I received the same type of call except it said they were calling from the Cheektowaga,NY police department.  When I tried to call the number from another phone, the message said that the call could not be completed as dialed.

Just got this call, but did not answer. Same as above tho, called from a landline and said call could not be completed as dialed.

got a call saying to accept this call give credit card info. I received this call at 11:58 at night.

877-852-7373

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Ron - 10 Jul 2009
asking for me to give them my credit card number before i could except the call I did not .just want you to no.
Caller: verizon
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HB - 31 Jul 2009
Same story as "concerned person" call indicated it was from the Niagara Falls Police Dept
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KL - 5 Aug 2009
Same as HB and concerned person, it said it is calling from the Niagara Falls Police and even mention something about attorney then ask me for credit card information before I can receive the call which I did not. And I don't believe anyone would be using collect call in these days??????
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Nat - 24 Aug 2009
this number stated they were the Niagara Falls police department. i am from the 716 area. The machine mentioned an attoney and gave me options to pay with a credit card to accept the phone call or to ignore it. i dont even own a credit card. I believe this is a scam.
Caller ID: 877-852-7373
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jon - 24 Aug 2009
no scam
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Andrew - 24 Aug 2009
I got the same call.  I am in chicago.  I did not give a credit card number.
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Dave - 12 Sep 2009
Been receiving calls from 877-852-7373. The automated voice says I must give them my credit card info to receive the call. I ignore it and hang up, but they keep calling back all hours of the day and night. My number is on the Do Not Call list, but that doesn't seem to matter to these scammers.
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dn - 9 Oct 2009
samething wiht me started today sept 8th, with the same msg saying, accept with credit card and to not recieve call do one or something, i ignore it, didnt want to do the thing they said i should do incase that starts teh scam and i have to pay some crap fee,

anyone solved the problem?
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r u kidding me - 24 Nov 2009
automate line says same thing from niagara falls police department, used last name of a friend of mine... i hung up before message completed.  called my friend and all are accounted for.. r u kidding me...
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877-852-7373 - a few seconds ago
On my cell phone and with a blue tooth, a call came in from this number.  I missed the beginning of the call and it began with the end of someone seemingly stating there name, muffled, echoey, and then it went into asking for payment for a $4 charge to accept the collect call.  I didn't respond quickly, and the message began over again.  It said it was a call from the Niagara Falls Police Department and said it was a collect call from (insert the muffled, echoey voice) and then it said it had to be paid for with a credit card.  I was at work and very distracted, and, since it was only $4, I did give them a credit card number including expiration date and three digit security code from the back of the card.  As soon as I finished putting in the last digit of the security code (which I entered WRONG, LOL!), the call ended.  After checking on those I care about and finding everyone accounted for, which incidentally included attempting to get information from the NFPD from a VERY R-U-D-E desk sargeant who answers the phone without identifying himself and offers NO assistance, I called my credit card company whose staff was extremely professional at responding to this case of, what they called, an attempted identity theft.
Short version:  A call from this number is a scam. (and you can't get through to anyone if YOU call the number).
The desk sargeant at the NFPD who had phone duty at 3:08 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 is a totally useless piece of flesh.  And if I haven't already stated it, his mommy never taught him how to be helpful or considerate toward others.
If you get caught of guard like I did, and you give them your credit card information, they'll cut the call off immediately, leaving you a bit stunned.
When you finally realize you've been scammed, CANCEL YOU CREDIT CARD IMMEDIATELY, and don't look back.  Just remember this experience and NEVER give your CC to ANYONE who calls you. Tell them you will call them back (at the number you KNOW is theirs) and take care of whatever the issue is.  
Okay.  I've done my civic duty.  Beware and be smart!!  :-)

Got this call 2 times this morning, once at 6:15 then 1/2 hour later at 6:30

877-852-7373 is the phones in the niagara falls jail. someone is trying to call you collect thats been arrested. thats the number my bf calls from when he is in there

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collect call, said it was from a familar name and i denied the request. looked the number up online and found this thread. im going to assume this is a scam.

this number is not a scam this number is frok the niagara falls jail. inmates are calling you from the holding center .now they might be calling the wron number and so on but they have no way of getting your credit card information

got a call saying this was a collect call from the niagara falls police department. they asked for my credit card before i could get the call.

