Calls From a Stranger, spanish, telephony, top, scams

UPDATE: Calls From a Stranger

Reader Ben reports that 1) he received another strange Spanish phone spam scam call, this time from 401-200-9876 and 2) he still doesn't speak Spanish.

To date, we've seen reports of Spanish calls trying to finangle people's social security info, in Spanish, coming from these phone numbers: 401-200-9876, 305-503-8068, 305-503-8066, 301-392-8219, 661-375-3050, 954-678-8026, 678-310-5678, 786-718-9058, 480-929-4842, 785-718-9058, 786-879-6669, 305-371-7266, 408-822-1645, 305-256-4287, and 978-228-0011.

What a nuisance. If anyone ever grows the cojones to report this to the cops, someone outta tie these Frito Banditos up in a pinata. After all the treats are removed from their bellies, we can have a Mexican hat dance party. Then the pummeled giblets can be laid to dry in the sun with the fibers from the rope pressed in. The resultant blanket will make for a cozy siesta sheet. Ole!

Previously: Calls From a Stranger thread.

3:09 PM on Wed May 3 2006
By popkin
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RandomHookup at 02:20 PM on 05/03/06
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Come on, Ben. Get with it and learn Spanish. Embrace change and accept the coming Latin wave.
bigkens at 02:22 PM on 05/03/06
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Nice post there. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you wrote with a heavy dose of "irony" or humor, but it didn't come through all the stereotypical bits you threw together. Maybe you should try that one again.
Grady at 02:40 PM on 05/03/06
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I got one from 978 228 0011. Can't tell what it said because my poor spanish was no match for the garbled recording. That and I was at Jazzfest at the time...
EricaJoy at 01:15 PM on 05/25/06
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Add this number to the list: 503-360-0360
scarlet at 02:42 AM on 11/12/06
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re- 408-822-1645
have received threatening phone call from this number- voice was a computer generated dialogue
- probably made throught internet or cell phone- caller knew personal information and made threats- have reported this number to police and several agencies - I encourage anyone else to report also- it is a go between Number used to scam and make anonymous threatening and/or prank calls
scared at 06:28 PM on 03/13/07
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well who the hell ever this number is , it is kinda creppy because they called my boyfriend and knew my name and he said that it wasnt computer operated that it was an actual person talking to him ! I don't want to report this because they really didnt sau anything that was life threating but it is totalluy weird that they know my name!