# Where is the scam?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-scam/583707>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 29, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-scam/583707 "2011-05-29T22:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-scam/583707/1 "2011-05-29T22:51:44Z")

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I had a phone call this afternoon; the caller ID said it was originating in Kingston, Jamaica.

The caller said I won some kind of drawing, and they were trying to confirm I was where I was so a courier could deliver my $750K cashier’s check tomorrow.

They did not ask for an address.

They did not ask for a bank account.

They did not ask for any identifying information at all.

I know this is a scam, but where is it?

BTW, if I get a knock on the door tomorrow (a holiday), I’m answering with my 12 gauge in hand.

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**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-scam/583707/2 "2011-05-30T00:34:55Z")

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I traced that call for you, and it’s coming from _INSIDE THE HOUSE_!

Run now, if you still can!

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-scam/583707/3 "2011-05-30T01:49:42Z")

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> [@Dallas\_Jones](#):
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> I traced that call for you, and it’s coming from _INSIDE THE HOUSE_!
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> Run now, if you still can!

Never mind the dog. Beware of owner!  
I did a bit of Google-Fu. There is a Jamaican scam. Their MO is to try to entice you to call back on the caller ID number to verify a legit call. Once you’ve called back, the usual scam rules apply. Send $200 to get a million, account theft, etc.

In a new wrinkle, some even find your info on a service like Spokeo and use it to extort money the old fashioned way: ‘We know where you live, and if you don’t send us bucks, we’ll kill you.’ Hell of a long way from Montego Bay (where the scams originate) to my place, too… :rolleyes: