This is a total scam! Those people really don't give up. They called yesterday and called today. They told us that we won $2.5 million from Western Union. They told us that their location was at Las Vegas, NV. Yes, there's Western Union at that location but we don't even know Western Union till we searched it AND why are they calling from Kingston, Jamaica. So weird =.=; And they told us they will ship the amount with FedEx and that we have to give a $150 deposit. Who makes a $150 deposit for $2.5 million. That's just BS!

What's another weird thing is that they somehow knew our area code AND our name (I don't know if I heard it wrong but it sounded right). The phone number who called us was 876-427-7041.

So, don't pick up these calls! Just tell them you don't want it!

Yipee! I just can't believe I won at the online lotto. I had been buying tickets for over two months and I thought it was a waste but finally it paid off. I am gonna spend every single penny lavishly!

Says his name is John Foster
Says I'm expecting a dilivery from ups (true) and says I won 2nd place in a ups lottery and the prize will be dilivered with my order-a 2010 mersadies & 1,750,000. The phone number to call Is supposed to be the ups claims dept. Because they new I was recieving a package I went along with it till they asked to send taxes on my winnings. I'm going to call the phone company to see if I was charged for the call1-876-889-2318

I had a phone call this afternoon for my son who was not home. The lady said she had a package comming to our address from "Gold Rush" being delivered by Fedex. The bank stamp wast to be purchased for $150.00, through Western Union. My son had won 2 million dollars in check form and 500,000.00 in cash, but it could not be delivered until we got the Bank Stamp sent. Then we were to call them back at 876-403-1100 so the delivery could take place. Bank Stamp was to be made out to Diane White
22 Church Street
St. James, Jamica West Indies

DON'T DO THIS!!!!!!! I knew better and when they called back to confirm we did not answer the phone, but it must have ran almost 30 times!

Has anyone had an instance of thes scammers tapping into your phone number and using your home number to make long distance calls TO one of these 876 numbers? I am in Canada and this has just happened to us. We have not received a telelphone bill since December and therefore have not noticed. I'm wondering if this is an internal job by our telephone provider? The number they are calling from our line is 876-822-3311

Today I received a call from a man who gave the name of Vincent Tyler, from International Global Publishers Clearinghouse, in Las Vegas, NV. When I first picked up the phone, the caller ID read Private Name and Number. Hoping it was my sister, I answer. A man with an accent said, "Why haven't you picked up your award?"
I answered him, "Excuse me? What are you talking about?"
Vincent told me I had won 1.5 million dollars and a new Mercedes! Thinking it was a scam, I asked for his name again. As he did not give me the company name yet, I asked for it, the address, and phone number. He asked "Why? You have just become one of the richest people in my state!" And I informed him of my suspicions, that these days we had to be very careful! Next I asked about the owners. He said he and his brother, Bradley Tyler, had owned the business for 28 years. Then, out of the blue, he replied that I had nothing to worry about as the FBI was listening to our phone conversation! I believed that, just not in the way he meant!!!
Finally, I heard the words I was looking for.
"We'll pay 85% of the taxes and insurance, and you only have to pay $3552.00, so that it will clear customs. I'll then bring your car and funds to you in person within 5 hours!"
Customs? Anyway, I was to go to the closest Wal Mart, to the Western Union inside, and wire the money to a Conroy Smith, 252 Gallery Way, Costa Rica. And I told him I would be leaving as soon as we hung up.
Five minutes later, the phone started ringing, this time from Cell phone, with JM to the right, and 876-399-1875 below. I did not answer. This went on every few minutes, til after the 5th time I answered. He asked why I wasn't taking care of business. I told him I had been speaking to my husband, and that he said NO!
He tried to convince me it was legit, to no avail.
A few minutes later Vincent calls again! This time he tries to tell me that there is an FBI agent there in his office. "Now, doesn't that make us legit" he asked! So I asked to speak to the agent! Vincent said no, and I said no, and we hung up.
Again he called back, but this time I could speak to the FBI agent. This so called "FBI agent" got on the phone and said "My name is Joe Marshall, badge number 5355." Not having pen in hand, I asked him his badge number again. This time he said, "My badge number is 00124" I asked for his office address, and he repeated my address! By now my husband was screaming for me to hang up, so I did.
Vincent called right back! After I answered, my husband took the phone, and that was that.
New phone numbers:
876-399-1875
876-265-2960

We received a phone call today, March 6, 2010 at 9:03AM. The caller ID read as follows: JAMAICA 1-876-286-8505. The caller explained that he worked for UPS and that he needed to verify our address. When we asked why?.....he explained we would receive a cashier's check for $7,500. We only verified the address and gave no further information. He then said we would need a PASSPORT for identification in order to deliver the check next Tuesday. My husband indicated that a California driver's license should be enough to identify me and that if it was not that this must be a SCAM! The caller then abruptly hung up!!! BEWARE......this really happens!!!!!!!!

I have been receiving phone calls since early Jan., 2010 regarding winnings from a Vegas corp., Bank of America and because I pay my bills on time. In order to receive my package via UPS, I must forward $199/$299 (depending on which caller I speak to) via Western Union/Walmart. The following #'s are but a few of the many that have contacted me, all with the prefix 876: 886-3789, 408-0905, 399-8428,433-6137, 852-1412. One man said he was calling from CA. (with an 876 prefix?) Is this one for the FBI?

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from my son-in-law...he was stranded in England as his passport, money & cell phone has been stolen. Please help with $2500 sent to a given address. He we go again. I checked with said son-in-law, and he said his comp. has a virus. I suggested they stop playing those FaceBook games.

this is the number that appeared on my cell phone today at 11:39pm when I answered and no one responded at the other end. After reading these horror stories I am glad I live in a poor reception zone and could not hear the caller( unless I ventured out in the subfreezing temps of the Northeast). What an insane, ugly and unethical world we live in! May the tsunami sweep them out to sea!

People, invest in a phone that can block calls from numbers you program in it. I have one - a Panasonic KX-TGA641C. It allows me to setup a blocked number list. When the unwanted calls come, it rings once, then is blocked. No more hassle. If it isn't viable for your phone company to block those calls for you, get a phone that can, and do it yourself.

My husband received a call from 1-876-856-8485 making a claim that he won $2.5 million and a new mercedes. All he had to do was go to a Western Union and get a money order for $999 and they would meet us there to give us the prize money. The man with a heavy accent also offered to bring the car to our place so we could see it right away. I immediatley thought it was a scam and found this site, glad to know we're not the only ones! We'll see if he shows up with the mercedes......

