Phone scam targeting parents costs mum $4500
Jan Lenton thought she was lending her son some much-needed emergency cash - but $4500 later she realised she'd been the victim of a cruel scam.
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| City: | Coimbatore |
| State: | India |
| Latitude: | 11.0055500 |
| Longitude: | 76.9661200 |
| Time zone: | Asia/Kolkata (GMT +6) |
| Population: | 959,823 |
| Coimbatore District is one of the districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is located in the western part of the state in the Kongu Nadu region. Coimbatore is known as the "Manchester of South India"http://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/india_misscellaneous/nick-names-indian-places (...) Wikipedia » | |
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| Hazard level: | 50 % |
| Number of ratings: | 12× |
| Latest rating: | Aug 18, 2014 Add comment |
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| Number of views: | 675× |
| Last viewed: | Feb 14, 2026 |
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The service was created in 2011 in the Czech Republic. It is an online forum where the users can share their experience with phone numbers, both annoying (mostly telemarketing, surveys) and useful (e.g. couriers, offices)..
Since the beginning, the service has been received very well, which led to localization into more languages. Nowadays, the forum exists in more than 20 languages and 34 countries throughout the world.
The service is intended for anyone who wants to identify the owner of an unknown phone number. The creators of the forum have also recently created the mobile app Call Insider for Android phones. This app, which is connected to the database of the website telephone-directory.in, also allows users to automatically block telemarketing numbers.
Jan Lenton thought she was lending her son some much-needed emergency cash - but $4500 later she realised she'd been the victim of a cruel scam.
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Getting cal.. But no one speaks
Neutral Aug 18, 2014 00
is this landline
Neutral Aug 12, 2014 00
no intrest
Neutral Jul 16, 2014 00
Received a call
Useful Jun 24, 2014 00
Need to know
Neutral Jun 10, 2014 00
getting call from this no weekly twice or monthly once....but no one speak....
Nuisance May 22, 2014 00
Wanna know who possess this number
Neutral May 13, 2014 00
Airtel Postpaid Offers
Neutral May 05, 2014 00
very worst behaviour - why the unknown is possessing this number?
Neutral May 05, 2014 00
Had a call....
I dint pick it up ...
Want to know from where the call came....
Neutral Apr 21, 2014 00
who is this getting ,missed call
Nuisance Apr 16, 2014 00
i am getting missed call from this number weekly twice or thrice, but don't know who is this
Neutral Mar 21, 2014 00