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Small group of Dominicans. When I called I asked if “David Sayers” works for them and that REALLY upped their interest. Robert Garcia told me to be quiet because he is ‘in control here’.
If ya’ll have a chance PLEASE keep them busy, they use TWILIO INTERNATIONAL, INC. as their telecom.
This number is making outgoing calls claiming to be Officer Danielson returning a call with important information, he then tries to collect the persons information like he has some police authority. This is a very dangerous approach to scam money. He did not say any Police Dept name besides how he identified himself.
This guy is working with someone else. The other guy called claiming he had important information but I disconnected, I have no time for these fools today.
There are a few Jamaicans who have migrated to Costa Rica (along with a few other Latin Caribbean nations) and conduct lottery scams there, often with a partner from the new nation and a slightly revised accent.
I assume this scam couple belongs to this category.
The “secretary” Sandra Lee sounded Caribbean to me and she spoke great, almost perfect Spanish. This Sandra Lee was really a man trying to sound female and I thought he sounded Jamaican but I thought it would make more sense if he was Haitian?
I thought he was Haitian because the main guy is a Hispanic man and I assumed he was Dominican. But your info makes perfect sense now:
A few months ago a friend baited a lottery scammer who was also Hispanic and he found their IP address: COSTA RICA…
My experience with the lottery scam expats in Costa Rica (and of course, those in Costa Rica joining the operation) is that they are much more professional. Their diction sounds like a true customer service representative, their accent is more refined, and they are much more meticulous (e.g., relying on toll-free rather than traditional VoIP numbers).
It all makes sense—if they have achieved the means to move to a new nation (arguably one with an improved standard of living), they are less pressured by the “yard” and “rasta man” lifestyle of “choppin’.” To them, it is now a career, not merely a hustle, and the clear change in behavior reflects that.
These scams will slowly morph into the ‘Indian model’ of pseudo-professionalism with the goal of appearing wholly legitimate, rather than offering some curated illegitimacy to lure only the most gullible of (and thus, most profitable) victims.