My parents just informed me of this Jamaican scam ordeal that they have been dealing with for a month. I say do what I do, DON'T ANSWER YOUR PHONE, EVER, IF IT IS A NUMBER YOU DO NOT RECOGNIZE!!!! If it is someone important, they will leave a message and you can decide then if it is a legitimate call.

(876) 417-0875

Called three times today alone. They've been calling my grandparents for the past year asking for money. They've had two different reasons for calling. One was to give them $900.00 [sent to Jamaica, NY] for $9,000,000. This man who called himself "Peter." The current scam is to send $100 to Beaufort Island, N.C. and we would receive $4.5 million and a Mercedes Benz from a "Louis" also calling himself "Detective Ron." We threatened we would record them and their threats and send the tapes into the police and so "Louis" changed his name to "Detective Ron." He is verbally violent, telling us to f*** off, etc. Also he said that as a "Detective" he would throw us in prison for not sending us the money.

I recently got a new cell phone number and I received a phone call in the middle of the night a couple of days ago. I didn't answer and dove deeper into my sleep when I heard the ring bc I knew that if it was an emergency the person would call back and hardly anyone I knew even had the phone number. I called the number back when I woke up the next morning and received a recording stating that my call could not be completed at this time and try my call again later. As soon as I hung up my phone rang again but I didn't hear it. I thought that it was a telemarketing company but when I called later that morning a male with an accent answered. I explained to him that I just got the number and he must have misdialed because I don't know him and I quickly hung up. He then proceeded to call me three additional times. When I made it to work I called again and tried to be nicer and help him understand that I know he was not looking for me because I had only had the number about a three or four days. When I told him this he asked for my name which I supplied (first name only)and gave his name as Kirk. He stated that God gave him my phone number or told him to dial my number. I don't believe this for one second and as a Christian I have a problem with people who speak of God and tell lies in the same breath. He didn't ask me for anything other than if he could call me again I wonder if my cell phone bill is going to be charged. He called late last night and I did not answer and this morning while I was ironically researching jamaican scams. Today he said that he was calling to just talk; I asked him in regards to what and did not say anything. I told him that I think these calls can get pricey and he stated that he added many minutes to his cell phone.

i received a call from 876-596-1472 today. they said they were ups and that i had a won $1.5 million dollars, that since i was a member of nysc, i was randomly selected and was the winner. they asked me my address, which i did not give but they knew. where are these people getting this information from? what am i supposed to do about this? i have notified my phone carrier but wondering if i should get in touch with anyone else.

OK I GOT ONE OF THOSE PHONE CALLS THIS MORNING TELLING ME I HAD WON $255,000.OO AND NEW TOYOTA CAMRY . THE DRIVER WAS ON HIS WAY WITH THE LAWYER TO DELIVER MY CAR AND MY CHECK. ALL I NEEDED TO DO WAS GO DO A WIRE TRANSFER IN THE AMOUNT IOF $700.00 TO A LAWYER IN BRIDGEPORT CONN. NAMED MARVIN OTTEY . THE CALLER ON THE OTHER END OF THE LINE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS JAMES TAYLOR. i GOT HIM GOING , I GAVE HIM A BOGGUS TRANSFER NUMBER AND HE SAID OK I WILL PUT THAT IN COMPUTER AND CALL YOU BACK . SO HE CALLS BACK AND SAYS YOU PUT HOLD ON MONEY . i SAID YES WHEN YOUR GUYS SHOW UP AT MY HO,E AND I KNOW THIS IS REAL I WILL RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU . NO HE SAYS NOT DONE THAT WAY . SO HE HANGS UP CALLS ME BACK PRETENDS TO BE SOMEONE DIFFRENT FROM THE IRS CONFIRMING THIS IS LEGITIMATE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS HAS GONE ON ALL DAY NOW HE TELLS ME THEY WILL COME TO MY HOME TOMORROW AM FIRST THING WITH CHECK AND CAR ALL I NEED TO DO IS GIVE THE LAWYER THE TRANSFER RECEIPT. DONT THINK SO . I DIDNT FALL OFF THE TURNIP TRUCK TODAY . ANYWAY I HAVE TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM TO COME MEET ME AND LETS BE SURE THIS IS REAL . NO CAN DO . I WNAT THE LOCAL NEWS AND POLICE HERE IF THEY SHOW UP . BUT YOU KNOW THAT IT WONT HAPPEN THEY ARE NOT GONNA SHOW UP ESPECIALLY IF THEY GET THE MONEY FIRST. I HOPE EVERYONE IS CAREFUL AND DO NOT FALL FOR THIS SCAM . MY LOCAL POLICE DEPT CHECKED THE NUMBER AND TOLD ME IT IS OUT OF JAMAICA.

