Christopher Hotchkiss

Christopher Hotchkiss

Crafting Solutions, Shaping Products: From Concept to Code

Phishing Scam Calls

September 17, 2011

I have been getting calls from an automated voice system with a spoofed caller id number ’223-2′. When I pick up i claims to be from the National Credit Union Administration and says that my pin has been compromised. It next asked for my card number so I could reset my pin. Duh, complete scam! However all my attempts to find out who really called me so I can report them to the police have been frustrated:

  1. 800notes only supports full phone numbers
  2. Google shows a million search results.
  3. Finally my phone bill claims that I got an incoming call from myself the one time I picked up. The other calls I ignored don’t even register.

So I’ve opened a case with my phone provider and written this blog post in the hopes others will be warned.