to get their name and number, but they hesitantly gave it to me. They provided me a personal cell phone# of someone from Jamaican, 876-441-8852, and claimed it to be their business phone#. I looked it up and this zip code falls under the Jamaican # for International Rate Charge Scam. I knew from the beginning that this should be some type of scams base on how they talked.

This happens to me personally just now. I believe this is very important that everyone is aware. Please do not fall for any of their scams about winning anything. I just sent out a notification to everyone at work to make sure that they are all aware. This is very wrong of them to do this to anyone and should be stopped. I'm not sure how we can do that.

So i have been gettng these phone calls and its bugging me, Like 5 ore more times a day, all under someone different, How can this be stoped, Sometimes they leave messages and sometimes they don't... Please help me out!!

876-878-6134
didn't answer but looked up this number, glad I did

A young woman gave me her Jamaican phone# (yes and told me it was in Jamaica), 876-359-7659. I looked online but found nothing for that# so I called it. Very odd... it rang twice and then click.... dead line. Any thoughts what happened? I have VOIP for phones at home so my cost to call is pennies, but wondering if she/they were trying to pull some kind of odd phone scam?

I received several calls from an 876 number where they were insisting there was a package delivered w/ 10 large in it, after the 4th or 5th call the man was screaming in the phone and warned he was coming for the package and i ended up having to notify the police and we discovered this. Has anyone else been getting calls about a "package"?

The website that tells you where to report scams is here: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt148.shtm. Or you can google 'report Jamaican scammers". The Federal Trade Commission's website. It breaks my heart what these guys are doing because I live in Jamaica and the scammers are cruel and wicked and giving our beautiful country a bad name. The govt of Jamaica and the govt of the US are working together to try to catch them. Unfortunately, they use cell phones that are easy to get rid of and hard to trace. Please give the police as much help as possible to close down this operation.

My 85 yr old mother has been going thrui pure hell the past 2 days by a Jamacian caller trying to steal her money. I feel so sorry for her but theres not much anyone can do to help. What a crazy mixed up world.

We had a guy call us on our cell phone and tell us that we won $250,000 from kmart or walmart.The guys name is Luke Marr, or so he said,the phone # was 876-373-3851. He said to wire him the 350.00 to Portland Jamaica West Indies and the name for the wire Karl Blake. Be safe

I had been receiving a couple calls a day from a Blocked number so I didn't answer. Then finally one day I answered cause I was sick of the calls. I half listened to what they had to say and politely replied, "I'm not interested, please do not call again", and hung up. Within 2 minutes I got another call, this time it was a different guy but I told him the same thing. I thought for sure they would stop calling. After the 5th call I started to get very irritated. I told them that what they were doing was harassment! The guy then told me he had just looked me up on Facebook and thought I was cute so that's why he kept calling. I told him if he didn't stop calling I was going to tell my husband. Somehow I managed to get a number, must have forgotten to block it out before they called. I had my husband call and leave a message, which the guys didn't really like. I had my girlfriend get on the phone to tell them off. They simply said they would stop calling and come to my house instead! This freaked me out. I called the police and they called the number leaving a message and I haven't received a call yet! I better not get charged for these calls!

Got a phone call from 876-420-8925 telling me that he is from UPS and telling me UPS is delivering a big plasma TV today. First of call, UPS never call (ahead or after) any delivery, so I hang up the phone right away, knowing it must be a fraud. The guy kept calling 3 more times and I didn't pick up the phone. I think I am going to block this number once i figure out how.

I just took a phone call from 876-430-4084 at my fathers home (8:30pm on a Sunday night!!!). The caller ID said "CELL PHONE JM". I answered the phone and he started in with "We're calling from UPS we have an unclaimed prize for you". I told him I know this is a scam and don't call again then hung up on him. It was obviously a Jamaican (I've visited there and know what they sound like). Clearly this was a scam and hopefully they won't call again. Unfortunately for them my dad is very clear minded and retired law enforcement so they won't get anything out of him. I'm going out tomorrow to buy one of those portable air horn in a can things. If they call again I'll just tell my dad to use this on them. In the meanwhile I've asked the phone company via email to block all calls from the 876 area code. We don't know anyone in Jamaica and there's no reason for them to call us. When I goggled the number I found this site although I already knew it was a scam it's sad to see people have been taken advantage of by these pieces of trash. I guess when you live in a third world hellhole you have no moral compass or ethics. Either way God will take care of them in the end.