WE HAD A PHONE CALL THE OTHER DAY FROM 876-873-7902 MY FATHER WAS WAITING ON A PHONE CALL AND HE THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE HIM, WELL IT WASN'T!!!! THE MAN STARTED OUT BY SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO TALK TO MR. DAVID WHICH IS MY FATHER AND SAYING MR. DAVID I'M WITH BANK OF AMERICA AND YOU HAVE WON $325,000 IN RETURN I NEED YOU TO SEND ME $225 SO YOUR MONEY CAN BE THERE WITHIN A COUPLE OF HOURS ON A PRIVATE JET. MY FATHER TOLD HIM THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN HIS PRANKS AND NEEDED TO CALL SOME OTHER IDIOT. WELL, THAT MADE THE MAN MAD SAYING "F" YOU MR. DAVID, YOUR A "F"ing IDIOT MR. DAVID AND KEPT GOING, MY DAD HUNG UP. WELL, WE DECIDED TO CALL THE NUMBER BACK TO SEE IF IT WOULD REALLY WORK AND IT DID! MY DAD ACTED LIKE HE WAS THE LOCAL POLICE (WHICH IS WRONG.) THE GUY SAID "HELLO" INSTEAD OF "BANK OF AMERICA" TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS THE LOCAL POLICE HE FLIPPED OUT "F" YOU MR. DAVID I KNOW ITS YOU CAN KEPT RAMBLING. AFTER MY FATHER TOLD HIM WHO IT WAS THE MAN CALMED DOWN. WE STARTED PLAYING AROUND WHILE MY DAD WAS ASKING A BUNCH OF ?S I WAS RECORDING IT. HE FINALLY TOLD US HIS NAME WAS JEFFREY SCOTT AND HE WAS WITH BANK OF AMERICA IN CALIFORNIA. WE ASKED WHAT CITY IN CALIFORNIA? HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION SO WE ASKED AGAIN AND THEN WE SAID LOS ANGELES? HE SAID YES! HE ASKED MY FATHER TO WIRE THE MONEY FROM WESTERN UNION TO 10 HART ST MONTEGO BAY JAMAICA W.I. SO WE TOLD HIM WE WOULD IF HE GAVE US AN HOUR AND WE TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD SEND IT CHECK. HE STARTED GETTING LOUDER AND SAYING NO I SAID CASH, WE TOLD HIM WE WOULD SEND $225 IN PENNIES IF HE WOULD PAY FREIGHT HE WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH FREIGHT WOULD BE AND WE TOLD HIM ABOUT $125 AND THEN HE GOT LOUDER. WE ASKED THE NAME WE WERE SUPPOSE TO WIRE IT TO AND IT WAS FITZROY LONGMAN. WE GOT OFF THE PHONE AND WITHIN AN HOUR HE CALLED BACK AND I ANSWERED HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO TALK TO MR. DAVID I TOLD HIM THAT HE COULDN'T COME TO THE PHONE AND HE KEPT GOIN AT ME. WHEN I DIDN'T LET HIM TALK TO MY FATHER HE STARTED CUSSIN AT MY IN JAMAICAN I GUESS. COUPLE MORE HOURS THEY CALLED BACK AND TALKED TO MY FIANCE AND THEY THOUGHT THAT HE WAS MY FATHER HE KEPT TELLING HIM THAT HE WASN'T BUT THEY STILL CALLED HIM MR. DAVID SAYING THAT YOU PROMISED ME YOU WOULD WIRE THE MONEY. MY FIANCE FINALLY HUNG UP ON THEM HAVEN'T REALLY HEARD ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN YESTERDAY THEY CALLED BACK BUT NOBODY WAS HOME. I HAVE LIKE 3 OTHER PHONE #S ON THESE PEOPLE I WILL POST.

Wow. This might be one of the most insanely indepth articles I've ever seen on the topic. Congrats and thanks.

