Scam Number: (888) 616-7178
Scammer’s Website or Email:
Additional information about this scam:
888-616-7178 Monday 6-24-24 3:05PM EST
Carrier: RingCentral
Answers as: “PayPal Suppoat” or the “cancellation department”
Remote Access Software: AnyDesk (ID: 238358231/SUPPORT, 1990921415/PayPal Support)
The femchod falsely claimed a PayPal business account was registered after I used TikTok, prompting me to “connect to the PayPal Secure Server.”
- Our call was dropped, but two AnyDesk connections occurred. I was then asked to call her back before being transferred to “John from the PayPal Billing Department,” who asked me to drive to Walmart and purchase a $1,000 Apple card to “block the foreign IP addresses.”
- I was asked to send a photo of the card to their TextNow line, so I sent him a Grabify link to hurr-durr.cc which was never clicked.
Callback numbers:
- (315) 504-5144 (Bandwidth.com via Google Voice)
- (315) 669-2518 (TextNow Wireless)
Damn Goody, that’s a very smart card to be able to block an open tab.