My mother is being harassed by these idiots who told her she has won $877,000.00. The first caller told her she had to send $2,000 to claim her prize (I thought prizes were free) the second caller told her he refigured and she only owed $500.00. The 3rd caller said it was $900.00 and now it's $350.00. This has caused a lot of hurt and heartache in our family as my mother truely believes that she has won and we're (the family) not going to let her send the money to get her money. I caught her yesterday, trying to get to Western Union before I could stop her. I'm sure she'll sneak behind my back, before all of this is over, and mail the scammer the money, but before she has the chance, I've printed her out 45 pages of "reading material" about this scam. I hope the scammers mother's are scammed one day. Then they'll know just how much pain they've caused others. I don't believe though, that they have a conscience. I did report the calls to the phone co. and to the local law enforcement.The numbers that have called her are:
876-413-5202, 876-296-5407, 876-405-4660, 876-392-3047, 876-387-2772, and 876-307-3255. Please remember these numbers so you and your family won't be taken for your life's savings. The one saving grace is that these guys will one day have to answer to a higher power. May they burn in hell.

8These are the numbers that they have been calling from at my house 876-256-6408, 876-505-8981, 8768297503, 8762901675, 8762272127 man these people are persistant! and mostly mexicans! This is crazy, I hope people don't fall for this stuff its terrible that nobody will do something to these people! They told me today they are sending someone to my house!!!!!!! But the police will be here if they show up, so maybe something will happen to these guys!

I got a call from 876-436-0946 from Julia Parks telling me that I had won 2.5million from publishers clearing house. I didnt believe it but i let the lady talk, the only personal info she asked me for was my current address she had my old one. she also mentioned a Mercedes S-class and told me that I had to give so much of the money back to the poor or a charity. I told her that I thought it was a scam and she wanted to prove to me it wasnt by faxing me an copy of the american express travelers cheque with my name on it. I just didnt feel right about it. she called back like 4times trying to fiqure out what the problem was I told her i just dont think this is real there are too many scams out there and I dont have the money to be getting scammed out of her managers name is kimberly clark at 876-436-0946

They did not mention a bently or any cars, guess i didnt win as much. But these jerks really are persistant. I told them to send me a letter with all the details, and i would bring it to my lawyer and get back to them... that was about the end of the phone call. Then they called me back jsut minutes ago from a new number, same guy. I said to him "Look buddy you already called me today and i told you 'send me a letter with all the info to bring to my lawyer and ill get bacl to you.' is it really that hard?" and again that was the end of the conversation. Here are the two new numbers though.
876-447-9955
876-586-6054

Read the article about the scam http://affections.beautyhilite.com/2008/04/watch-out-for-following-area-code.html

July 13, 2010 NEW SCAM INVOLVING UPS I Got a call from this 876-430-8374 stating i was one of three winners in a sweepstakes and i needed to send $124 dollars to one Joseph Mccamanp in Vollas, Texas But he was calling from a 876 number in Kingston, Jamica thank goodness for caller id's

Received a call just now from 1-876-843-5458, Kingston, JM. The person said he worked for FedEx and they had a package for me along with a cashiers check for $75,000. Believing this was a scam, I asked a series of questions including where was the FedEx office he worked at, the address, the fax number. what was his name, etc. Of course his story changed with each answer. I said I was putting him on hold while I called the BBB on another phone. Before I could look up the BBB number, he hung up.

My mother has been told all of these stories. Now they have introduced her to her best friend who will help her weed out the scammers. Says they have a most wanted list. My mother is almost destroyed. So busy with this and sweepstakes she has lost 20 lbs and is having all kinds of health problems. She's 80 yrs. old. I know, I am going to get POA soon. She has also said she would rather die. So.. Anyway, this so called FRIEND is Lisa O'Neal 509-398-0643 I called her yesterday and said how do you sleep at nite? She has told my mother she is going to come see her and buy her this and that..... GUYS call this B...h ! Thanks

Newest scam number (876) 858-4775

Man sounds like he is illiterate and eating marbles

My mother who was alone, my father passed away in 2003, was so broke from sending these lying, heartless thieves money that she was eating dog food to survive. She was $9000 behind in rent and the landlord had not the heart to evict her, she was 78 battling dementia.
After her second heart attack she came to live with her sister in Fort Myers, the calls continued, her sister put an end to it by changing her number, the scams came in the mail, she would throw those away as well. They have a system of getting your information, phone numbers, addresses, and such, it is actually pretty scary.
I won't to know how do we stop these "people", if you can call them that, how would they feel if we (as Americans) began wiping out their elderly? Forcing them into hunger and homelessness?
My mother was conned out of $130,000 dollars. These people need to be prosecuted, how can we do that?

My mother is 87 years old and July 5th 2010 received a call from a Mike Rogers claiming he was from Readers digest and that she won 1.5 million dollars. He convinced her to send $500 to some one named Shawone Sharpe in Montego Bay Jamaica to pay for taxes. He told her to keep it a secret for her protection and not tell anyone in the family. He called again the next day and again got her to send another $500. I was away for a few days and my dad found out about the money when he went to the bank to pay some bills.