WELL, they are still calling even though I told them my Mother-in-Law Died (NOT). They are also using area codes from her area and this morning our caller ID said ZERO 0

Just a few minutes ago they called again using 876-506-6292 and they tried to disguise their Jamaican accent! Glad to find this sight and hope it helps others, especially if they GOOGLE the numbers.

This is me that posted New Number New Name Same Scam i will now be using XxEnviedxX so u can know its me but anyway....i think that they taped into some of our phone companies ( like t-mobile verzion wireless etc) because i had one scammer call me in my area code and he had a typical name and i got my cell phone bill and i seen that i got charge $24 from them calling me and somehow on my bill it came up as if i called them 16 times which i did not so i am highly pissed and someone needs to do something about this cuz its going 2 far now

876 298 3764

Here is another number... I just got back from Montego Bay so someone must be collecting these numbers....

I got a call and when I saw the number I got it confused with our daughters area code so answered it. He told me his name was "Mr. Washington" but in a way that told me it wasn't. He then told me I had won $5m. I told him "don't don't don't call this number again" and hung up. He called back using call block and I let the answering machine get it. He talked to it telling me that the F.B.I. and the C.I.A. were taping the conversation, I answered the phone and told him "good, so am I." I can't but wanted him to think that. Well I told him to hold on and got my husband to pick up the other phone to listen to him. He then told me I had won $450,000, the amount shrunk between calls I guess. I told him I knew it was a scam, he of course told me it wasn't. Then I asked him what he wanted, he told me I had to pay $150 for a state stamp tax, whatever that may be, in order to get my money delivered to me in a package brought to me by the Marshal. I burst out laughing at him and told him to take the fee out of my winnings. This made him mad, and he called me a "bitch." Needless to say this made my husband very angry. He had a few choice words to say to him and then the man told him "I know where you live and I am coming to shoot you." My husband told him "you stupid S.O.B. do you think you are the only one that owns a gun? Come on, mine needs a bit of target practice" and then he hung up on him. I don't know for sure but I think it was him that called right back, I let the machine get it and when it did he hung up, then he called back again but forgot to block it and again I let the machine get it. If they start to call in the middle of the night like some have had them do I will just unplug the phones when we go to bed, and have everyone call the cells if they need to get hold of us. This is not my first dealings with these people, they called about 6 months ago too. I tried to put this call on phone block but it wouldn't take it, when I called the operator she told me the call was not from anyone in the states and that was why it wouldn't take it. Something needs to be done about these people. The number they use was 876-589-2825 I haven't seen it on here, but they probably have hundreds of numbers they are using.

I received a call today from aTel. No.:876-480-2915. I have a winning in the amount of $3.5 Million. They have transfered to me $500,000 but I have to send them $795..00 to pay for the Bar chart code or something like that and to receive my money. He gave me the Western Union Mtcn Nr. 318-384-5573,. I called Western Union and they told me that there wre funds available. They did not disclose the amount.
I've had this happen to me before. What they do, They will send approx: $100.00, but to themselfes. You call the Western Union and they confirm, funds are available and you pay them the amount and your money is gone. and you'll find out later, that he money was sent by you to them. I never paid them, because I was fortunate to have a friend inthe Wetern Union who found this out for me how it works.

876-303-5021

Appeared in my caller id with some weird message. thank god i found this site!