I too have been told on multiple occasions that i am the winner of a state lottery. I had gone to Jamaica about a year ago to help with building homes and helping out the lesser fortunate people around Montego Bay through Mission Jamaica. I am not exactly sure how my number was obtained by the scammers but the first time i received one of these calls I thought it was one of the friends I had made in Jamaica. I have previously kept in contact with them and the number even looked like one of the numbers from my new friends. I have only spoke with the scammers twice on phone calls made to me that I had answered. The first time i spoke with them, I told them I was not interested and hung up. After getting numerous calls and a few voice mails, I decided to answer today and have them send me whatever the prize was. When the man on the phone said it was 2.5 million dollar prize I was pretty sure it was a scam, but i thought wth i'll play along and see if they will send me a check. Of course they said they would have to have a motor car come pick me up tomorrow to take me to the bank with a lawyer. I told them I wouldn't be available and pretty much hung up on them. To possibly help warn others, here are two of the numbers they have been mainly calling me from (occasionally restricted numbers too): 876-284-7010 876-554-7183

I will take some of the advice from other posts I have read here and let the caller know that the call is being monitored and that they have been reported for international fraud. Hopefully that will get them to stop calling me.

This happened on the day of 02/22/10. Well i wuz gettin ready for the day when i gotta phone call at about 8 am. It wuz a number i've never seen before.(876 847-0521) Picked up the call and they said that they were from Winners International. He wuz telling me i won 50,000 and a new car, whoa now thats the news i've been waiting a long time for right, wrong.. I sent them about 99 dollars two days ago, wasn't to sure but after he told me to send another hundred dollars then i knew it wuz a scam.. I myself have never heard of these kind of scams goin on before. Anyone have any information on how to get my money back that would be greatly appreciated. This is the first time i've been scammed and i'm not a happy person right now.. if i've heard about this site a long time ago then i would've never sent the money..

I was at home letting our new puppy out to go to the bathroom and play a little when I got the 876 call from Kingston JM (or at least thats what it said). Supposedly I won 2.5 million and a Mercedes.

I knew right away it was a scam, but I was bored and I figured I could tie them up for half an hour.

I finished with asking her if she her mother knew she was a wh*re? Oh, man, she got so livid. Telling me to f my mother and all that. I was laughing while she fumed.

I think next time, I'll drop a bunch of "allah ackbahs" and talk about bombs and stuff. Maybe the NSA will turn their sights on them, LOL.

They've been calling me from all these numbers for the post 3 weeks. Saying that I won a prize from the publishers clearing house & others saying that I won an African lottery. I told one of the guys that it's a scam & I know about it. The guy told me "f*ck you ma'am". I was like wow. I don't know how they got my number. It sucks that reporting these numbers aren't doing anything. But at least we are making others aware about this. My sister got caught in an internet e-mail lottery scam. And they got into her bank account & took some money. But thankfully she didn't have that much money.
876-417-9262
876-433-6137
876-566-3419
876-464-6882
1-876-999-6259

I was able to gather these numbers out of my caller ID for the past 2 months. Not until recently, I realized they have tons of different numbers, although they all originated from "Jamaica". I get calls at least once a week from these scammers sometimes 3 times in one day. I recently reported them to the FTC and Do Not Call Registry. Please be very, very aware that you should not call them back for whatever reason unless you want to see for yourself and get a ginormous phone bill from your local phone company. Here are some of the numbers I got from their phone calls:

1-876-5207449
1-876-4286288
1-876-4646882
1-876-2810659
1-876-4336137
1-876-5667472
1-876-8971318

I wish you luck.

I am 21 years old and i received a call from these jerks about 3 hours ago they have been trying to get a hold of me for a few weeks. They told me that i had won 2.5 million dollars i really thought it was legit. I called my boyfriend to tell him and he told me to look it up online and i am glad i did. The guy told me i would have to pay 160.00 to get my money out of "holding" and then they would send me the check. I probably would have done it if i had 160.00 in my bank account but i do not and now i am very thankful i didn't. I feel so cheated because i was SO excited i really thought that i could of been a millionaire, with times like these it seemed too good to be true but i guess like other people i was just seeing green and not seeing the scam behind it. I will NOT be calling them back. Thank you all for this insightful information.

The phone number they had me call back was : 1-876-307-7779 and ask for James Fisher

i just got a call from these pricks....didn't anwser because i didn't know who it was and i usually let them go to voicemail....its 10:00pm where i live and they just woke me out of a dead sleep! 876-583-4119 is the number i got called from

this one person just called me telling i won 2.5 mill and also 500,000 in cash..... i barely found out these people are Scammers
the number they call from was 1-876-571-7510.....dont be fooled!!!
screw these jamaicans!!!

i had to wire my money marion va

well i was scam to of $312.00 and now they are trying to get $1,500.00 from me and i won 2.5 mil and i keep asking them why cant they take the money out of it and they wont answer me on it here is the ladys name i wired it thourgh money gram and her name is joyce taylor i have been talking to mr. miller joseph brown and me banks and here are the numbers 1-800-695-6232 & 1-876-471-5028 & 1-702-505-9446

We are dealing with an elderly lady who has gone through her personal savings of around $150,000.00. After that was gone, she started borrowing from friends, to date around $100,000.00. She is convinced she is going to win. Her family does have POA, but that does not stop her from borrowing. She is being evicted from her senior living facility because she has hit up assisted living residents for money (she is an independent living resident) and has not paid rent for three months. She has told incredibly elaborate stories to her friends as to why she needs the money (ill husband or her retirement account has been held up). She is now giving out her friends' telephone numbers to the scammers. She believes every day the money will arrive and she will be able to pay her friends back. That day has never arrived. Because of her family's intervention, she blames her family for not receiving the money. She has been talked to by the police, but she now hates the police. It is incredibly sad, but she is is now the victimizer rather than the victim. She was told yesterday that her money would be in the bank on Saturday, but she does not have a bank account any more. With that "promise" she wrote one of friends a check for $15,000.00 to pay back the money she borrowed. So now she is writing bad checks. She has been dealing with a Mr. Peterman, a guy names James (very common we know), and someone she refers to as "Teddy Bear". We are thinking of an intervention, showing her various articles. One in particular, from Colorado in June 2009, shows photos of the scammers. People you would want to cross the street to avoid should you come across them.

Someone called my 80 year old mother and tryed to get her
to go to western union to send money. I hung up on him and he called back and asked for her. Would love to get my hands on that jerk.......Number was also from Kingston CB and the # was 876-572-7748. This happened on -02/16/2010.

Just some things to ponder.

How are scammers getting the personal information of those they attempt to scam?

What are the victims connection to Jamaica?

What do all the victims have in common?

If you can figure out which organization your personal info was leaked from, then you can go after them for allowing the harassment to being in the first place. This would also force them to put in place better controls to protect people's personal information.

The Jamaican govt. and law enforcement are making efforts to stop these crimes.

The govt. recently approved a CyberCrime Bill which will make prosecution of such crimes involving information technology easier. - http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/cybercrimes--feb-17---pr_7427292

There are joint efforts between US law enforcement and Jamaican law enforcement which have resulted in several arrests.

However, stopping it will be very difficult because it is not just 1 group of people engaged in the scamming. Scamming is being done by individuals, gangs, etc. Therefore, there is no "one big bust" that will clean up everything. Anybody can pick up a phone, make a call, and go to Western Union to pick up money.

i got a email back from u , thank u very much for letting me know that this scam i wrote to u is being investigated . for got to tell u the phone number that came up on my i.d. 876-436-0651. and beside the number was JM thank u again.