My mother took the 1st $500 from a personal savings account she has had for years ( No one in our family knew she had $500 in there). It makes me so sick to think about these guys taking their money as they are on a fixed income. The trouble continued once I got home as they continued to call and ask for more money. There is basically nothing I can do about getting their money back as they specifically asked for her to use Western Union and Kmart to wire transfer the money. I was on the phone when he called and he basically bullied my mom into trying to get more money, all with the promise of someone showing up at her door with a check. I have filed complaints with Readers Digest, fraud.org the FBI, local sheriff and the California attorney general. If anyone has any other ideas on getting money back or stopping the fraud please let me know. Thanks

1-876-850-3075
1-702-576-0460
1-876-882-3818

I received a call last week then two more a couple days ago. First call from JM Kingston 876-484-3724. Next two from 876-476-1911. Caller had heavy accent and told me I won 2.5 million. He claimed to be from a company in Las Vegas and had worked their 15 years. When I told him I knew it was a scam he did everything to convince me it wasn't. The money would be delivered to my door by their rep. with two local police cars AND two sheriffs! Right! Then he asked my if I had a savings account with at least $25000 in it! I told him I didn't and he promptly hung up. This man had my full name and address - including middle name which I don't use. He claimed I'd entered a contest on 5/18/10, but I hadn't left my home that day. Warn your elderly relatives of this scam!

The call I got my daughter answered and 1 hour later when she hung up I ran the number throgugh click411.com okkkkk I humored this asshole and played him for 9 hours on the phone. Had to have fun with it. See the way I see it is a person with time like me is very dangerous. I will call you on you BS. I them went off and said call ur boss since your already in Michigan and you tell her I will meet you at Western Union. lmao.... I said the only way i will show you mine is if you show me yours.... and oh yeah if you are bringing me a Range Rover which I made him send me a picture...what a asshole the bottom of the pic had the magazine name on it lmao DUB.... I said you come show me $500,000 cash and then my brother will wait outside with you while I then send the money.......I think he got lost at that point. So I said ok where are you what street you say close I will just come to you and give you cash.......lol have not heard a nother word............

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HI I LIKE TO REPORT THAT I'VE BEEN SCAMMED BY JOHN JAMES, DAVID WILSON,RICHARD HOWARD 14 MARKET ST JAMAICA WI. IT STARTED APRIL 2010 WHEN I STARTED GETTING THESE WEIRD PHONE CALL TELLING ME U WON 8.5 MILLION US DOLLARS. IN MY MIND I SHOULD HAVE FOLLOW MY INSTINCTS WHAT SOUNDS TO GOOD TO BE TRUE REALLY IS,SO I WAS STUPID AND SEND MONEY THINKING THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE BETTER I REALLY WENT ALONG WITH IT TO MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR MY FAMILY AND I IT'S JUST SO FUNNY KNOWING HOW THIS JAMAICANS COULD SCAMMED PEOPLE WHO ALREADY HAVE NOTHING TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING THEY ALSO HAVE A LADY MAKING A PHONY CALL FROM THE BANK CALLED MRS.MCINTOSH HERE IS THE NUMBER OF AKA MR.JOHN 876-288-5367. I HOPE THAT ANYONE THAT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THIS MAN BLOWS HIM OFF I WANT THE POLICE TO ARREST HIM FOR HIS CRIME OF SCAMMING GOOD HONEST PEOPLE HERE ARE OTHER NUMBERS TO LOOK OUT FOR LIKE THIS FAKE BANK NUMBER THEY WILL HAVE CALL YOUR PHONE 200-000-0030. ALSO THE MAN HAS A HEAVY JAMAICAN ACCENT BUT TALKS PROFESSIONAL, YOU WILL KNOW IF YOU RECEIVE A CALL FROM HIM HE WILL ASK YOU TO SEND FUNDS TO RICHARD HOWARD 14 MARKET ST JAMAICA WI OR JOHN JAMES CANYON LAKE TEXAS USA DON'T DO IT THERE ARE TOO MANY RICHARD HOWARDS IN JAMAICA. HE WILL ALSO CALL YOU WITH UNKNOWN NUMBER CALLING WATCH OUT IF YOU ARE GOOD WITH SCAMS THEN YOU CAN TAKE HIS CONFIDENCE AWAY WHICH IS HIM THINKING HE CAN GET MONEY FROM YOU HE WILL TELL YOU TO HOLD MONEY GRAM RECEIPTS OR WESTERN UNION RECEIPTS TO CLAIM YOUR ON CLOUD NINE NOT REAL LIFE OR REALITY PRIZE. FOR ALL OF YOU WHO SEE THIS POST I HOPE YOU CAN HELP ME STOP THIS SCAMMER BY WORD OF MOUTH SO HIS OPERATION CAN SHUT DOWN THE KEY TO HIS GAME IS NOT TELLING NO ONE, THIS IS A SCAM TO LOSE YOUR MONEY AND GAIN NOTHING IN RETURN

For the last week or so my 86 year old mother has been getting call from CALLER ID: Kingston, Jamaica -- 876-489-6859. When i did an online search for the number I found your page. Thank you for your help.
Carole

In the one audio you hear a woman say "That's Fraud", uh no it isn't when you don't follow instructions dumbasses, first off they told you not to dial 1 and in the one record you did, second you are suppose to push the # after dialing the number so that the system knows that you are done entering the number otherwise it has no clue, remember it's a machine, it doesn't know shit.

