The Healthcare Insurance Scammer MEGATHREAD

OK, there is one particular insurance outfit that is using a huge amount of DID numbers for placing outbounds.

You'll recognize this scam if you're called but then asked to Press 1 to speak to a healthcare enrollment specialist or 2 for DNC (their DNC option just does an immediate hangup, pressing this option does nothing).

You can confirm the scam by PRESSING 1 and then when the agent cuts in she'll ask you if you're interested in a individual or family plan and then starts asking you questions on her lead sheet.

I watched one of these bad boys come in to my Asterisk server. TrueCNAM didn't flag it and neither did Jolly Roger since it's a new DID. This scammer definitely has a telecom expert running their shop. When dialing back I watched my PBX logs and noticed that my call actually did reach their PBX at the other end, they picked up the ring and then immediately played an error message out of their PBX.

That means they're not spoofing DIDs like other scammers do, they own the numbers.

So I thought it would be interesting to keep a log of where these healthcare scammers are using for DIDs. If you have any INBOUND numbers from hijacking them please post them (scambait them and then interrupt by saying you need to run outside real quick to get your child/whatever, ask for a callback number).

Since they're pretty good at not giving their inbound DIDs out this one is a tougher nut to crack. Their dialer hits me 2x a day religiously and I always press 1 to scambait. :-)

Here's my log: ============================================

outbound = you can't call this number, it's not routing to their agent
inbound = this number is open and taking calls

1/16 - 2622074898 OUTBOUND

2622074898 is a subscriber on Bandwidth.com I called Bandwidth to report fraud and abuse with this subscriber.

1/17 2035169982 OUTBOUND

Here is a fuller listing of DIDs that this scammer has been using to make outbound calls with slight varyations on the same healthcare pitch:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:nomorobo.com+%22Affordable+health+insurance+from+an+A+plus%22&newwindow=1&safe=off&ei=rkRBXOfgGNDl_Qb2nIrACw&start=0&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwjn7_jRrvbfAhXQct8KHXaOArg4ChDy0wMIdw&biw=1887&bih=1060

DIDs to blacklist/block:

215-791-8740
303-309-0073
203-516-9911
201-777-3190
214-452-7890
201-777-2831
254-387-0033
201-777-3727
254-387-0034
254-387-0023
203-516-9982
201-777-2994
214-452-8408
206-219-6156
201-777-3113
206-219-1500
201-777-3185
262-207-4898
281-849-7981
254-387-0014
215-791-8733
203-516-9981
215-791-8706
303-309-0044
201-777-3516
254-387-0022
254-387-0019

@kenzo#71056 I have record of these numbers with similar messages:

207-393-2012 210-417-9507 262-207-4855

262-207-7550 508-858-0159 510-551-0045 540-339-9029

540-339-3202 508-858-0057/59/65 (717) 216-0554

724-972-0272 210-417-9509 678-261-0919 1202-525-7934

717-216-0808 702-659-5640, 469-284-0661

Also this robo call seems related to the scam some how.

913-208-0480 | 19132080480 - Robocaller Warning! - Nomorobo

Thanks for these!

If you use Asterisk PBX here’s the current list you can throw in to your blacklist. You can also use this to compare against your call logs if you’re counting the # of times this scammer calls to rack up TCPA violations.

I'm going to start doing carrier traces on all these this weekend to see what VOIP carriers are hosting them.

number,description
12157918740, healthcare scammer
13033090073, healthcare scammer
12035169911, healthcare scammer
12017773190, healthcare scammer
12144527890, healthcare scammer
12017772831, healthcare scammer
12543870033, healthcare scammer
12017773727, healthcare scammer
12543870034, healthcare scammer
12543870023, healthcare scammer
12035169982, healthcare scammer
12017772994, healthcare scammer
12144528408, healthcare scammer
12062196156, healthcare scammer
12017773113, healthcare scammer
12062191500, healthcare scammer
12017773185, healthcare scammer
12622074898, healthcare scammer
12818497981, healthcare scammer
12543870014, healthcare scammer
12157918733, healthcare scammer
12035169981, healthcare scammer
12157918706, healthcare scammer
13033090044, healthcare scammer
12017773516, healthcare scammer
12543870022, healthcare scammer
12543870019, healthcare scammer
12073932012, healthcare scammer
12104179507, healthcare scammer
12622074855, healthcare scammer
12622077550, healthcare scammer
15088580159, healthcare scammer
15105510045, healthcare scammer
15403399029, healthcare scammer
15403393202, healthcare scammer
15088580057, healthcare scammer
15088580059, healthcare scammer
15088580065, healthcare scammer
17172160554, healthcare scammer
17249720272, healthcare scammer
12104179509, healthcare scammer
16782610919, healthcare scammer
12025257934, healthcare scammer
17172160808, healthcare scammer
17026595640, healthcare scammer
14692840661, healthcare scammer

Already checked 10 numbers and they’re Bandwidth.com. Most of their current complaints showing up on nomo are also coming from their Bandwidth.com-hosted numbers.