Caller ID was "FINANCIAL CTR". Message left was about: "reducing credit card interest rates to as little as 6% if I owe at least $3000 and one card is in good standing."
Makes it kind of hard to enforce a US law when the companies that are doing these calls are NOT in the States. Also, blowing a whistle or sounding an alarm when the call comes in does nothing but waste your time. A real person doesn't call, a robot does and it is programmed to send the call to a real person after you say hello 2 times. The best thing you can do is file a complaint with the http://www.donotcall.gov website.
This seems to be a scam - I have gotten two calls, they have basically hung up when try to question them. Tried to call back and the number doesn't work, so I can here.
I used to get super irritated with these calls until my boss gave me a nearly foolproof way of getting them to stop calling. Turn the game on them. In whatever voice I decide to use at the moment I will say something along the following lines: "Oh, I am so glad you called. I've been sitting here lonely as can be just waiting to hear your voice. Tell me, please, what are you wearing? Oh, don't be bashful I'm just wearing...." It won't take long. Have fun with it...and don't worry about the gasp and the click. I've never had a repeat and will go several months without having any calls of this nature whatsoever.
The common wisdom among the consumer populous is finding out that non-appealing outfits like Time Warner cable is notorious for being behind tactics like this.
NOTE: Be it known there is no " Scott Stamper " as a real person. That's a fake name as a placeholder to mask the true identity of who's foolishly behind the racket. Mind you a Corporate based racket that those in fraud billing schemes are running.
As reference and example check these links that I've been made aware of.
The quick and effective remedy for that is 1. Either block the numbers they're using. Or 2. Just immediately click to answer the fraud call and immediately hang up on their attempt.
Like a number of others have stated the best things to do when rejecting such attempts. Is either Block the numbers they're using. Or just note & collect their numbers to re-ID on your home, business or cell phone. So you can immediately distinguish the caller and simply pickup & hangup on the failed fraudsters. They're not trying to make a buck they're trying to steal yours. To include they're not trying to make a living for themselves they're trying infringe upon and complicate your life.
They're the " something for nothing " cabals that think they're smarter than everybody else. Where they work for some spurned dis-service provider that you're either rightfully dropped or refuse to allow them in your pocket. So they launch { what to them } is supposed to be some ingenious physops plan. Of initially trying to trick you out of personal info they can defraud for money. Where if that doesn't work they'll settle for continued efforts of hopefully being or becoming an annoyance, harassment and or nuisance to you.