Got a call from that number on my deceased 10th year old daughter's cell today.

No idea who would've called it as it was just an emergency line for her school to contact us on.

Oh well, obviously no one I know, and if they are I won't be accepting collect calls from them in jail!

Actually-- it's not a scam. I recieved the same call today. It was automated and I listened to full message. The OPTIONS are will you accept a collect call from (insert name here) calling from the (Cheektowaga Police DEpt in this case). Then a long beauraucratic message about attorneys, recordings and privacy. Followed by you can pay via credit card (which I'd NEVER do) or accept the collect call. Because I knew the person was picked up last night I accepted the collect call.  It was rhe individual.. spoke tp the person and then hung up.. so NOT a scam-- but I'd still Not enter a credit card # at all.  

Listen to a full message before assuming and don't give out any extra information in case it IS a scam

I have received phone calls from this number, from Niagara Falls jail a collect call both on my home phone and cell. I could not understand the callers name. I have been a victim of ID theft before so I called the Niagara County Sheriifs office, who reffered me to the Niagara Falls division. I was told I would be taken off the inmates list. I called again as the calls continued. I was then told that they could not track 800 numbers. Sooner or later this scam will catch someone off guard. It's hard to believe with the technology we have today this number can't be tracked by authorities and stopped.

I got this call this morning, and the same number has been calling 18 times in the past hour and a half! I try to keep ignoring it and hanging up but they won't stop!

Sounds like they've changed their location from Niagara Falls.  My call came from the Cheektowaga Police Department as  well at midnight last night asking for me to accept a collect call.

Received a call from the number stated, but they said they were calling from the Cheektowaga Police Department. Hung up.....scammers

Just got a call from this number. Didn't answer and they didn't leave a message. My cell provider is Sprint.

received call...would not answer..scam must still be going on...

here we go again... i got this call for the first time in November and then again this morning at 630... good thing ringer off, cuz when i am sleeping i may have actually answered.  did leave a voice mail, this is pathetic.  .. hey for you with cell phones, who is your provider... holla back

Oops! Correction: My first post was on 1/14/10.  The actual call came in on the 13th.  Duh!  :-)

Update:  I wrote the post of 1-13-10
Approximately a week after my experience with this number, out of sheer coincidence, I happened to find out that another person I know got the same call.  He was trying to figure out who was trying to reach him and was involoved in this dialogue with another of his friends on a chat space when I noticed the conversation.  I immediately jumped in and told him about my experience and that he should not respond. I gave him the number (877-852-7373), and sure enough, it was the same number his call came from.  His also came in on his cell phone.

I am revisiting this site because today I heard news of a similar event occurring to yet ANOTHER friend who tells me of a call where even her name was used in the conversation.  

This is getting ridiculous, and the freaking police are acting almost as poorly as the scammers themselves. Hmmmmm . . . maybe someone at the NFPD is involved in this scam . . .  who knows?  Stranger things have happened . . . .    

Anyway, it seems as though the beat goes on with this thing, and we're on our own to protect ourselves.

Got a call from the police department asking if I would accept a collect call from someone I know.  The call sounded fully automated.  In order for the call to be accepted, I would have to give credit card information.  The phone call got interrupted and disconnected.  I checked caller ID # 1-877-852-7373 and tried to call the number back.  The number would not go through.  Called the Police Dept and must have gotten the same jerk you did who gave me mis-information and another number to call for the Niagara County Jail.  Called there and they said there was no one there arrested with the name given during the attempt at the collect call.  I then called NFPD jail back to try and get further information and the jerk hang up on me.  Also never identified himself when you initially called.  I then called the information desk back to get the name of the Police Chief and the name of the caller on duty.  Instead I was given the a Lt. Kenney who apparently was the one in charge of the station last night.  This is not the end of this - they are hired to serve and protect - we pay their salaries.  I am going to call the NF Police Chief on Monday to report the person on duty.  I also intend to contact the State Attorney General's office since no one from the phone company can give me any information on this number.  This happened around 11:23 PM February 6, 2010.  I did not give out any credit card information.  I have Vonage so I can print-out all the numbers I contacted at the police department along with the times the calls were placed.  Niagara Falls NY