New Scam Number as 02/17/2010 2:06pm PST
876-853-4364

On 2/12/2010 I received my first call from a 876 number and a man was on the other end with a heavy accent saying I called him and he did not know me, and why do i call him, I told him I did not call him and that was it, I thought, after that call they would text me and called at least 10 times an hour on the hour all weekend leaving me messages to call. the calls where all from a 876 numbers. The weird part is my cell phone started acting up since the calls the only calls that would ring through would be the 876 numbers all other calls went straight to my voice mail w/ out my phone ringing. And when i went to use my phone the 876 number would start ringing in! I changed my number and had to have my cell re-programed.

My elderly mother lives in central Florida and has been receiving these calls for weeks. She has asked them to stop calling which has not helped. She now just hangs up on them but it is very annoying and nerve wracking for her. She had the phoone company trace some of the calls and they provided these numbers.
876-896-8126
876-370-9757
876-585-5635
876-436-8587

I called the first number on 2/3 and the recording stated that the number was not accepting incoming calls.
I called the second number and a "Jamaican" sounding male answered "hello". I told him that I was aware of his scam and wanted his calls to stop and he hung up. I called the number back and it went directly to voice mail. I left a lengthy message stating I was aware of his scam and that I wanted the calls to stop.
I called the third number and it stated that the mailbox was full.
I have not called the 4th number.
The evening of the same date I called these numbers, I received a call on my cell phone. It was the same male that I had spoken to that morning. He started in about some "money". I stopped him, told him I had his telephone numbers, I was aware of the scam, that he would NOT get any money from my mother and that all we wanted was for the calls to stop. He promptly launched into a litany of four letter words including the F word. He told me that there was nothing I could do and that he was going to call her right now then hung up.
I called my mother and he did not call her.
However, the calls are continuing but not quite as frequently. All we want is for the calls to stop. From reading everyones messages, doesn't look like there is any help with that.

I just received a call on my cell phone from a blocked phone number. After letting the call go to voicemail, I listened to the message from a man claiming to be John Brady from UPS, stating I had a certified package at the holding center in Riverside, CA, with a check from Publisher's Clearing House for $3.5 million. Realizing that there is no way UPS could know what was in the sealed certified envelope, I found this site.

Also beware of a new number they are using: 876.295.3536.

There was a call on my parents machine stating this man named Richard Marson was a broker and was trying to get a hold of my mom and that she needed to call him.The number was 1-876-498-6239.Not to mention Jamaica keeps showing up on I.D. My mom passed away 5 weeks ago, what a**holes.If it wasn't for sites like this I would never had known it was a scam, keep it up. Thanks

THESE PEOPLE WHO CALL U MOST OF THEM DONT EVEN HAVE A USA VISA SO IF THEY CALL U AN U CUSS THEM OUT THEY WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO HARM U

My mother received a call today from someone with a heavy accent saying that his name was Detective John Dolby from the FBI. He was contacted by the Better Business Bureau who was contacted by the 'American Money Mart' (I think that's what he called it) to assist them in delivering a large sum of money. He said to call him back later to let him know when someone will be home.
For the hell of it, I called the FBI and they never heard of him.
The phone number was (Jamaica of course) 876-417-9907

Just had a call from 1-876-356-4214. Caller ID showed Jamaica. Caller had a weird accent. Caller said he was from UPS and he had a package for me. He went on to say to call his boss, Joe Carter, at 1-876-356-4214 to verify. I asked who was the package from. Caller said American Monetary something. Believing this to be some scam, I did not call Joe Carter. Could I be guilty of racial profiling?

Is there any DECENT jamaican reading this blog? If so, you could be the one to help us all. Get locations, phone numbers, etc. Tell US and we can prosecute through authorities. If there was just someone on the inside that would help us with all of this. Big question is - HOW IN THE HELL COULD WE TRUST "THIS" PERSON???? We already know most of the scam tactics. If they would send me an adress, I could look it up and see them on Google Earth. If you have never tried Google Earth, you would be amazed. You can look up anyone's house and view the front the back, etc. Need an HONEST Jamaican. ! ! !

well, our family has been getting calls saying that we've won 3.5 million dollars,over the last 3 weeks we've gotten this same call 3 times, just recently they said they were going to come to our house to pick up the money. Even though we insisted we didn't want what they had to offer. I'm slightly conserned for the saftey of my family if these people do show up.
The phone number: 876-842-1870

Hello.

Please bear in mind, not all 876 numbers are scammer numbers. There are legitimate Jamaican customers with 876 numbers. Of course though, you should be cautious if you have no reason to be receiving calls from Jamaica.

I would like to offer a suggestion. Jamaica has 3 telecommunication service providers - Digicel, Cable and Wireless Jamaica Ltd. (aka LIME) and Claro. 876 numbers originate from one of these 3 providers. Report the abusive/scam calls to the telecommunications company.

Contact info is as follows:

Digicel
http://www.digiceljamaica.com
Toll free - 1 888 Digicel
Customer Care from mobile (Int'l) - 1 876 380 ROAM
DigiTECH Centre (problems with Handset) - 101
Customer Care from mobile (local) - 100
Corporate Switchboard - 1 876 960 2696

Fax - 1 876 920 0948
Email address - customercare@digicelgroup.com

Cable and Wireless (LIME)
http://www.time4lime.com
Customer Service
1 888 225 5295
customer.services@cwjamaica.com

http://www.miphone.com
Claro Jamaica
30-36 Knutsford Boulevard
Kgn 5
Kingston
Jamaica

Tel: 1 (876) 621-1000
Fax: 1 (876) 906-3486

If the telcos receive enough complaints, they will move to take stronger and swifter action.

There is a task force setup to deal with this as well. More info at
http://www.ice.gov/pi/nr/0905/090527kingston.htm

Received a voice mail message to call 876-472-7918 Won $ 1,000,000 from Proctor and Gamble Need to call number to claim. Total fraud to get fees.

Jan 4 876-859-0188 called my here, i don't answer 9:36am kingston, cb
Feb 3rd 1:40pm call i don't answer. 876-371-3140 kingston, cb
Feb 3rd 1:44 pmI get a call from 876-462-3819.. kingston, cb I answered it and a man asked to speak to a mr. goodwin (previous owner of my telephone number). I told them nobody by that name and don't call back.

my mother in law fell for this to they call her 4 times a day and she fell for it she has sent them over 1000 they say send this money the car and money is 45 min away just go wait at your bank why cant they get these ass hole for useing old peopel

876-448-0038 received call on my cell phone asked how they got the number said it was selected randomly. Supposedly won money from International Publishers but had to provide ID and Western Union receipt. Person had very poor English. Have to wait and see if I get charged for this call.

JAMAICA INN-SCAM
NEW # to ADD 1 876 877 4587

My mother fell for the "Car and cash prize winner" bit hook line and sinker.
She had enough sense to tell me, but only after seven wire transfers totaling over 6000US dollars.

