Our cybersecurity team has identified a coordinated scam campaign involving four connected phone numbers and one debt collection company, targeting consumers across multiple states with fraudulent impersonation calls. The campaign centers around phone numbers 8552911475, 8886872046, 8779382199, and 9793216734, which demonstrate strong operational connections through same-campaign relationships with 0.70 confidence levels. These numbers have generated a combined total of 16 FTC complaints, primarily categorized as "Calls pretending to be government, businesses, or family and friends."
The geographic targeting pattern reveals a broad multi-state operation affecting consumers from Texas to Pennsylvania. Phone number 8886872046 shows the highest complaint volume with 8 FTC reports from Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, North Carolina, and Mount Royal, New Jersey. Number 8779382199 has generated 6 complaints from Duncan, New York, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Olathe, Kansas, while 8552911475 has 2 complaints from La Marque, Texas. The campaign also shows connections to ACCOUNT SERVICES INC., a debt collection company with 8 CFPB complaints, through reported-together relationships with phones 8552911475 and 8779382199.
Community reports reveal the specific tactics employed by this scam network, with callers using fabricated identities such as "Nick Stevenson" claiming to serve legal documents from "Carrie County" and threatening court appearances or visits to victims' homes and workplaces. Another variant involves "Grace DeMarco" from the fictitious "Priority Account Review Department at the Tax Resolution and Mediation Office," claiming to finalize reviews of unresolved tax issues. These impersonation schemes are designed to create urgency and fear to manipulate victims into compliance.
To protect yourself from this campaign, never provide personal information to unsolicited callers claiming to represent government agencies, courts, or tax offices. Legitimate government entities do not initiate contact through unsolicited phone calls demanding immediate payment or threatening arrest. If you receive such calls, hang up immediately, do not click any links in related text messages, and report the incident to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov or file a complaint with the FCC. You can verify the safety of suspicious phone numbers by checking them against FTC and FCC databases or trusted consumer protection websites before engaging with any caller.
This campaign represents a moderate to high threat level given its multi-state reach, coordinated infrastructure, and sophisticated impersonation tactics targeting vulnerable consumers with fake legal and tax threats. We recommend consumers remain vigilant for calls from the identified numbers and similar schemes, implement call-blocking measures where possible, and continue reporting suspicious activity to federal authorities to support ongoing enforcement efforts against this fraudulent network.