SORRY I POSTED THE SAME QUESTIONS 3 TIMES BUT IT DID NOT SHOW THAT IT WENT THROUGH ON MY COMPUTER UNTILL LATER

I GOT A PHONE CALL 2 DAY SAYING THAT I WON 5.5 MILLION DOLLARS BUT I WOULD HAVE 2 PAY $199 FOR THEM TO SEND ME THE CHECK IN PERSON.....THE FOREIGN LADY TOLD ME THAT HER NAME WAS MS. JOHNSON AND TO CALL ANOTHER NUMBER (876)-076-9516 BUT SHE CALLED ME FROM (876)476-9560 SO I WAS THINKING WHY DO I HAVE 2 CALL ANOTHER NUMBER IF I AM ALREADY TALKING TO YOU SO I STARTED ASKING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS LIKE HOW DID YOU GET MY NUMBER AND KNOW MY ADDRESS AND SHE WAS LIKE YOU FILLED SOMETHING OUT FOR MY COMPANY "THE AMERICAN UNCLAIMED MONEY CORP" @ A GROCERY STORE SO I ASKED WILL WHICH GROCERY STORE DID I FILL IT OUT @ AND SHE SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW BUT IT WAS MY LOCAL GROCERY STORE, WHICH WAS A LIE BECAUSE I SHOP IN DIFFERENT PLACES AND I DID NOT RECALL FILLING ANYTHING OUT TO WIN 5;5 MILLION DOLLARS SO FROM RIGHT THERE I KNEW IT WAS A SCAM...THAN I START ASKING A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND SHE GOT MAD AND WAS LIKE I WILL HAVE MY MANGER CALL YOU AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT OUR COMPANY SO I WAS LIKE OK THAN I FINALLY CALLED THAT OTHER NUMBER THAT SHE TOLD ME AND IT WAS HER THE SAME VOICE AND EVERYTHING! I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WILL CHARGE ME BECAUSE I KEPT CALLING HER TO ASK QUESTIONS (ABOUT 3 TIMES) THAN CALLING THAT OTHER NUMBER ONCE BUT IT IS A LESSON LEARNED IF THEY DO AND FROM NOW ON I WONT BELIEVE ANYONE WHEN THEY TELL ME I WON SOME MONEY UNLESS ITS FROM PCH.COM AND THEY COME TO MY HOUSE FREE OF CHARGE AND GIVE ME THE CHECK LOL

This has been an awful experience, not only for my Mother-in-law, but my Husband and her neighbors. They all have been putting up with these Jamaicans for over a Year. I have personally decided to NEVER VISIT Jamaica do to the scum that have called and THREATENED my Mother-in-Law and her Neighbors. They have called and called and called. When my M.I.L. did not give her Personal Information to the Jamaicans, they threatened to come to her house and killer her by slitting her throat in the middle of the night. My husband has told them to stop calling and so have the neighbors, but it would not stop. She is Frail and suffers from Dementia, so we stepped in to handle her finance's a few years ago. What an Eye Opener. Another Scam did suck out of her bank account over $15,000.00, they were out of Jacksonville, Fl. We were able to get some of the money back by filing complaints. And when we thought that that mess was taken care of, by starting a NEW ACCOUNT, my M.I.L. gave the scammer's her NEW ACCOUNT NUMBER! We went through this 4 times and then decided to no longer leave a balance in the account and put a block on it. It worked and solved that problem, but now this NEW DILEMMA with the Jamaicans SCAM.
We found out she had called Jamaica and corrected that with the Phone Company. This group that is calling her are telling her she WON MILLIONS and with the Dementia she does not know her SS# or Bank Account Numbers, which has helped to keep them out of her money. She was to a breaking point after being told 10 times a day that she has WON MILLIONS and all they needed was her personal information. SO, I put call forwarding from her Line to Mine and NOW, I know how they harassed her to the point of almost giving her a Heart Attack. They start at DAWN. But, I had decided to turn the tables on them by telling the Jamaicans she had DIED. But, do you think that would stop them, HELL NO! They keep calling to inquire. They act like they have know her for years and plan on stopping by. SO, after a few days, the calls have lessened. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS:
210-401-0334 TEXAS AREA
876-491-0599
876-298-7303

The same thing happened to me. They must have gotten my number from somewhere along the sites i have posted it in my firm's interest. I never react to such scams because I know what calls or packages I should get and from whom. And if the number seems a bit funny I always check it before calling.

The number they were told to call was 876-296-3909. A foreign accented man who spoke with broken English said he was with the 'U.S. Marshall's Office' and was on their way to their home to give them $50,000 they had won in a lottery. When she told him she had not entered any lotteries, he quickly retorted that if she had ever ordered anything by mail or had registered with marketing surveys, she would have been registered for this lottery. She immediately called the local police and an officer responded to file a report. It seems that it's a common problem with elderly people being scammed by these Jamaican hoods. What was particularly unnerving was that the caller had personal information that someone only close to them would know (mentioned my dad's name and said they checked with him at the police dept. My dad has been deceased for 10 years and retired from the PD 2 years before he died). It was this information that led her to believe this was not on the up and up. The caller said the 876 number was to the Marshall's office in Cherokee, AL. Cherokee has a population of less than 1000 and there's certainly no Marshall's office there nor ever has been.
People really fall for this crap??

These people keep calling my mothers house asking for me and saying they have a package waiting for me. This has been going on for several weeks. Today they changed the story to a check waiting for me instead of a package. Sometimes they will try and change there voice and name to fool her. They've left the 876-292-7791 phone number for me to call back.

