I just got called from this number. Caller ID said it was from Delaware, Ohio, however, the woman on the line - who identified herself in a very thick accent as Citi-something-or-other - was very rude. First of all, I do have business with Citi CC, but I will not do business over the phone EVER if I'm being contact by someone at a foreign call center.* So the first thing I asked her if she was calling from within the US. She said YES and then proceeded to move on to the business she wanted to address with me. But I didn't believe her and asked again. She quickly said YES again followed by a I ALREADY TOLD YOU. But I know well enough that sometimes these foreign call centers think it's fine to lie if the company they are working for is in the US yet they are not. So I had to do a WAIT WAIT WAIT ... ARE YOU PHYSICALLY IN THE USA? .... Caller in very thick Indian accent, "Ma'am how many times do I have to tell you, yes, I am in UNITED AMERICAN STATES, now lets move on to you about credit card." REALLY? Click. *FYI: we could do a world of good for US workers if we refused to do business with Companies that employ offshore call centers. We could shut the foreign call centers down and save - or resurrect - the US call centers by simply asking if they are in US and if not, asking to be transferred to a rep stateside. Comcast, Chase, Kmart/Sears, Wells Fargo, and even ATT use foreign call centers (mostly in Philipines because they're accents are very slight) for Customer Service - inbound and outbound. Spread the word.
I believe it is from Citibank. My son lost his job and has asked that his school loans be deferred. Apparently they haven't obliged. We have co-signed on a few of the loans. I have sent two letters to them requesting deferment, detailing what we can pay, when we can pay and telling them that I am now refusing to accept any phone calls. We will deal through letters/checks only. Most likely they are not reading the letters I have stapled to the checks.
We will not give out any information to a # that has called us. Call me old-fashioned, but I only use checks/letters unless I have initiated the contact by internet.
I probably will block this call from my cell or like another responder posted, have this # go straight to voice mail (great suggestion!)
Number called 3 times this morning. Not sure why but we get a ton of random scammer numbers like many others and they try to fish for information if you pick up otherwise they leave a message for carpet cleaning, lowering your interest rate, duct cleaning, saying your credit card has potentially been used illicitly and other goofy things like that. It's not cool at all. The crazy part is the same number sometimes pops up again later with a new ploy. It's like the scammers figure if we can get their info from them let's try and get some sales on a side business.
I have been getting calls from this number. About 4 or 5 per day. She asked for someone I do not know. She asked for personal information. This must be a scam or fishing. I spoke to one lady and she told me that they work with Sears.