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A caller from this toll free number called the home an elderly couple, asking for someone by name that resembled the name of a relative, and then spinning a story that it was an urgent call, that they were supposed to have an important business meeting in a neighbouring city, and that they needed personal information now about that individual- including social insurance number, credit card #, etc. The caller refused to identify themselves or from what company they were calling. The fact is, no one in the elderly couple's family has any business with the company named in previous posts, nor has any business meeting in the quoted city with anyone. Given indications in past posts, there is also no indebtedness among anyone in the family.
It appears that the cohort of fraudsters are certainly persistent, despite ever mounting police investigations, prosecutions and the enhancements in cyber security.
It does raise the question- here we have callers emanating from the same number, but even if it is a IP-generated skype(-like) number associated to no physical location, surely law enforcement by now should be not only hot on their heels but shutting these bastards down.
That demographic trends spell out an increase in the number of seniors, among whom a proportion are vulnerable, is not a license to so flagrantly exploit commit fraud, and harass and con decent people.
There may very well come a breaking point where citizens are forced to take matters into their own hands to deal with and pick off these vermin one by one, and not way for "authorities" to deign to find the time to intercede- as otherwise mandated
It's a scam, they claim to be Reliance Home Comfort and I don't have any service with them
This company keeps caller for someone we don't even know.. Same last name as us. They said it is urgent matter. Called and left message telling them they have wrong number. Company is Gatestone?