For the past two days my husband and I have been receiving phone calls from Kingston Jamaica, 1-876-399-8428. The guy claims that we have a UPS package that was shipped to Montego Bay Jamaica to the Sandals resort and that he needs to ship to us within 24 hours. My husband and I vacationed in Jamaica almost 2 years ago so we started the investigation with Sandals resorts. The man calling has been very persistant in calling our home almost 6 times in 2 days. We looked up the scam on the internet and found this. We don't know how they got our number or the fact that we had been to a Sandals Jamaica resort. Any ideas?

876-841-8052
360-483-3402
360-746-0843--noted as "gateway"
876-841-8052
876-302-0301
876-421-6941
876-494-1328
876-401-2854
318-768-545799
876-854-5799
876-507-0521

there are many more but i have to go but will post later!!!!! OH YEAH DONT 4-GET THE NAMES.... I'LL POST THOSE ALSO!!!!

876-841-8052
360-483-3402
360-746-0843--noted as "gateway"
876-841-8052
876-302-0301
876-421-6941
876-494-1328
876-401-2854
318-768-545799
876-854-5799
876-507-0521

there are many more but i have to go but will post later!!!!! OH YEAH DONT 4-GET THE NAMES.... I'LL POST THOSE ALSO!!!!

On 04/15/2008
I have receive a call on that day, the person on the phone told me tha I have won a prize. This call was followed by this International wining lottery prize sent to my adress with a check total $3,846.97,from the office of Robert Olson who was the account manager, his phone# 17787729545.He told me that I had to deposit the check ,then money transfer thru Western Union in the amount of $2,245.Unfortunately I did ,now my bank statement is in negative.I have been trying to get in contact with him ever since but no answer. Then few days later I receive a call from a Guy name Morson said that he works for the ups that he held a check for me in the amount of $ 850,000.00. He had promise me a delivery after transfering over $ 4,000.00 thru Western Union. Till this day he's telling me he has the check on hold. His phone # 1876-395-7883. I wish there is someone out there that can stop this madness.

very scary.we will come to know about such scams only by reading these kind of articles or mails etc,thanks for sharing this information.

recieve several calls per day on wifes cell phone . its always a different jerk. they always ask for "Houston Smith"
its always something like I won a million dollars in the New york State Lottery, or some other lottery. or I won some give away prize that I have to claim. I can tell they are fishing for personal information. when I call them on thier Scam they swear at me and make rude comments and hang up. They do not always have a Jamaican accent.
several were english speakers. I am getting tired of bieng attacked by these freaks. they are obviousley hacking phone companies and doing real damage to ligitamate business and citizens in the US and elswere. This is a viscious attack.

This is still happening...my brother got a call this morning (4/17/08) saying that the man was from ups in Las Vegas and were holding a package for him that needed postage paid in the amount of $150. fortunately, he called me before doing anything and we checked it out....the number he was given was 876-495-7510..J.M. Kingston.

He also received a call awhile back from International Gateway at 817/717-8455...telling him he had won millions of dollars and all he had to do was send $2,500.00 to have the money ship to him....he almost fell for this one.

Who do I call on this?

For several months, my elderly parents have been harrassed by someone (Terry Harti) saying that they had won $2.5 million in an "international lottery" . My parents waivered between believing the calls and hanging up--depending upon their state of mind. I finally called back the 876 # (as my parents were told it was toll free), because my father sounded like he was succumbing to the pressure. When I spoke to "Mr. Harti ", he had my parents' address and wanted to deliver the check to the house!. He also requested a photo of my father and a copy of his signature. Then he wanted a Western Union wire of $200. s/h for the check. I persisted that this was a scam and after several minutes the guy asked me for $150. to stop harassing my parents. He put me on hold for several minutes while he got his boss. Then asked me for $100. to stop harrassing my parents--"because he was poor". I was shook up by this experiience and wonder how to stop these type of calls. Now after investigating this, I'll probably be charged for the calls!I plan to contact the Feds. and my state AG. I will also call the my parents' phone co. to get some type of block.

Has anyone successfully argued against paying the fraudulent charges?

The 2 #s for this "international lottery" are (876).316-1275 and (876)373-6141.