They called often enough so that I could record several conversations
between my mother and the scammers. I found it shocking that despite
it sounding obviously manufactured and artificial, my mother bought into their story so completely.

Astonishing that the US DOJ has not put a stop to this. I doubt the Jamaican gov't has the capacity or will to deal with this.

I created a report and forwarded the audio to our local FBI office.

As with all the other posts, NEVER call any 876-xxx-xxxx phone numbers.

876-426-4574
876-350-9990
876-401-8610
876-453-3853
876-855-6300

heres a list of phone numbers to my home in the last (3) months all with 876 area codes(Kingston,Jamicia)I attempted to get a look-up on them with negative results
890-1679,355-4792,443-1163,508-1338,370-3722,284-9274,482-9026,303-6036,445-3058, quite a list, I never call them back ever! I let them call. I turned over this list to the U.S. Secret Service and let them investigate it. I was able to get a name and address where to sned money to, (2) times, and gave it to the SecretService, they seized money from accounts on one, and are working on the second one. I was a Victim of a internet scam, which cost me Everything I had. I will never let this happen again this scam was from Standard Bank and a Mr Bongini and a Susan, this information was turned over as well to them, and sent to S. Africa office to try to find them as well. If it sounds to good, it is.

I originally visited, and made comments on this site on Jan 9th and looked again tonight as I was searching a new number (951-846-9415) which has also been leaving messages. This is the same person who originally was calling on the 876 numbers.

After posting to this site on the 9th, I called our local phone company to see how I could block 876 numbers. I was told it could not be done and that blocking needed to be done with specific numbers or just "private numbers". I then asked about changing my telephone number. I was told it could be done, and I could register it as a private or unlisted number. The phone company representative then went on to tell me that even if I did this, there was not any guarantee that I would not get these calls - especially if I ever listed my number on a raffle, store or bank giveaway prize program, etc. because it could then be sold and found on an internet. He told me that I was probably getting the 876 numbers because some entity had sold their phone listings.

I next tried the government route. Other than reaching sites where I was asked to fill out 15+ bureaucratic pages on a complaint, I have not received any replies. So much for that route.

Thank you for this site and everyone who is posting information. At least it makes us feel like we have a source of information.

Some more numbers: 876 595 9961, 876 894 9216.
Some names: John Noble of Brighton, MO; Julia Molina of Philadelphia, PA; Alica Wiiliams of 112 King Jamaica.
John Vincent, Badge #325.

They kept telling me I won different amounts, and needed to pay them this amount then they reduced it to another amount. Then they needed money for something else,but they then reduced it. You cry proverty and they say you will get it back and you will have this much more. They are very pushy and demanding. I though I would play with them, but it looks like I am stuck with them. Will be changing my number! The person that has been calling me is Tony Washington, I have also talked to another person, female, supposed to be his supervisor, do not know her name. Not sure what the name of the company, International payout service or global international something something. I can see they will not be leaving me alone anytime soon. For now I am unpluggin my phone until I can get it changed.

'Donavan' from Jamaica (area code 876) called with $550,000 for me. I'd just have to pay 5% shipping ($555) through Western Union. I posed as an older man who had just lost his wife and was delighted at this good fortune. He will call back at a later time to get the delivery number or, since I made it difficult to predict when I would reach home, he gave me his 876-458-8518.

Besides upping my age and status, I 'corrected' the spelling of my name and provided no other contact data.

I'll have some more fun with him unless you get back later with contrary instuctions. I would love it if I could lead the authorities to this scumbag.

I had written back in Oct. 2009. I don't think I was clear with what I was saying. My mother today, Jan 16, 2010 is almost about to have a nervous breakdown. My whole family is going crazy. Mother begging for stamps and a ride to WU. It's bad ! But what I was trying to explain before was I did call one guy back because he said he was in town at a Hotel and waiting to bring my mother cash and her car will be delivered. I asked him the address of the Hotel and the address of where the car is at right now. He told me a bogus address for the Hotel. I kinda brushed that off. I said where is the car parked? He responded with what do you mean? I said I need the address because I have Google Earth and my camera attached to it and I can zoom in at the place and the guy can come out and point to the car and then we will send you the money. He said he will call back. He did with a place called Kosko in Sacramento. Well, Sac is about 1700 mi from here. Would take more than 2 hours for delivery. I disregarded that also. He gave me an address and I said okay, tell the man to go out and wave to me and touch the car. Needless to say he hung up and we didn't hear from him. The Google Earth is true. I can zoom in on any house, etc. I haven't got a camera. You can download Google Earth from Internet. The other thing is you can go to google maps on your internet and zoom in anywhere. The reason I'm telling you this is that this seems one of the few things that they hate to hear. But otherwise I am going to make all of the calls of references that I have read tonite. Thanks guys and gals !

I received a call from this # 876-484-5097, since it was was from Jamaica, and they have called my phone number before, I knew it was a scam. The guy told me I had won over a million dollars, and the paper work would be hand deliver to me so I can claim it. Told him I knew this was a scam, and he was nothing but a Scum-Sucking P.O.S. He then demanded that I listen to him so he could prove it not a scam, so I hung up... The P.O.S. called me back demanding to know why I hung up... Got to admit, I really enjoyed really smacking him down to size, along with letting him know you don't make a demands of me or to me, and that I as a Military Veteran will be someone who he wished he never messed with. Then I hung up on him again. It gets me, this Guy knew my name and address. Kind of wondering why the the FBI or The Department of Homeland isn't cracking down on these scammers, guess they are too busy watching us Military Veterans since they deemed us to be right-wing extremist.

I moved back to the mid-west to take care of my Grandparents who are both in the first stages of Alzheimer's. These people call the house 3 to 7 times a day. I have gone from just hanging up to screaming profanities to just simply asking how the weather is in Jamaica or I will sing ;) (that seems to piss some of them off more than anything) now I have just turned off the ringer and *69 to see if I have actually missed any important calls. (The Grandparents don't even notice)It's sad that it has come to this.

My 75 year old grandmother started getting these calls in Feb. 2009. Since then she has sent over $3000.00 I moved in with her about six months ago, and the phone calls are outrageous! They start calling at 5:30 in the morning and dont stop til midnite. She has stopped sending money, but still talks to them sometimes. I have yelled at them, and they have threatened to kill me, or come rape me and so on.. I called the police, and they said i could get a phone tap, but there was really nothing they could do. These people know our address, and all my grandmothers info. I cannot get her to change numbers, I dont know if this will ever end!

