Scam Number: 888-262-9979
Scammer’s Website or Email: TEXT
Additional information about this scam:
On April 25, 2025, we received your payment “Pypl” $998.17 #GMTYKHPF.
Your card has been debited successfully. To-stop This TR@NS@CTl0N, contact +18882629979.
Picked up once, and I called him a “Dirty Benchod scammer bitch”…. He hung up, and he won’t pick up for me on any of my numbers…..
Carrier: ThinQ
Call Center Location: India 
Answers as: “PayPal Suppoat”
Technician: “Ryan”
Falsely Claims:
- Two PayPal accounts created under my identity last night.
- Two pre-authorized charges: $75 in Bitcoin and $998 for more Bitcoin
- Multiple bank accounts tied to the fake PayPal accounts, including TD, Bank of America and Chase.
Fake Bank Officer: “Kevin Martin”
Falsely Claims:
- I need “higher securities” on my account as it is a “matter of identity theft”
Fake FTC Officer: “Robert West”
Falsely Claims:
- I was “shouting” when I was using my normal speaking voice.
“Robert” became too deaf to proceed with their SSA scam.