6:20 in the freaking morning some guy with a third-world heavy accent called, asked for ME specifically then, as best as I could determine said “Gold Rush Sweepstakes”, threw in the word Las Vegas (probably to get me to assume this was casino related, which it did) and said I had won 7.5 million dollars. My scam-o-meter hit red and I said “Bite Me’’ and hung up which is much nicer than he deserved waking up my achy body at that hour of the morning. He immediately called again and I let the machine get it.

I listened numerous times to him repeat the name of my supposed jackpot, the phone number and the distinctly blunt and demanding order to “call me. Goodbye.”

By the Lord’s protection the phone number *I* heard, each of the 5 times I listened to the machine, was 8 '6' 6-835-7979. Mind you, I did not believe there was any monetary reason to call, but I really like to nail people who try to scam money from the naïve, or little old ladies (of whom I am not admitting to being just yet) So I called that number and the nice receptionist from a gorgeous private country club in Pennsylvania answered ( I confirmed their reality on their website). They had never heard of this particular ‘sweepstakes’, wondered why he gave their number but, like me, figured it was a scam.

Then hubby emailed me—he had been researching it, too. Turns out the number is an 8 SEVEN 6 number—they want you to call back as it racks up your phone bill. (Google ‘876 scams’ and you will find 526,000 entries for it!)

Like me you probably will recognize any call like this as a scam, but just calling the number to hear the guy out so you can get more info to give the authorities will involve you in the scam of taking your money. So do tell your children old enough to answer the phone to not follow the caller’s very bold instructions. Most children (pre-teen and teen) are persons who play mostly fair and naturally don’t expect others to NOT play fair, plus most would love for their home to receive millions of dollars to help out Mom and/or Dad. They rarely have such suspicious minds as some of us!

If you have questions about any number left with you or told to you, you can go on http://www.whocalled.us/ and insert the number. The site can often tell you not only who it was, but the nature of the call (i.e. scam) and you can read messages from anyone else who has left a message detailing their encounter…purpose is for others to avoid the same unpleasant encounter.

It looks like they are using a new number for this scam. 767-275-4545. I was given this number after speaking to the "supervisor" of another telemarketing scam "Warranty Service Center." I demaned a phone number and this was what they gave me.

I have been receiving calls initially from a witheld number for approximately a month. I would answer the call and all i got was a man in a gruff voice saying hello. a couple of times then hangs up. My husband answered a couple of these calls for me as i was fed up. This still did not deter this man. I have been receiving these calls at all times of the day and night. This morning I had two witheld calls followed by a call from the subjected number, i am 100% sure that this is the same person calling. I must of had at least 10 calls from this number which i have now been ignoring but i am now receiving text messages from a man claiming to be from Jamaica who wants to be my friend. He states his name is Greg. What puzzles me is how has he got hold of my mobile number. Is it random. I am based in the UK.

I would be interested to read if anyone else has had a similar problem recently.

I had a gentleman report to me today that he's been getting harassing calls from 876-303-3747. The first couple of times he answered, a guy named "Omar Johnson" told him that he had a package for him. The voice was described as kind of an arabic and robotic, deep voice. The gentleman told "Omar" that the package wasn't for him, as "Omar" had given the wrong address in the wrong city. In a follow up call, the gentleman told "Omar" that the package was not his and that he didn't want it. "Omar" responded by calling him a liar, and adding that he was going to get the package delivered to him.

Another number was associated with this complaint. The gentleman said that one of the calls was from 360-778-2603. He said that he talked to "Omar" at that number. The number has since been disconnected. Was it a cloned phone. Searchbug.com said is was a Skagit County Washington, cellular number.

Anyway, I'm posting this just in case there are any similar types of calls. I don't know what the scam is, but there's one in there somewhere, I'm sure. I hope the numbers I've typed in this message will google for others.

We are getting a call from a John Green saying we won $950,000 from some kind of directory raffle and we need to send $200 Western Union to an Orane Porter in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Phone number is 876-414-3495...

876-419-1976

Caller from Kingston, Jamaica called several times stateing I had won 2 million dollars and they were going to ship it UPS. Would not stop calling, I returned call to the number on caller ID and the person that answered the phone had rude, vulgar comments to make after realizing I new it was a scam.
Please post this number for people to see.

Please e-mail contact [at] fid [dot] gov [dot] jm with any complaints you may have. You can also contact the USA Embassy in Jamaica and speak to the DHS special agent there to make a formal complaint.