This summer while visiting my dad, I noticed he was getting strange phone calls. I could hear him saying that there was no way he could come up with that money. Then I found two Western Unions, (one for three thousand, one for four thousand) and began to be concerned. I questioned my dad but he told me he couldn't tell me what was going on. I badgered him to tell me but he would not, as I later found out that secrecy is the key to making the scam work. My brother convinced me to back off, saying that he probably just bought another time share and wanted it to be a surprise for us. Six weeks later, my brother got a call from the police in Sycamore, Illinois, (where our dad reside) saying that our dad no longer had a car and was in this scam for more than $60,000. This is the Jamaican million dollar Mercedes scam. Our dad still thinks he's gonna win. He has maxed out three credit cards, has taken out a bank loan for $10,000 and a personal loan for $5,000, has sold his 2007 Buick with 20,000 miles on it for $15,000, and has made over 20 transactions to this scam. The police detective says that they hit a brick wall with the Jamaican number and it's out of their jurisdiction. However, money has also been sent to a North Carolina town. We suspect this is somehow connected to the cruise ships that our parents vacationed on. I have names and a phone number. Exposing this scam to the media to shut these people down is probably the only satisfaction we could get back. Help us expose these people. Our dad is eighty years old and upside down.

876-486-9303
876-481-4744
876-869-6560

Wire Transfer Transactions

Number Date Company Recipient State Amount Fee Cost Cumulative

1 07/17/09 WalMart Leland Hutto 1,000.00 60.00 1,060.00 1,060.00
2 07/18/90 Western Union Leland Hutto Anywhere, GA 3,000.00 139.99 3,139.99 4,199.99
3 07/20/90 Western Union Danny Pryor Richmond, MO 4,000.00 189.99 4,189.99 8,389.98
4 07/22/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 3,000.00 180.00 3,180.00 11,569.98
5 07/30/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 1,600.00 96.00 1,696.00 13,265.98
6 07/31/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 1,700.00 102.00 1,802.00 15,067.98
7 08/04/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 2,000.00 120.00 2,120.00 17,187.98
8 08/05/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 2,000.00 120.00 2,120.00 19,307.98
9 08/10/09 Western Union Napalie Wessam Jamaica 4,000.00 240.00 4,240.00 23,547.98
10 08/10/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 3,000.00 180.00 3,180.00 26,727.98
11 8//11/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 3,000.00 180.00 3,180.00 29,907.98
12 08/17/09 WalMart Kemar Nugent Jamaica 100.00 9.00 109.00 30,016.98
13 08/19/09 Western Union Antoinette Brown Roosevelt, NY 6,000.00 269.99 6,269.99 36,286.97
14 08/19/09 Western Union Antoinette Brown Long Island, NY 5,000.00 229.99 5,229.99 41,516.96
15 08/19/09 Western Union Antoinette Brown Long Island, NY 3,300.00 169.99 3,469.99 44,986.95
16 08/21/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 2,000.00 120.00 2,120.00 47,106.95
17 08/22/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 1,200.00 72.00 1,272.00 48,378.95
18 08/24/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 3,500.00 210.00 3,710.00 52,088.95
19 08/26/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 3,000.00 180.00 3,180.00 55,268.95
20 08/28/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 3,226.00 193.56 3,419.56 58,688.51
21 09/01/09 Western Union Kemar Nugent Jamaica 1,700.00 102.00 1,802.00 60,490.51
22 09/03/09 WalMart Kemar Nugent Jamaica 600.00 10.00 610.00 61,100.51
23 09/10/09 WalMart Tamica Preddy Jamaica 2,200.00 44.00 2,244.00 63,344.51
24 09/15/09 Western Union Natalie Wessam Jamaica 1,200.00 72.00 1,272.00 64,616.51
61,326.00 3,290.51 64,616.51

25 09/10/09 Western Union Tamika Preddy Jamaica 2,332.00 -2,332.00 0.00 64,616.51
26 09/10/09 Western Union
IL 2,332.00 -2,332.00 0.00 64,616.51
27 09/10/09 Western Union
IL 2,332.00 -2,332.00 0.00 64,616.51
28 09/14/09 Western Union
IL 1,272.00 -1,272.00 0.00 64,616.51

My Grandparents have been getting these calls (you won all this money and a car etc) thankfully they came to me and were concerned that these people were coming after them for something) I am sure I will have a huge phone bill but I started calling the numbers that were calling my grandparents and talked to "Robert Dawson" and I told him that I had a message saying i won some money and i wanted to know how to claim it... Robert told me to wire 150 dollars to Orville Miller and my 10 million dollars and my new car would be delivered by UPS at 12:30 the next day - I asked him what UPS stands for and he said Union People Services..haha... My grandparents now feel better about the situation and I have instructed them to no longer answer the phone if they dont know who it is - if it is important, they will leave a message! Now, I cant wait to see my phone bill... OUCH!

i have been getting anonymous calls for the past couple of days and this morning they left a message. sayin my name and that i have won 2.5 million dollars from the world wide sweepstakes. i thought it was a 1 800 number but my cell phone wouln't let me dail it. my husband just went to get a phone card. but i thought i would check out the number online first. and after seeing all these messages i thought i should leave the number as well it is 1-876-421-5220

This scam now operates with the phone number 876-846-7127.

876-439-3074
876-482-8386
876-881-8873
876-840-0646

My parents are getting called 3-4 times a day from a Mr. Davis and Rose from Jamaica. 876-551-6584 / 786-898-8552.
They keep sending Western Union Money Transfers in the amount of $600.00 / $120.00 / $40.00 etc..... I believe it is well over $3,000.00 for the year 2009. I have tried to get them to stop and have spent hours with my mother on line showing her they are scammers and this is fraud. She doesn't believe me. She thinks this Mr. Davis and Rose are her good friends. No money has ever shown up in winnings! It is creating a nightmare for our family. Today, I filed a complaint with our Kansas General Attorney Office. Is there anything else I can do?? Frustrated and scared for my parents!

Our mother, who is in early stages Alzheimers, at the age of 79 1/2, just got evicted. All her money (and others) was sent via Western Union to Jamaica. You too can win 7.5 million dollars! You can do a reverse look-up for 876 numbers. Can't find out much without paying...
876-443-0076 cell
876-868-9331 cell
876-576-4532 cell
876-381-0373 land line
876-378-4372 land line
She even went as far as to take out a credit card for the first time ever, pulled out cash and sent that to them. They got her for around $8000. Since the eviction, she is staying with family and we are now able to get involved. Since her phone bill is almost $2000., it's been turned off. He was even going to marry her...how sad she is ill, and to have this monster prey on her last memories of the present. Hopefully this is the end of the scammers for her.

I'm back, and with a real twist on this issue.

I forwarded my brother's phone to my home phone for the past 2 or 3 months and received an occasional "you are f---ing dead bitch" when I told them he was no longer available.

Then Omar called and it seems he was fascinated by my voice and wanted to talk to me on a regular basis, we became "good phone friends" as he charmed me.

One day he told me "I am not going to lie to you and ask you to send money because you know this is a scam and I want you to tell your brother not to send any more money." I asked him why he was telling me this and he explained that he was not the only one my brother would get calls from and that he knew I loved and cared about my brother, and he didn't want to see him hurt any more.

Then he went into detail about how the scam works. (I didn't let on I already knew) He mentioned the pages of names and phone numbers and scripts that are handed out to the callers. I asked him if he really knew why he was doing it and he told me that they are very poor over there, no jobs, his son and daughter need shoes. I told him I couldn't help financially but would be willing to send shoes if I could get their shoe size.

