Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
Scamming - Fraud
The telephone call below from a so-called Kenneth at "Union Refunds", asking potential victims to call back 855-685-3101 or 855-977-1975, is a scam. The call came from 430-270-9236, a telephone number in Whitesboro, Texas. If you receive the same call, please do not disclose your personal or financial information, hang up, and do not call back the telephone number they ask you to call.
Hi this is Kenneth City unions refund phone number is [remove] again phone number [remove] we still see here that your business should be entitled to retroactive we claim the W2 employees you had on payroll during 2020 2021 if you have a few minutes we can update you with the total refund amount going back to your business as well as the time frame you would be receiving
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This Kenneth person called me as well. Before him, there was a woman leaving a similar message on my phone. They have been calling for months. Most recently, the numbers they called from were 423-456-4561 and 217-261-0258 and I was asked to call back 855-819-7744 and 855-200-7577. When you call the numbers and ask to be removed from their calling list, the person hangs up on you.
used full name of 'Kenneth O'Neil' but gave no business name - just said calling from Central Refunds Department. Gave return phone number of 855-421-9722 however call actually came from phone number 562-550-5582. clearly this is a scam as I don't even own a business and never have in my life, so I don't have any employees for whom I can claim any type of refund.
