Arlington Heights police received a report in the past week of a possible telephone fraud case when an unknown company offered a male resident millions of dollars if he sent them a check for $250. He knew it was a scam but continued to speak with the offender. The call came from numbers in Jamaica and another call came from Zimbabwe. The caller had a very thick accent and was difficult to understand.
Another resident received a similar call Wednesday from a possible offender with a Jamaican accent who used profanity when the recipient of the call would not hand the phone to the person the offender was requesting by name.
The number on caller ID was …
876-852-0120