We discussed the bugs that make a loud squeaking noise over there that I could hear in the background, how it would be nice to go back to the old days when money didn't rule the world. I told him it was a sad thing for this to be going on in Jamaica because I am sure Jamaica is a very beautiful place and this scam business is painting a very ugly picture of Jamaica. We actually had some very nice phone conversations, I was shocked.

Before we hung up one day he told me that I was a very nice lady and he wished he could meet me some day, that he wished he had money to bring me to Jamaica so I could see the beauty for myself. The last time we spoke, as we ended the call he told me "ok baby sweetheart, i love you, bye bye."

Well that is the end of Jamaica, my brother no longer has a phone#, he has moved in with me and has absolutely no contact with Jamaica any longer. Life has calmed down tremendously and his mind is becoming somewhat clearer. Mind you, he is mentally ill, but he saw a commercial on tv about gambler's anonymous and said he might need help. Insight is a wonderful thing when it happens!

I wish everyone on here much success with their fight against these scammers. They are not all "bad" people as I have experienced recently, they are also caught up in the scam, only from a different angle.

I know to some I will sound so far out there with this entry but after the chats I shared with "Omar", believe me there were many, I realized that they are people struggling to make ends meet just like alot of us these days. Maybe this guy just got tired of me not allowing him to talk to my brother, I don't know, but I enjoyed our phone chats quite a bit. Think I'll miss him?

Always will be fighting,

Miss Ice

Here is a list of some of the 876 scam numbers:876-483-8954, 876-859-1158, 876-301-8814,8768464150, 876-492-0043,876-5081338, just to name a few. It seems they have everyone in Jamaica calling. One person even cussed me out after asking him several times not to call again and refusing to listen to him. They are scamming my 84 year old grandfather out of money and promising him 2.5 million dollars, a Mercedes, and an suv. We can barely eat ourselves, what makes them think we want to involuntarily take care of their families.

My father in law received a bunch of "junk mail" that he beleived if he played for the sweepstakes he would truly win. He sent in money here and there over the past year to them thinking he would eventually win. My husband and I asked him about the "sweepstakes" and just kinda looked at each other and rolled our eyes because we knew it was a bogus thing but never knew how far it would be taken. My father in law showed up at our house on 11/28 stating that he has won 2.5 million dollars and he needs to come up with 380.00 for "transfer" fee's so he can get his money. Come to find out he has pawned everything that he ever owned, skipped out on making mortgage payments, and actually got fired from him job... just to try and "win" this sweepstakes. Well here it is 1 month later (today exactly) and guess what? he still doesnt have his "winnings". They keep asking for money to "hold" it, or find some other excuse to get more money from him. My husband and I have both tried to explain its a scam and fraud and he needs to stop, but the guy has lost everything and its sad to say but he really is holding on the the idea/though that this money really will come eventually. I cant remember the guys name thats calling from Jamaica but he called us last night (2x) at 11:30 pm. Honestly you dont know what people are capable of these days or who they have connections with and I'm sad to say that I fear for my own family's life because of the choices that have been made. The phone number that is coming in from Jamaica is 876-407-5208. I am going to call the US Department of Justice and yes they can do something for us. We had another friends family that went through something similar and they've gotten half their money back that they where scammed out of and people have been put in jail. If it means a little bit of security for me and my family its worth it.

Another Phone Number - beware of the scam! Claims target to have best chance of winning a prize - needs to deliver a new Mercedes. Anyone scammed by this number please add to post! Thanks!

My mother in law got a call from Gregory Samuels who told her that she had won $1000000.00 and that he needed her credit card number. She gave it to him, her daughter found out about this and contacted the credit card company and told them about, they canceled the card and issued her a new one. When she contacted them after getting the new card, the balance had been paid off, down to $500. After the card was changed Greg Samuels called her back and he was MAD, telling her he was with the FBI and wanting her to draw 5 thousand from the new card and send it to him. I hope I have her convinced that it is a scam. The number he called from is 876-861-0934.

Today my father receives a call from 876- 405-3252(I'm reading this on my call history). At first the Jamaican man on the other line begins belligerently telling my father he has the offer of a life time. When my father asks what it is he claims it will take exactly 10 minutes to explain. Fortunately my father is bright enough to remember the phone scams he's heard of in the newspaper where people can hack into your phone line and make calls for free. So my father hangs up on the guy. 5 Minutes later this prick calls back and, I kid you not, starts yelling things of this sort of calibre, "Yo you bastard why da' fuck you hanging up on my uh? I know where you live man, you live at ------------ (he actually named my neighbors house), so you wire me $100 (through some western union account, and yes $100 lol) or else I will fucking kill you!" My father then began mocking his stupidity for demanding only $100, getting his address wrong, and then began mimicking his accent. If I had been there I would have advised against this provocation. Now obviously this asshole wasn't having much luck today as he'd reduced himself to uttering death threats. We called the police, and what do you know, 'we can't do anything.' Its unfortunate how unintelligent Jamaicans are these days, but unfortunately the invading white men got rid of the smart ones in the gene pool. And no I'm not some holocaust denying racist, this is fact, a fact that can be found in any history book, but a fact left untaught none the less deemed politically incorrect.

My father (in his late 70's) has been victimized by an ongoing scam for the last 6 or 7 years and counting. He has been contacted by this company that first claimed he had won 3.5 million dollars in an overseas drawing of some sort. He just needed to send money for insurance fees and taxes. Over the years they have told him every excuse in the book for why they haven't delivered 'the package.' After a while, they hooked him a little deeper by adding 4.5 million to the total because he had been so patient BUT they needed more money. Now, they have added 20 million to the total, for a grand sum of 28 million dollars, and a new BMW. This last part has been going on since February with no sight of the car or the money.

The kicker is their claim that every time they try to bring him the car and the money package, they have been stopped at the state line by the destination state's police and turned back for not having the correct paperwork, stamps, seals and/or whatever.

My father STILL believes these people and is sending them money for a variety of reasons on at least a monthly basis. He had owned a home with less than a year of payments when this started. Over the last couple of years, he took out a new mortgage and a second mortgage on his home and now owed 125% of the home's fair market value to the banks (who shouldn't have loaned him the money, but that is a US bank scam that needs to be addressed elsewhere). He couldn't make the payments to the bank, eat and pay his other minor bills, so he ended up filing for bankruptcy, abandoned his home, moved in on another relative, and is STILL sending money via Western Union to these crooks.

I have tried to convince him but now I think his pride has taken over and he CAN'T admit he is wrong so he just continues to be duped!!!! The 876 numbers that I have 'gotten hold of' from his place are as follows:

876-840-8227 (contact's name Linda)
876-570-3565 (contact unknown as of now)

I hope my father's story will 'open some eyes' of people who can't believe this crap can happen. I have a feeling that my family will be contending with this issue for a long time to come.

BTW - In the latest 'development', Linda has offered to move in with my father and take care of him for just room and board along with a small salary (she hasn't mentioned how much). HE HAS ALREADY CLEANED A SPARE BEDROOM FOR HER!!!!!!!!!