Got a call from the police department asking if I would accept a collect call from someone I know.  The call sounded fully automated.  In order for the call to be accepted, I would have to give credit card information.  The phone call got interrupted and disconnected.  I checked caller ID # 1-877-852-7373 and tried to call the number back.  The number would not go through.  Called the Police Dept and must have gotten the same jerk you did who gave me mis-information and another number to call for the Niagara County Jail.  Called there and they said there was no one there arrested with the name given during the attempt at the collect call.  I then called NFPD jail back to try and get further information and the jerk hang up on me.  Also never identified himself when you initially called.  I then called the information desk back to get the name of the Police Chief and the name of the caller on duty.  Instead I was given the a Lt. Kenney who apparently was the one in charge of the station last night.  This is not the end of this - they are hired to serve and protect - we pay their salaries.  I am going to call the NF Police Chief on Monday to report the person on duty.  I also intend to contact the State Attorney General's office since no one from the phone company can give me any information on this number.  This happened around 11:23 PM February 6, 2010.  I did not give out any credit card information.  I have Vonage so I can print-out all the numbers I contacted at the police department.

On my cell phone and with a blue tooth, a call came in from this number.  I missed the beginning of the call and it began with the end of someone seemingly stating there name, muffled, echoey, and then it went into asking for payment for a $4 charge to accept the collect call.  I didn't respond quickly, and the message began over again.  It said it was a call from the Niagara Falls Police Department and said it was a collect call from (insert the muffled, echoey voice) and then it said it had to be paid for with a credit card.  I was at work and very distracted, and, since it was only $4, I did give them a credit card number including expiration date and three digit security code from the back of the card.  As soon as I finished putting in the last digit of the security code (which I entered WRONG, LOL!), the call ended.  After checking on those I care about and finding everyone accounted for, which incidentally included attempting to get information from the NFPD from a VERY R-U-D-E desk sargeant who answers the phone without identifying himself and offers NO assistance, I called my credit card company whose staff was extremely professional at responding to this case of, what they called, an attempted identity theft.
Short version:  A call from this number is a scam. (and you can't get through to anyone if YOU call the number).
The desk sargeant at the NFPD who had phone duty at 3:08 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2010 is a totally useless piece of flesh.  And if I haven't already stated it, his mommy never taught him how to be helpful or considerate toward others.
If you get caught of guard like I did, and you give them your credit card information, they'll cut the call off immediately, leaving you a bit stunned.
When you finally realize you've been scammed, CANCEL YOU CREDIT CARD IMMEDIATELY, and don't look back.  Just remember this experience and NEVER give your CC to ANYONE who calls you. Tell them you will call them back (at the number you KNOW is theirs) and take care of whatever the issue is.  
Okay.  I've done my civic duty.  Beware and be smart!!  :-)










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automate line says same thing from niagara falls police department, used last name of a friend of mine... i hung up before message completed.  called my friend and all are accounted for.. r u kidding me...

samething wiht me started today sept 8th, with the same msg saying, accept with credit card and to not recieve call do one or something, i ignore it, didnt want to do the thing they said i should do incase that starts teh scam and i have to pay some crap fee,

anyone solved the problem?

Been receiving calls from 877-852-7373. The automated voice says I must give them my credit card info to receive the call. I ignore it and hang up, but they keep calling back all hours of the day and night. My number is on the Do Not Call list, but that doesn't seem to matter to these scammers.

I got the same call.  I am in chicago.  I did not give a credit card number.

no scam

this number stated they were the Niagara Falls police department. i am from the 716 area. The machine mentioned an attoney and gave me options to pay with a credit card to accept the phone call or to ignore it. i dont even own a credit card. I believe this is a scam.

Same as HB and concerned person, it said it is calling from the Niagara Falls Police and even mention something about attorney then ask me for credit card information before I can receive the call which I did not. And I don't believe anyone would be using collect call in these days??????