NumberInvestigator.com Cautions Citizens of a Scam Involving Phony Locksmiths

NumberInvestigator.com, a leading online reverse phone directory, urges consumers to be on the lookout for a scam as criminals posing as locksmiths. According to a recent report from NPR, difficult economic times have given rise to a new scam that preys on unfortunate consumers who find themselves in the vulnerable situation of being locked out of their residence or car.

The largest offenders that has been identified

One of the largest offenders that has been identified by the BBB, poses as a local locksmith in cities across the United States, advertising in the Yellow Pages using local phone numbers and phony local addresses. Consumers are led to believe that they are contacting a local locksmith, when to tell the truth their call is being routed to a call center located in New York City.

About NumberInvestigator.com NumberInvestigator.com is a leading provider of reverse phone lookup services that enable consumers to simply search a number, including cell numbers, landline numbers and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) to accurately find the owner of that number. NumberInvestigator.com empowers consumers with a community of users that report and share suspicious or malicious calls and the phone numbers associated with them.