“Disney” scam artist not Chinese
On 3 News earlier tonight, housewife and mother Julie King was targeted by scam artists posing as working for Disney and asking for her credit card number. The caller claimed to be from Florida, but the number on her cellphone indicated she was from Red China.
I do not believe the caller was Chinese at all. I believe, however, there are certain exchanges that may route through a Chinese service, and this includes some phone card services.
Recently, I received a personal call from Switzerland from a similar number. While I cannot recall Mrs King’s number on her cellphone, I believe it was similar to the (00) 86 818 801-1405 number that I saw on my ID. Such a number results in a disconnected message behind the Bamboo Curtain. In my case, it was an innocent phone card number.
I’m putting up this advisory as I cannot see the item on the 3 News website, nor can I find a feedback link. Hopefully this entry will come up in Google in due course.
There is an easy solution: do what I do, and do not use cellphones. Or, if you must use one—Mrs King has a family, so it is reasonable that she does—do not give out the number except to your partner and your kids.
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Hello this is Julie king i just found your site, 00868188011405 this was the number they called me from it is terrible they are doing this.
funny seeeign myself on tv, still buzzing...... im on my sisters computer so i have to be short but would love to talk to yu when i get home sunday
take care thanskf or posting Julie :)
The number, I think, is a Red Chinese exchange but heaps of numbers go through it. That is my suspicion as my girlfriend called and this very number appeared on my ID. Unless the phone companies show this number for unknown callers.
I don’t know what Mune is, sorry, but I will Google it to find out.
im not sure waht i wrote mune, sory to confuse you i must have been rushing
it was on again tonite i notice someone else has come forward to tv3 about it happening to them to pretty sad huh!
i hope they catch them alistar think they will get away with it because there is so much crime in china the police wont bother with it, but putting on tv for nz to be warned is best way to help others getting sucked in
i started a thread yesterday on trademe i go oon there im julieking is my user name on there. and discovered a few others that had the same call, vert similar to me.
the people that called me sounded american and told me they were calling from florida america but it turns out they were calling from china, bit confusing
i rang the number while in the studio and got a chinese recording then english saying this number is not connected
In other words, the people who called you were probably in the United States. That was my point.
Julie, I cannot find you on TradeMe. I do not frequent the site (far too ugly!) but used the search feature and got this:
No results for 'Julieking'But as I said above, the scammers are highly unlikely to be Chinese or even in China. There is a far greater chance of them being American.