These people have been calling me for almost a month now from 876-296-5407, 876-894-3436 and 876-580-9953. Please add these to your list(s) of numbers from these scammers. They just don't know when to give up do they?

Got the same call as mentioned before, 2.5 million dollars in winnings and a 2010 Bentley. But would have to send 2800usd to process. Told me they had paid all of the fee to the IRS etc... Gave me soe stupid pass word to use to collect"sunshine". I kid you not, "sunshine" Mr. Thomas Montgomery of the Consumer Global Awards. He said I won because I either shopped at Target, Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens or paid my bills on time. Any ways had my attorney call him back to on verify and two to scare him. He did not want to speak with my representative and stated I breached a confidentiality clause in the contest and had forfeited my winnings. But if I wanted to appeal I could call yet another 876 number to speak with the appeals board of the contest regarding the rule and to see if they would clear release of my winnings and my Bentley. Needless to say I did not call them back. What was funny hough, while my attorney was on the phone we heard banging and clanking of hammers and pipes, kids running around playing. When asked he said they were working on the office and since it was the weekend he had to bring his kids to work with him.
Funny thing is we called on a Monday... Any way, if you know you did not enter a contest kinda hard for you to win it.

Be safe!

(876) 877-5020
They've texted me and i texted back twice. They said they love me and miss me and want to know when I'd get back them.......yeah right !!!
They calling me, calling me, calling me like 30 times. Still receiving "love" text messages back. I've notified the first day my phone company.
Just FYI. The messages they leave are very retarded and make no sense at all. They must be high when they call.

Got a scam call today about all the money I just won, and the new Mercedes that was on it's way with a one year supply of gas and a year of free insurance. I just needed to pay 5% of the shipping and fees, for a total of $2,762. I talked to the scammer for about 30 minutes, and he told me I needed to wire the money to Raylene Wilson in Collingdale, PA. He called back a couple of times from 876-426-1382.

I do not have caller ID, so I can not say that it is Jamaicans, but several heavy accented men have been calling for my 87 year old great uncle. Some say they are from bank of america, others say he has won a prize and we must pay taxes on it first. A new call from an american sounding guy said that he was a U.S. customs agent at the U.S./Canada border and he had interceptid a prize at the border and it could not enter the U.S. until taxes were paid on the winnings. at first I gave the call my full attention because I thought I was talking to a law enforcement type of person but after I questioned the person a little they became irritated and asked me "are you afraid of winning money?". the red flag finally went off in my head and I hung up. the calls start heavy monday morning, usually before normal 8 AM telemarketers in the U.S. and slow down as the week winds down. I have to screen all the phone calls that we get because my uncle is the right age and brain power to send different "sweepstakes" checks for $25 or $35 on four different occasions. I have warned him and he still opens his prize notification letters(up to 10 a day) and even had me drive him to the bank to cash one of the fake checks which he was sent to cover the taxes on a prize. I did have some fun with a "Michael Washington" who has been quite persistent. he says he is calling from Las Vegas and that he was form B of A and just needed to speak to my Uncle about a private matter. his accent gives him away but he insists he is not a sweepstakes or a scam. After a 7 Am call I finally woke up my Uncle and told him to speak to this guy while I listened in. 5 seconds in he says he is calling about winning prize # and i jumped in the conversation and I asked to speak to a supervisor which he could not produce because he was in a meeting(7 am remember). I asked to speak to anyone else in his office and after a minute his "secretary" gets on the line. she also has a heavy accent and I say "I understand you work for Washington Mutual?" she says "yes, that is correct". I get Mr. "Washington" back on the line and yell "You F-ed up! you say you work for B of A and she says WAMU, you idiot! he then says he is going to "F my girlfriend in the mouth and he is going to punch me in the face". If that was not stupid enough he called again the next day and withholds the fake name, I hear the accent and I hang Up. Anyways, I hope this info helps .

recieved call after 10 pm on 6/24/ 2010
Said that one a prize and then started cussing at me, did reverse look-up and called back, big mistake they will get you for phone charges.
I have no liking for them, beware don't call back change your number, gee what a useless government we have Americans are global push overs with a stupid government.

Got a call on my voice mail and they called me by Miss Phyllis and said he was a Manager of International _______________Services. He went on talking and talking and I coujld not understand him. He sounded like he had a mouth full of food!!! but he asked me to call him back at toll free: 876 431 5103 1990 and he even repeated the number????????

I played the message over and over and could not understand him.

No way am I calling him back!!

This is the second voice mail left on my service requesting to verify my home address. Apparently I've won some money!
I'll pass. Sounds questionable and suspicious. Thankfully, I know a scam when I hear one!

I was just paying my father's phone bill and noticed it was higher than usual. Yep, a $5 charge for a call to Kingston, JM. The number is 876-367-9239. My Dad has no recollection of calling them. Now I have to decide if it is worth the effort to call Verizon and try and get this removed.

My older parents have been receiving phone calls from 876 numbers for the past few days with the same claims of winning 2.5 million. They thankfully did not fall for the scam and when started questioning the jerks and told them not to call he started call my parents motherf**kers and said he will keep calling. I suggested they either reactivate the privacy manager or get an air horn to blow in the jerks ear. Hopefully I'm there sometime when they call back.

Got a call Friday June 18th, I always let calls I don't recognize got to voice mail. There was a message left from what sounds like a teenage girls singing a song about wanted to have sex using very foul language etc... 876-445-0009 from Kingston JM

Just got 1 of these calls for the 1st time about an hour ago. Immediately thought it sounded fishy. Very deep voiced, heavy accented guy (something Foreman was his "name") leaves a message on my voicemail, saying he needs to deliver a certified package from the United Parcel Service. They wanted me to contact them with information. Claimed to be Publishers Clearing House. 876-278-6163. Googled the number & ended up here. Guess I'm not alone!

On 6/16/2010, approximately 1:00 PM I received a call from a Private Number. The female (with an accent) identified my name and PO Box, then told me that I won 2.5 million dollars. I ask her from where? She stated from the Winnerscircle. Then she ask if I had a checking account and my middle initial. She then asked for address so they could deliver the check with press etc.. I told her that I was RVing and would be happy to pick up the check. she said that she did not understand. I told her that I was traveling and would be happy to pick up the check. Then I was told to call their Attorney's office at 876-289-6436. I had been advised by email previously of the area code scams and checked it out on the net and this web site.

Forgot to leave the phone numbers: lst call came in on house phone, 2nd call on cell phone. My cell ID showed Jamacia 876-476-1512. J. J. Manlow gave me the call back number of 876-476-1510.

I got a telephone call this morning (6/15/10) from a J. J. Manrow with GLOBAL LAUNCH COMMISSION, telling me I had won this month's drawing/lotto or whatever in the amount of $2.5 million. I was instructed to send $350.00 via Western Union to MERVIN POWELL, Montego Bay, Jamacia, W.I.. My $ would then be delivered via UPS at 1:30 this afternoon (money was already here to be delivered.) They would send a Federal Agent and their Lawyer to mee me at my bank.

I called the FBI office in Kansas City, but all they wanted to do was tell me to hang up when they called tomorrow. they were not interested in having someone come out to catch these people, or even take the phone numbers/information above in order to protect someone in the future.

My mother called me to day freaked out she had received a call from a strange number saying she had won 2.5 million dollars all she had to do was send 500 dollars through western union to recieve the money... she said no to the male on the phone and hung up...he called again within an hour and persisted it was not a prank she hung up this time as well and called the police cheif in our community he told her to give him the police stations number saying it was her husbands shop if he called again...he did call again within 30 mins and she gave him the number...he called the police station number and the police cheif recorded the conversation the male did not like this and returned to calling my mother she answered and he sounded confused saying he had spoken to someone who was the police she hung up....she recieved a call an hour later and the male said and i quote "Im calling in regards to a 44 against ur head" and he hung up...another call came 10 mins later and they said "I kno ur address i will blow your home sky high" she contacted the police cheif once again and he gave her a number to set up a trace but no more calls have came...yet

Monday 14 Jun 2010 @ 11:25AM

Caller, a male with an accent, asked if I would sign (?) for $500.
Told him I didn't know what he was talking about and hung up.

The number that appeared on my CID was 876-448-5530. I never answer from numbers I don't recognize, so I just let this ring through. The call came in at 9 a.m. this morning, and after a little google searching, I have discerned that it's a fraud call.

The safest thing for anyone to do is to let an unrecognized phone number ring through to your voicemail or answering machine. If no message is left, you can assume that it's a prank, fraud, or telemarketer call. If someone you know is calling you from a different number, why wouldn't they leave a message?

i had a call from (876)556-0874 (the caller ID verified this number showing it was from Jamaica)saying that I had won US$2.5 million in the Megabox Sweepstake interantional. When asked how I won, he replied that because I was a prompt payer of my bills by credit card I was selected at random. I told him that I had been very behind in all my bills for the past few months and that i could not have won. Also I do not own any credit cards, am unemployed, retired and living on SS. But he insisted that the UPS truck will arrive today on a Friday to deliver the check accompanied by the attorney to take my payment of 1% of the winnings by credit card. After repeatedly telling him that I do not have any money or any credit cards he insisted that I borrow the money from friends. I replied I have none, because no one will come within 10 feet off me. Finally he asked if I could pawn any of my items, and I informed him that even if I threw the items on the lawn it will be sitting there for months. Finally I guess he gave up and hung up. But i got a follow up call, who said that the truck was arriving, and I said I was not interested and had no money, and he hung up.
thank u for this site to keep the world at large safe. Thank you.

