Scam Number: (855) 678-8153
Scammer’s Website or Email: tba
Additional information about this scam: I did not receive the email, but a numberguru poster states: “associated with a scam email claiming $750 transferred via Zelle to Mohammed Zubair in Kuwait 2/21/24.”
Reference ID 3518876 amount $750
855-678-8153 Austin Cooper Wednesday 2-21-24 12:31PM EST
Been on them for an hour. Video to follow. Additional direct # 202 539 0730
I do not have a virtual machine but I wanted to try to find out what URL they use to get on a victim’s machine so I could post it in this thread. In hindsight though, I knew I was answering incorrectly so to speak the questions of the second person “Emily” on the call but I was curious how she would handle it. I thought the first guy, Jack, would also hang up on me but he did not.
Such a convoluted journey I am on!
I’m 23 minutes into call and still I am waiting for someone to try to get on my machine!
Okay, after over 30 minutes on the call, the second person who was “Emily”
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(855) 678-8153 … I’m on call with Jack Marshall. He answered.
At one point I could not hear his voice but I kept asking if he was there, and the call ended.
He called me back immediately from (202) 838-1785.
Jack said he could not hear me and I told him I could not hear him either. So now we continued our conversation on the CALLBACK number (202) 838-1785.
With Jack, I’d read of course the stuff about $750 transferred to Zell to Mohammed Zubair.
He asked for the REFERENCE NUMBER. I told him I do not see any reference number.
So he asked for my first and last name.
No, I do not have a middle initial, Jack.
He asked for the last four digits of my social security number.
He said $750 was used to purchase an IPHONE PRO MAX.
Do I know Mohammed Zubair? No Jack, I do not.
Do I know the delivery address 49 Arcadia Code? (I used Google and he meant COURT instead of CODE.) He said the delivery address is 49 Arcadia Code, Albany, NY.
No, I do not know this delivery address.
He asked for my Zelle ID.
I said I do not have a Zelle ID or account. (I expected him to hang up on me maybe, but he did not.)
He asked if I have attached to my phone number the following three banks:
Suntrust
Bank of America
Chase
I wasted some of his time asking him what it means for a bank to be “attached” to my phone number.
Finally he said, “Do you bank at any of these three banks?”
No, I do not bank at any of these three banks.
He asked what device I use to get to my bank.
I told him I do not use the internet to access my bank. I go in person to my bank and I get monthly statements mailed to me by the United States Postal Service.
He went into the spiel about how someone stole my identity. He said he will put a RED FLAG on my Zelle ID even though I’d told him I have no Zelle ID or Zelle account.
To cancel my order, he needs to know my bank name.
I told him I bank at Mazuma Credit Union.
This confused him as he said he needs to know the name of the BANK that I use.
I told him again that I bank at Mazuma Credit Union.
So basically I gave him a tutorial about how banks are for-profit entities owned by shareholders whereas local credit unions are not-for-profit entities and are MEMBER-OWNED cooperatives.
So Jack, who has a slight foreign accent, said that I should stay on the line while he patched me into the “headquarters” of Mazuma Credit Union.
Sure enough, “Emily” with a slight foreign accent came into the call. She is with Mazuma Credit Union. I gave her my birthdate and zip code per her requests.
She asked what kind of accounts I have and I said I have a checking account.
Yes, I have a Debit/ATM card for my Mazuma Credit Union account.
My approximate balance at present is between $400 and $500.
No Miss Emily, I have no other bank accounts.
No Emily, I have no credit card.
I am on a landline phone, Ms. Emily.
No Miss Emily, I have no cell phone. (I know that I was not giving the “correct” answers for greedy criminals but I was curious to see how it would play out.)
Haha, she asked me if I have a Driver’s License.
No Miss Emily, I refuse to own a car. The property taxes in this county have quadrupled and I will NOT pay this freakin’ county any more money than I have to pay it! I use the public bus system, Emily! When the weather permits, I walk or use my bicycle.
At this point Emily put me on hold. I was not surprised because obviously I was giving her answers that did NOT FIT their scam.
Haha, she came back on the call and Emily said that she will stop the payment and that I do not need to worry about anything.
I laughed and said, “We are not worried about anything, you stupid criminal. We know how to have our fun at the expense of you criminals every second of every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year that you criminals work!”
She hung up without saying anything further.
Still the (855) 678-8153 is answering my calls, though I have been harassing 'em and am not trying to bait 'em.
Way to go with the long bait, @ecw06471! 
I am lookin’ forward to the video!
Classic, @ecw06471! This video is an hour of humor! It is very enlightening as well in terms of seeing how these criminals work.
I thought about giving it to my dog. Ha!
You had to explain to him the difference between the number zero and the letter O! That’s 3rd grade stuff!
The criminal put a “confirmation dispute” on your order.
The rural route in your address is awesome! The guy does not understand.
I hope you have a house of course. You then list all of your property, the barn, all of the acres and head of cattle, et cetera! There has to be a STREET number in the address he insists.
At the corner of Box Elder Road and RD215 South!
Give me any name of a street. Do you want me to just make one up?
I don’t give a shit what they do in California. Ha!
Each building has a different fire number.
The fire number on the barn is K129674, so if there is a fire you give the fire number so the volunteer Fire Department can come to put out the fire.
Still he insists on having a STREET number. The criminal is so confused.
If you know French you can figure it out.
I like your use of the verbiage “filly farting around.”
The buffalo are getting restless out there.
This video is verily great!
(855) 678-8153 …
This toll-free number is active and is still being used by these criminals.
I have about 30 minutes or so to kill before I must leave, so I called this toll-free number and they are answering again like yesterday. I’ll keep messing with them until I gotta go.
855-678-8153 Still Active Thursday 2-22-24 1:45PM EST
Tried calling them again this morning, but it’s now asking for a pin #