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Got unwanted call from 800-429-8018?
800-429-8018 is for a company called American Service. It is an automated voicemail with the options of reaching different extensions. Tom Wells is at extension 101. He purports that customers win a sweepstakes that they entered a year or two ago. Funds are sent off to a third party, who is either being scammed as well, or are involved with the scam. This is a typical fraudulent lottery/sweepstakes scam.
I received a call from a Tom Wells who said he was with the Treasury Department as Publishers Clearing House Commission; was notifying me of my 2.5mil. He secured me a sponsor, Rita Cinninni of Bay City, Mi who sent me a check for $17,500. I deposited it and used my debit card to purchase gift cards; after a few days I was notified that her check was being returned as "account closed" which meant my account was in jeopardy, frozen mode due to my debit charges to purchase the gift cards being returned. He or Rita owe me $17,500. They have been reported to authorities as scammers.
Consumers from Arizona, California complained about phone number 8004298018 calls or text messages.
Was the Call a Recorded Message or Robocall?
Reported to the FTC
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Subjects of the call reported to the FTC:
Last complaint date: March 18, 2020.
Area Code 800 and Prefix 800-429 assignment information:
Report about phone number (800) 429-8018 owner may include:
Complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission about the unwanted sales calls received after the phone number is on the National Do Not Call Registry for 31 days as well as the calls that use a recorded message instead of a live person. All information in the complaints provided by consumers and not verified.
Complaints reported to the Federal Communications Commission about the unwanted calls, robocalls, and telemarketing (including do not call and spoofing). All information in the complaints selected by the consumers and not verified.