Just had a guy call and be persistant with me. I hung up on him and he calls and leaves a nasty message on my phone, JERK! You get caught up in your daily life so much, answer calls is one of those things, you pick up, NOW what upset me is so many that have fallen prey to these jerks that elderly people probable do send them money. Well I called my phone company, and they recommended adding your name and number to the "Donotcall.gov" list and it will take you off the list of easy prey... I am going to put my family on there as well..... My suggestion is ask questions, and don't give answers, They are sneaky and if they ask the right questions, they get the right answer,, Think about it, if you really won, they should already know about you, right????

My mother-in-law is in the process of being scammed by these creeps. Add these numbers to your list 876-274-2473 & 876-301-1534. Hope all these scammers burn in hell. Guy's name is BEN

Yesterday received a call on my cell from 876-427-3802. A woman (heavy accent) stated she was from Bank of America in New York, stated my home address correctly, and said she was holding a $75,000 check that I had won thru a sweepstakes entry (which I never entered). All I needed to do was pay a processing fee of $260. I laughed and stated I did not believe this was legit. I asked to speak to the bank manager - who was of course not available, but would call back. Later I called the number that appeared on my cell (just to see) and got a message to a mailbox number. Did not think anything of it. Today someone called back and left a message from the same number stating they were from Bank of America. Dummy me called back - I was curious. I had no idea where I was calling..... Amos Johnson answers and states he is from the Reader's Digest Sweepstakes and confirms on the computer I did indeed win and they were using Bank of America to process the funds to the winner. Long story short - Amos said it was NOT a scam, all I needed to do was go to WalMart and get a money gram for a new lower processing fee of $175. He stated he (after a long hold period) arranged for Fed Ex and a Mrs King to come to my home (did I want to be on TV?). Mrs King would then accompany me to the bank to process the check. Amos stated it was safe because if Fed Ex did not come to my home at the appropriate time - I could go back to Walmart and get my money back! So as soon as I got home I started googling the area code and came across this web site. I was SICK! I immediately called AT&T. Who knows how much I was just charged for that conversation.............. BEWARE.

Got a text from this number which says, "8765329479 has requested you to call him or her. Thank you for using LIME."
Once they have your number, are you screwed and going to keep getting harassed or do they give up if you don't respond?

I posted earlier about my uncle losing thousands of dollars just prior to his death. Now the Jamaicans drug lords are killing each other with guns likely financed by American dollars. Just how much of American money has financed this "war"? Apparently no one in authority really cares...The FBI forwarded my info to ICE, haven't heard a word from them after 2 months. Provided them with a speadsheet of information! Tried the USPS in person and by email, but have been totally ignored. Apparently USPS doesn't care about this fraud either, even though we provided them with addresses and bank signatures. One of the banks in New Jersey, TD Bank in Cherry Hill, refused to listen to my complaint about "Julia Molina" uisng their bank as a fraud front. It's all very frustrating. My only hope is that the Jamaicans involved in this vicious scheme will keep killing each other in this conflict and stop calling our vulnerable elderly. In the meantime, Americans should find a better place to vacation.

I kept getting calls from an 876 number and they were all in a row. I called it to see who it was and could barely understand the person on the other end. I told him he just called me and asked who he was and who he was trying to reach and why. He said he is on facebook and saw me on facebook and wants to talk to me. I told him I am not on facebook, and he called a wrong number. He then asked if I wanted to talk to him. It was hard to understand him. I said no and hung up. I called my phone service to ask if I just got charged a ridiculous rate by calling that number for 2 minutes. I will not know until the next billing cycle. Hopefully I did not just fall for a call-back scam where they trick you into calling them and charge $100/minute.

If you don't know anyone in 876, don't bother calling or answering.

This is funny. I received a call today from 876-848-6546. I was on the other line so let it go to my voice mail. As soon as I heard the message, I had to giggle. Seriously, how can people believe that you have won something from a company you have never heard of and never entered a contest for? Here is the message word for word:

"Good Morning. My name is Mr. Steven... (pause) Anderson, known as Mr. Bruce Golden. I'm calling you from the Golden Rush Corporation based inside of Las Vegas Nevada. I'm calling regarding of a pakcage we have here for you. A large sum... of... package. Okay? As soon as you get my message, will you please give me a call for information in regarding your winnings and how you can go about claiming it. My main box extension is 1 876-581-3032. Again 1 876-581-3032. Thank you."

I wish I would have answered. I hope they call again. It will be fun to mess with them. I'm surprised the 876 is in Jamaica. The guy sounded like he had a Canadian or Wisconsin/Minnesota accent. Oh I hope they call again. I'll post an update of the conversations if they do.

David as he called his name, I asked him for his number he gave me 876-418-2129 because the number did not show but it was displayed as private. I checked the number up in google it was Jmiaca scamer's number. be ware of unknown callers.

Thanks.