These "people" call my mother several times per day. They tell her that she's won money from a company called Global something. It varies from $500,000 to over $5,000,000. They tell her she has to pay a delivery fee via Western Union to get a check. The amount of the delivery fee varies from $100 to over $400. When she tells them she has no money to send they generally lower the amount. They've gone so far as to tell her to sell her food stamps to get the money. One stupid scammer even told her that he would pay half the amount. The scam always involves calling an 876 number. The last number she was given was in Kingston Jamaica. 1-876-561-5486. Thank God for Google so I can look this stuff up.

so I just got a text message saying "please call me at 1-876-445-4030 it's urgent, thanks" It looks like the work (toll-free) number of a friend of mine so I didn't think twice and called. when the woman on the line turned out to be a stranger I hung up, then I remembered reading something about scams like that... crap.

This type of scam can happen on your e-mails as well. It's called phishing. Someone sends you an e-mail pretending to be from the bank you're using. The mail looks real, they even put in the logo of the bank. They ask you for your account number and security code and anything else they might need, explaining that the bank lost your contacts or something...don't ever fall for it!

My mother was charged $36.60 for an 8.8 minute call supposedly to Jamaica 1/11/2008, a call she has no recollection of and would like to dispute; but MCI, her then-long-distance company, with customer service agents having Caribbean accents (!), cannot tell us to whom this call was made, other than to Jamaica.
Am I understanding that some people are RECEIVING calls from these supposedly SCAM numbers and being charged for them? Or are charges applying only when a call originates from one's own telephone??
Has anyone reading this been scammed via this 876-566-8067 number?
Thank you!

I too was a victim of these calls the thing is that i am jamaican and so i could pick up on the accent immediately. It is a shame that this is happening because people who do that give the rest of us a bad name. the number that contacted me was 7027654470 and then it linked to 8768486170. I know this because like a said i was born and raised in jamaica and just happened to move here. the funny thing is they told me i won 4.5 mil and they were from sum bank in LA.nevada. and that i won because i shopped at walmart, big mistake i dont shop at walmart. I am sorry for anyone who fell for this. one hint i can give is that if you call and the operator sounds remotely british or caribbean don't stay on the line. And if its too good to be true it isn't real.

Aloha,

We live in Hawaii and just got a call today from "UPS" apparently with a package holding a check of $2.5 million dollars! Obviously sounded suspicious so we called his bluff and asked him his name, LEROY SMITH, from UPS in LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. We didn't even give him a chance to ask any more questions like our address or sending him money to release the check. We told him that we would contact him back, which he provided the number 1-876-832-1164. He sounded very unsure and unprofessional. I immediately came online to check the number to which I wasn't that 876 is Jamaica's area code. We've heard about these Scams out of the Caribbean. I don't see the number he provided listed here, but I really believe that it was a scam as well.

Be careful!

I received a call this afternoon from (876) 560-4271 a man saying that I won 5.5 million dollars from the Las Vegas lottery. When I told him that I don't live in Nevada, he said that I won b/c I make purchases on credit cards and pay bills on time. Although I have recently been to Las Vegas this seemed a little suspicious, so I started asking a lot of questions. He said that someone was on their way to my house in Hawaii with the check and the US Marshalls and FBI were coming along for protection b/c it was a large amount!! I told the person that I no longer live in Hawaii, so he said that I should give him my current address and the people will turn around and travel to my current residence, and that I would still receive the check today. I laughed a little b/c does this person even know the globe? When I asked which credit card was used for this drawing he said "your debit card". I responded with " Well if this is for paying my credit cards on time, how is that valid, b/c you don't make payments on the debit card" His response was "It is for making purchases and paying your bills on time". I asked for a phone number to call back and verify the information that he gave me and he gave me the # (876) 804-3855 POC Mr. Kootz. Needless to say, I did not give him my current address or call either of the numbers back, but I did check my accounts, and there was no unusual activity.

Persons who have been scammed by persons calling from Jamaica (876), please get in touch with the United States Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office. According to the story posted on this web site http://www.radiojamaica.com/content/view/5130/26/ ICE will be working with the Jamaican authorities.

When Robert Leeson called for my husband at 5:45 AM yesterday, I told him that my husband had been dead for four years. I immediately became eligible for the money (around $5.5 million)! To answer his statement of paying around $450 dollars at a Western Union, I told him that I had to sell my car, was wheel chair bound, and so poor that I am living in Government Assisted Housing. He suggested that my son, who has my power of attorney, contact the 876 phone number. I said that I have no control over what little money I do have, told him that the offer sounded too much like a scam, and hung up. He hasn't called back.

