In the the beginning of the conversation, he state he was a Detective Mark Greeno from some part of Florida, (305) 423-7436. He provided a file and case number for these charges, in short, money lundering. The name of the company he is allegedly representing is called 'United National Bank'.
Because I was half sleep when he called, I didn't get all the details. What did catch my attention was the term 'CHARGES' and in short, 'MONEY LAUNDERING'. In the end, he left me with the option of going to court here in North Carolina or paying $489.00 by some card transaction>
And because for the most part of it, I am an honest person, whose principals are Biblical based, this situation was easy enough to back track: not to mention I pay and am paying off any and all of my long term debts in full.
I was foolish enough to use the channels of the internet to borrow short term loans off line: a total of 3x's to be exact. I paid these short term debts in full during my pay periods. These sites have to use very personal information to approve any funds and they have the right legally to past this private and personal information to any agency or perons of interest they choose
It was some key elements Mr. Mark Greeno stated that lead me to this conclusion.
PLEASE, be careful because these people do have some form of knowledge pertaining to the scams they are presenting.
The solutions I have concluded are:
(1) Stay off the internet with any personal transactions.
(2) Report or investigate the company or individuals to the Better Business Bureau
(3) Prosecute when applicable
In closing, the lesson I have learned from this is to stop shopping so much: and to stay within my monthly allowance. AND 'NO' people, I am not married. Within my budget, I include myself to a monthly allowance as well.
Anonymous, Fayetteville, NC
PS I aslo pulled this off line for the the bank in question: UNITED NATIONAL BANK SECURITY ALERT - Phishing scam notice to UNB customers -- Under no circumstances will UNB contact you by email or phone to ask for your passwords, account information or other confidential information. If you receive a suspicious email that claims to be from UNB do not respond to it or even open it. Contact us immediately at 377-7200 if you receive anything suspicious so we can notify the proper authorities.
Stacey
Dallas,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, June 01, 2010
If and when they call tell them you know it is a scam and hang up - These people cannot be found!