I have been helping my elder neighbor for months now to make him understand that this number is connected to a scam but his 78 yrs and does not understand I have added caller ID to his land line to show him it comes from kingston jm, but he thinks the machine is wrong. Well he received his phone bill which was 2,000 dollars thia month and they are always billing him for the calls they (876) are making to him and the phone phone company att do not know how they are doing this their now is block for long distance and they are still calling him at cost to him.

Received a call from Emerson Financing - not about winning money, about a loan of $5,000 - said since it is a "secured loan" I had 3 options to secure the loan, all of which involve $. Sent me a fax with a very legal looking loan document. Address listed is 8-9 Grenada Way, Kingston. Phone #'s listed are 877-221-2477 and 866-589-9058 and an 800# for fax. Seemed legit until I started reading all these comments so now I'm concerned - didn't see any posted about loans, though, so does anybody have any ideas?

A Person calling from Pakistan (+923424438559) and introduces himself in Enlish or Urdu with Punjabi accent as representative working in Dubai for Mobile phone services being offered in Middle East region & specailly arranged for dispacthing of lottery won thro computer ballot and informs you to check the starting 5 digits of SIM card serial number and inform to keep confidential and not to disclose details of call made and informs you to switch of phoe immediately and remove the SIM card from phone to check the number and keep ready the personnal details and ID, later he calls thro internet phone and try to extract maximum personnal details from you. So beware

I recieved a message to call 1-876-426-4574 for delivery of a package that "must be delivered to me today". The message was very scratchy and it "sounded" as though the person (Mrs. Miller) was calling from UPS. When I checked the area code on line, I found this website re the scam if you call the 876 area code to Jamaica. Yikes!

You people on here rant about how much we Jamaicans are scum and all that crap.....ever though maybe your parents are just plain stupid.....no-one is forced to send money, plus its illegal for US citizens to send money to ANY foreign country sweepstakes winnings, that's tax evasion(For who wonders why the FBI does nothing)..so in essence scamming jus proves how dumb you ppl are and how smart us Jamaicans are!!!! PoloKid (Think Im Gonna Start Making Regular Posts On Here)

Well now they are using phone numbers in the United States for message centers 978-332-7795 and 949-734-3574 were left on the answering machine. I suppose this is to make it look legitimate? Not from Jamaica? Oh sure I believe that! They are getting smarter hey? or trying to make themselves appear smarter. What is amazing though, the voice on the answering machine is the same as on the message machine of theirs also.

They can't fool an old fool like me. As always, still fighting the good fight.

Miss Ice

A family member of ours was scammed out of thousands and thousands of dollars by these low lives, scum sucking, bottom of the barrel so called knuckle dragging humans from Jamaica and other parts of the world. They used every trick in the book to get money from our family member, Promises of Sweepstakes winnings, saying they were Jamaican police trying to get her money back, lawyers working on her behalf etc. This lasted well over two years of them taking practically every bit of her money from her.

We tried everything in the book to stop them, contacting the FTC, FBI, American Embassy in Jamaica, Police, and Jamaican police. No one could or would help. The only way we got rid of them was a simple solution, we changed her phone number and made it as unlisted as possible. This stopped them in there tracks and we haven't heard from them sense. It's been about 2 years now and not even a peep.

The only way not to get involved with these low life scammers is, "Do Not Sign Up For Any Well Known Sweepstakes i.e. Readers Digest, Publishers Clearing House. They are actually as bad as those scam artists, there the ones who start the ball rolling and sell your name and phone number. What they do is sell your name, phone number etc. and it keeps getting sold over and over and over when finally you get on the scam artists "SUCKERS LIST". Then you will start getting the annoying calls saying you have “Won Millions of Dollars” and just send us money for the fees or taxes via Western Union and we will give you your winnings. All it will do is continue with more anoying phone calls and asking for more and more money, it never stops unless you stop it yourself, you have to be strong.

It’s a shame our government won’t step in and help, these scammers take millions and millions of dollars from our elderly every year, and they will continue to do so until it is not profitable for them any more. The Jamaican Police say they are stopping them, I believe them as much as I believe the scammers. It looks like they won't be stopping any time soon, there is no assentive for them to stop, they like the lavish lifestyle they have created for them selves by cheating us out of our hard earned money.

Bottom line is; Don't get involved with sweepstakes of any type i.e Publishers Clearing House, Readers Digest unless you want annoying phone calls, abuse and your hard earned money conned out of you.

I have an answer to this problem.

I don't know if it will work.

Tell them that the person they are looking for is no longer available and what you do is give them a collection number

Give them this number

623-492-6031

Lots of people in this country are still out of work and trying to find jobs.

I figured maybe try that number but don't tell them what the number is.

Or what anyone could do is go buy counterfeit money and mail that to them.

Good luck to all.

I have been getting countless calls from 876-580-6910. Finally I chewed out the guy in as profane a way possible and then hung up. I called the number back hoping that like most of these businesses it would give you the option to remove your number. NOPE. The same man answered and said, "Rachael, I can't believe you hung up on me. Do you know who I am? Do you realize what my name is?" WTF?

I said "Yes, your name is Stupid ignorant annoying idiot who can't speak English worth a shit, call me again and I'll find you MF" Then I hung up. Haven't gotten again yet. Still waiting.......

I just received a call from one of these guys (one of many) and they are now saying they had a group of guys who were claiming to be from their company who were frauds. The man claims the FBI is involved in helping them to find they guys and they are now trying to fix the problem. I think he said something about being located in Delaware and then something else about Las Vegas Company Limited. I asked how he got my info because they actually already have my home address (scary!!) and he claimed I filled out some kind of form at a Walmart, but I don't shop at Walmart. If you fall prey to this group, just ignore them, they are tremendously pursuant and terribly annoying. Good luck to any that are going through this as well.

Another dirty Jamaican scam. I like the idea I read above about telling them to call you at your office and giving them the cop's number. Here's a better idea. Give them the number to the FBI. Do a quick google search and you can find it. Man, I have never wanted a hurricane to hit a country so bad!

dont call 876 numbers they sound real but are not u cant win something u didnt enter. if u cant google the sweepstakes its not real my fraud number was 8763398897

I was called this morning from 876-372-3830. The "CEO", who had a Jamaican accent of some company was going to deliver a check for $2.5 million to my house, but needed to ask me a few questions. He asked if I had a driver's license, and if I was single, I said yes to both--while trying to get more information from him--knowing it was a scam. He then "needed" my address so he could deliver the check. I was questioning him the whole time on what he needed from me and why he was calling. Finally, I said that I would not give him my address. He got VERY violent and said "F--- you, you f---ing b--ch". Then I just hung up. Pretty scary really. I hope people aren't giving these people any information.