I am from Hawaii, and we just got a call from a 876 area code. My dad is not really up to date with the technology and scams now days. Anyways, my dad told me that someone called by the name of Eron Shields, gave an address from Maine and offered my dad alot of money. All my dad had to do was send a check for $200.00 to the address in Maine and my dad will receive the Hundreds of dollars. I did all the research, and thank goodness it linked me to this website. So if anyone gets a call saying that you have won something or to send any type of money to someone to get money, DONT DO IT! ITS A SCAM! REMEMBER 876 AREA CODE IS A SCAM!!!!!!!!!! ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I HOPE THESE PEOPLE BEHIND THIS SCAM BURN IN HELL!!!!

My mom also lost money, the crook convinced her to send a blank check. We are trying to fix he mess but don't know what to do. I am going to Walmart and purchase an air horn. When I was single many years ago, I got those weird telephone calls and used a whistle to blast at every call. It sure made me fill better to do something and the calls stopped after only a couple of times. An air horn is real loud, maybe damage their eardrums, but will give mom something she can do.

I received many of these dumb calls - but with the entirely free Phone Tray Free computer program I easily zapp the idiots. I have enetered a block for 876 and placed a 9 minute set of tones on the caller . In other words Phone Tray comes with free messages however I can add my own - just go to Traysoft.com and get Phone Tray - you'll be very very glad you did!

My mother was called today. Told she won $225,000 from a Megabox Sweepstakes. She was called by "John Rogers" who claimed to be a Pastor in Pennsylvania. He was very convincing and even though she knew from the start that this was a Scam, she was still interested enough that she wanted me to call to check it out. He told her something about eventually doing something at Western Union, but I am not sure of the details he gave. He gave her the return phone number of 876-875-3491. This area code appears to be from Jamaica. I did a Google search on the number and "Megabox"... i found nothing. But it is obvious from the circumstances that this is not legitimate. I hope this posting helps someone else not fall for this scam.

Gerald Brown
86 Conhocton Street
Corning, New York
14830

1-876-393-8650
mr. dean washington

1-876-407-8547
mr. monrough

ALL THE SAME GUY.
The Monrough guy is when i
asked for his supervisor and
called that number and it was the same guy
Report to the FTC/Attorney

Received a call from a gentlemen stating that he was from Winners International Network 1-876-882-4089. He said we had won 2.5 Million and had could deliver the check today. He put me on hold, said he had to call me back and never did. If you have the capability to block 876 numbers, I strongly urge that you do so. They hope that you return the call which could result in international calls on your phone bill.

Well, you didn't bite, so when I got the call today they had increased the offer to $4.5 million (and your unclaimed Mercedes Benz)!

This time the number given was 876-288-5412

The first giveaway for me was the horrible VoIP call-quality -- I could hardly understand the guy. Clearly they're calling lots of folks, and want to do it cheaply.

Cheers.

WINNERS INTERNATIONAL CLAIMING TO BE CONNECTED TO PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE! My first clue was the very thick accents by Tony Williams, Tony Washingon. The prize amount change a few times, but they said they represented Publishers Clearing House. They wanted to come my house with a TV crew to award my prize. The first man said I won money 2nd place and a BMW. The "lawyer" I was then transferred to said I won 1st place 1.5 million dollars and a Mercedes Benz. I had to pay $401 for the paperwork fees. I am an Accountant (luckily) so I asked him what would my taxes be on my winnings? He said the $401 dollars would cover my share of the taxes and the company was going to cover 90%. Companies are NOT allowed to pay the taxes on winnings at most they can be deducted from the winnings and the tax rate last time I check for winnings was 33%. I called the police first and they told me it was a Jamica number and a scam. The numbers given to me were 876-850-7234 this was supposed to be PCH for me to verify the contest, the claims department was 876-827-4079 to verify my winnings with the company. By the end of the call the man was practically arguing with me that I should not listen to the people who doubted them and I really wanted my winnings......I told him to go ahead and donate it to charity. The hardest part was not laughing at this man, especially when I told him I was 101 years old and he believed me and said he would never rip off an old lady. Watch out these guys will push this and push this and bury the fees in the "fine print." They get you excited about the money, the car, and being on TV. I finally had to tell him that unless it was Ed McMan (I think is dead) was at my door, I wasn't interested.

A Mr. Peter Brown 876-509-5548 has been harassing my mother (85) saying she won a prize from "Publishers Clearing House". I told her it was a scam and if they call to not talk to them and just hang up. They will call continuously. I was home on Saturday and always answered the phone and it got to the point if I answered they would hang up. Unfortunatly after telling my mother to hang up she talked to them and they convinced her to send $150 to an address in Steelton, Pa.
I called the police in Steelton and reported this person. I emailed the American Embassy in Jamaica, filed a fraud report with the Post Office, and reported the fraud to "Publishers Clearing House". I called the person in Steelton and left a message on her answering machine advising her to not to even open the envelope and to return the letter.
They called her again today 5/17/10 and I told her not to even talk to them and just hangup.