A Mr. Anthony Parkinson called me several time on my CELL PHONE of all numbers! I answered automatically the first time; he pretended there was a bad connection and wanted me to call him back. Fat Chance.
He called back several times, I did not answer, then he finally left a message (which I still have on my cell phone) calling me by name and asking me to call Anthony Parkinson at 876-842-4688. Reverse phone number search engines have no info whatsoever on this number.
I Googled the number and Phone Fraud until I found this site.
Be Warned.

Mr. Williams from Jamaica told me I won 5.5 million dollars but needed to pay money upfront.

Watch out for him and Mr. Leslie Rodman #876-83558917

BEWARE!!!!!!!! I consider myself well educated but if I didn't look on the net for
information I might have fallen for it.

I am listing below a list of scam artists from Jamaica with phone numbers that have been scamming my mother in law over the last year for large sums of money. They used the sweepstakes scam where she repeatedly paid high fees to receive her suppose sweepstakes winnings. As you well know she did not receive any winnings at all. We fiinally had to file and we received conservitorship and are now trying to stop the scam artists from calling her, hopefully they will stop when they find out she has no control of her money.
We have tried everything by contacting the FTC, FBI, State Attorney General etc. with no luck. If anyone out there knows of an agency that can help please post a comment.

Listed below are the names and phone numbers of the scam artists to watch out for from Jamaica:
...Rose Brown or Rose Jackson
...Ivorine Jackson
...Hugh Curley
...Buddy Jacobs
...Luis Cardenas
...Desmond Stevens
...Oriane Taylor
...Taneka Brown
...Afua Moral
...Gary McKenzie
...Marsha Rhoden

Phone Numbers used by the above scam artists from Jamaica:
876-302-8212
876-496-3979
876-303-9898
876-492-3786
876-303-5021
876-468-4458

Address for money to be wired to:
10 Bankers Dr.
Mandevlle, Jamaica

Unfortinatly this scam against my mother in law has been going on for over a year now and hopefully it will be ending soon. Hope the list above will help some one identify the ones that scam our elderly citizens and bring them to justice.

Someone called my husbands cell phone 16 times in 40 minutes while he was gone, so I finally picked it up and a man who called himself Mr.Mason said he had a check for us and said he was with the United States Postal Service. Since my husband checks come from another state that are actually mailed with Fed Ex I didn't immediatly doubt the caller but thought it was odd that he had called over and over. I told him to just bring his check to the house and he claimed my husband would need to call first and gave me this number 876-530-0164. I thought this was suspicous and told him I would have my husband calland I hung up. He continued to keep calling every 2 minutes. Long story short when my husband called him back he said he had a check for him and that he would need to make a western union payment to get the money. He kept my husband on the phone a long time arguing and even threw in something about publishers clearing house, all the while claiming to be the post office. The numbers he called from came up 876-540-5797 876-418-3531 876-530-0164 and several restricted. Whats odd is they only called my husbands cell phone and he just recently got that number tranferred from at&t to verizon and I'm seeing a connection with new phone numbers with this scam when i look for others reports.

I just got my Dads phone bill and it is over $300 due to calls made to these numbers. He is elderly and doesnt remember making the calls, but im sure he was returning a call to claim a "prize". Anyways, keep an eye out for these two numbers as well.

I just got a call, on my brand new cell phone - I've only given my number to 4 people. It's not posted online anywhere. Anyway, they got the number, have been spamming it, and when I picked up I was told I had 5.5 million dollars waiting for me at the Los Angeles airport. I hung up at that point. He called back, "why did you just hang up on me sir?" and I replied, "because you don't have 5.5 million dollars for me." I was contacted by the following numbers:
876.806.4108,
876.558.5583,
876.315.7856,
and following the 4th attempt the numbers were all blocked.

Just a FYI for all of you - they're still at it.

Hello

I have been contacted by one of those low life Jamican scammers pretending to be my internet friend. He called me to chat and I stated I have no friends in Jamica and dont want any and hung up the phone.

Later in the evening I had over 20 calls from the same number and of course I never answered. He persisited and sent numerous text messages too plus has called another 8 times today. Here is the number the scammers are now using: 876-476-7582

Along with this is a telemarking scam too with the following number" 904-302-7532. Supposedly it is from some compnay called Global.

Mark