New number: 876-281-0054
A man referring to himself as "Frank Peterson" has called my elderly mother 2-3 times already today. Telling her she has won 2 million dollars and a new washing machine. She needs to give him 300 or more dollars. Said he was on his way to her house and would be there in an hour. How the H--- he will get from Las Vegas to TN in an hour ?????????
She told him she was not giving him any money at all. We'll see if he keeps calling. I told her not to call anyone back at that area code. She and my father call me whenever they get calls like this b/c they know I look everything up to show them that they are all scams. I have used google earth to show them addresses that claim to be giving away millions of dollars. HA!

I received a call on my cell yesterday from the 876 number. Something (hard to understand) about a package delivery at 2pm from Las Vegas. I asked why he called, UPS just delivers packages without calling first. I got no intelligible response. I said thanks and hung up.

I googled the number and it came back as from Jamaica so that got me thinking. I searched the area code and "Las Vegas" and arrived at this site. While doing this, I got a few more calls, a couple with "Unknown Number". I ignored them.

My cell is set up to send unanswered calls to Google Voice. One call left a message and this guy (Mr. James Brown) asked me to call back about the package. This guy was understandable.

I then clicked on the number and set it to block it. Google Voice sends the "out of service" tones followed by a good block message. I also blocked the "Unknown Number" the same way. I turned off the ringer.

All blocked call attempts are logged and I see that about 6 calls came in and were blocked yesterday. The calls then stopped and I turned the cell back on (I normally do not get many calls). I did get one call this morning from Unknown Number. I cancelled it so it would go to the Google Voice block.

It is amazing the persistence of these guys. There must be an army of them plus a lot of phone numbers to use.

Gary D.

Got a call today on answering machine saying to call back immediately. When I called, "Michael Conway" said we had won a sweepstkes. I told him it was a fraud and not to call again. 15 minutes later "Michael" called and asked how my husbands eyes were. I told him he had the wrong party. there is nothing wrong with his eyes. He said yes there was and we've "scammed him out of a lot of money already" (which was not true) and began to curse in a foreign language, then hung up.

Does anyone know the scoop on calls, presumably from Jamaica, that start with, for example, "Is Jackie there?"

When I say there is no Jackie, the caller said, "You are a liar! Jackie is the owner of the phone!"

The recent call came from a blocked number, but past similar calls have come from the 876 area code. The caller used a fake American accent, but his English was extremely poor (except for his profanity - that was spot on). I particularly like his angry question, "Do you know who is me?"

I didn't see any way he could make money on the call. It seemed more like an outlet for someone with no education and nothing to do.

I have an answer to this problem.

Send them money.

counterfeit money that is.

Keep sending them it.

Have a lawyer write a note to it that if they continue to call something will happen.

Here is the main thing. Everyone gets these phone calls.

Elderly is being prayed on.

They claim to have huge amounts of money.

They keep calling.

You can't go to the police, nothing.

There has to be another way. Speaking spanish won't do anything.

I told them that I had a business trip planned in their country.

For crying outloud they might go to this site and see what others are saying.

They will go down maybe when the next hurricane goes through.

This person just claimed they were the President of Jamaica.

What someone needs to do is some smooth talking and find out what these people want.

They then claim they want $1000.

I read somewhere else that what you should do is tell them that you have a business trip planned in their country.

Your going to boycott them and tell them that the govt is watching them.

I don't know if that is going to stop it or not but you might want to know different ways of doing it.

This is the "Never Ending Story", and the list of victims added each day is overwhelming. One guy we can all depend on though when we are on here is Son of Scam, Fighting the Good Fight. His experience has been a tool for me since this began with my brother. Thank you Son of Scam.
Check Cashing centers also have Western Union and every month my brother cashes a check and immediately wires the majority of it to Jamaica. Well, not any longer, his name is now blocked at all Check Cashing WU transfer stations throughout my state. It may seem a small step, but if you have been dealing with this as long as some of us have, you know each step that aides in the prevention of these guys getting money is HUGE.
So don't ever give up on protecting someone you know from these crooks. They will and have taken everything from people, do not let your family members be the next to be taken.
Keep fighting!
miss_ice

A family member of mine was suckered into this scam, losing $1,200.00, thinking they were going to get 2 million that next Monday. It's sad to say but some people to fall for this. It needs to stop. A guy named "Washington" talked as if he was a broker and invested money. Sounds legit maybe for a 76 yr old. I would warn any family member that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.
876.284.8538

My 80+ year old aunt and uncle are being hounded to death from some scumbag named "Michael Henderson", who works for UPS. They have won $7 million and he wants to "Personally" deliver it to them. Phone company can't do anything because the calls originate outside the US. Who can we complain to to get this stopped? I contacted the FCC because my aunt is on the Do Not Call Registry, but I'll bet because the call comes from outside the US there is nothing they can do either. What about the FBI?

I live in Jamaica and am very disturbed by these scams. The scams are perpetuated by a very small group of Jamaicans and not by the large majority of Honest hard working Jamaicans. Please call The Organized Crime Unit of The Jamaica Constabulary Force at 876-967-1389. There is a division of this unit in the Jamaican Police Force that has been set up specifically to deal with Scams. Persons have been arrested but they need evidence that is sometimes hard to get. I am sure that they will be happy to work with you to set up any sting operation to catch these con artists. Why they continue to do this is because people do send them money repeatedly. If you never entered a competition or bought a ticket how do you expect to win. On behalf of Jamaica, sorry for the harrassment. Stay vigilant and don't send them any money. Listen for broken English and a fake American accent. Most of them, (not all) are uneducated or under-educated.

Plus a few blocked and unknown numbers. All the same call. Wants me to send first $50 by western union to jamaica.. now upping the ante and wants 50 THOUSAND dollars they want sent to an address in Lewisville, Texas but they upped the prize to 25 million so hey, a drop in the bucket. I always answer the phone with "Howze the weather in Jamaica today?" I think next time I will tell them I am sending the money and coordinate with the police in Texas so they can be nabbed when they get there to pick it up.  It was funny... for awhile.  Now they call me 3-4 times a day and when I start laughing they cuss me out.  Leave voicemail messages too. 

For the past two months, I have been getting calls from someone that says his name is Mr. James Porter saying he has a $400,000,000 check for me that I won, and next to that, I have won a brand new Mercedes Benz SUV. That went on for 3 weeks, then the same guy called back, this time, saying his name is David Cole (law attorney) from the number 876-859-4559. He said that he didn't know Mr. James Porter, and I didn't even ask him that! Then I asked him how much he needs me to send for "transporting into the US) and he told me he needs $4600! I checked online and real lottery winners don't pay before they get the money, they pay after!

Another thing, they won't stop calling me. If I hang up, they call back immediately asking if they can have the money NOW through Western Union.
I cussed one of them out, and they told me that the lottery agency will deduct $70,000,000 for my profanity. Bullshit!

I contacted the FBI and they confirmed that these numbers are all from scammers and that they can't do anything since theyre in Jamaica.
Other scamming numbers are: (calls from Mr. James, Patricia Gillett, Michael Chin)
876-397-7395
876-392-3476
876-464-0681
876-879-0488
876-849-9301
876-098-4489
876-464-5412