Global International called me this morning, said I had won 2.5 million dollars and would I be home this morning. He said that a courier from the United Postal Service UPS accompanied by 2 security officers will be delivering a certified letter containing my check some time this morning.
He said I needed to call 1-876-418-4687 and give them the reference number 105us. I went along with him on the phone but didn't call the number. I knew it was a scam.
He has not called back, but from reading the other entries here, i'm sure he will be calling again.
Whatever, let him call, I want to annoy him, lol!

Roger Meyer, called and asked me to send a check for $554.00 to Carl Watson, Kingston, Jamaica WI via money gram and call 876-551-8142 with my receipt number! They will promptly forward me a check for 2.5 MILLION TAX FREE dollars!

yeah - right.

got a call on my cell. said "private call" so I didn't pick up. left voicemail "this is (unintelligible. John Brown?). call me back at 876-585-2099. that number again is 876-585-2099. it is very important. you must call me back."

so that didn't sound right and I went online, googled the number, and found this page. after reading all of this I'm glad I didn't pick up. but now, after reading all the posts, I know I have quite a few more phone calls to look forward to.

again, if you see 876-585-2099 don't pick up or return the call.

Jamaican scammers are harassing my 93 year old grandfather. He got pissed at them for calling so they said they will "Kill him" and "Blow him up". It's ridiculous that AT&T can't block international calls. I spoke with the FBI about this. They say don't talk to these thugs and don't send them anytthing. WHat happens is they will give their other scammer friends your info and then you will get numerous calls for money. I would love to see where these guys are calling from.

I just got called and they said I won 4.5 million, a car, free service, free utilties on my house for a year. I recieved it on my cell, can a charge be put on a verizon bill if I did not originate the call?

My husband recieved a call from a #876 a man named Jack Whyte had told him that we won a UPS sweepstakes of a 2010 Black mercedes and $500,000. My husband told me about this sweepstakes we supposedly won. We were to send $150 to his boss named Kendrik Chin. We told him that we could not send him the $150, he told us he would send the $50 to the western union and we had to come up with the $100. We went along with it, we went to the western union place we were ready to fill out the application, but we started reading the front of the page. It stated that we should not send money to anyone we don't know, or if they are promising us a large amount of money. My husband stopped, and he told me just to leave it. We get a call from Mr. jack Whyte and he asks us if we sent the money and if we have the confirmation number. We just gave him a hard time that evening. I asked to speak with the lawyer who supposedly was only an hour away from us, then i asked to speak with the guards who were supposedly with the lawyer. They all gave us differnt names but sounded like the same Mr. Jack Whyte. So we ignored his calls the rest of the night. It was about 2 days later he called back and it made my husband angry and he told him that he didn't want to recieve the prize or anything from him. He cursed at us and started calling my husband a "WHITE MAN" and we informed him that we were Native Americans and he just yelled at us and told us that his job was to " TAKE YOU WHITE PEOPLES MONEY" he hung up and we never heard from him after that. We recently read an article in the paper stating that he had done this to our people too and we are just so glad that we didn't send him any money. because we would rather use the money we earned on our kids instead of giving it to some ignorant person that is just going to use it on something not that important.

Phone number 1-876-422-4518. They said they were from travelers. Network. And got my zipcode through random selection they asked for money. They saidthier address was 4455 Paradise road las Vegas LOL that is the hard rock hotel what a scam! !!!!!!

I got a phone call from a restricted # telling me that i won 8 million dollars. All i have to do is send 150 through western union I automatically knew that this was a scam, I told them a little something about themselves and ask them how they could put people through that. People who are poor , with kids, and are going through finacial hardships. i told them to get themselves a job and quit trying to get free money, that it wouldn't hurt them to sweat for a living because thats what i do. If you ever get a call, or letter saying you need to send money to get your money donot even waist your time . Theres no since in it. They dont care about you they just want something for nothing. I do hope the police or who ever else needs to be in this catches up with these kind of people and put them away for a long time. These are kind of scum bags who will one day get what they deserve. i hope that they one day read this on the internet and know that they are not getting away with this. Oh yeah and you scam scum bags go to hell for trying to scam me, a women with three babies pouring blood sweat and tears for the money i earn for my babies. GET A FREAKING LIFE!

All these area code experts. I am from jamaica and the entire country have the same area code 876. Not the whole carribean..lol..

876 is NOT specifically a Jamaican area code and I resent people always classifying every Caribbean nation as JAMAICA!! 876 is the area code for all Caribbean Islands! Get your facts straight before attempting to downgrade a particular nation of people!

Yes, you have won a millon dollars from the UPS international blah blah blah. While on phone listening to this junk, I did a search and found that these guys from 876 area code - Jamaica - are scam artists. H call e five times within a couple of minutes. I finally told him I know he is from Jamaica, a scam, and I'm reporting him. Haven't heard back yet. Where do they get our cell numbers?