Received call from this number at 9:35 AM CST. Didn't recognize the number so I didn't answer (as has become a habit now due to the high number of scammers). Will be reporting this number to the the DNC registery. I advise you do so as well, so they can launch an investigation. I will be referencing this website.
Received a call from them and didn't answer. On the DNC registry, it states "The National Do Not Call Registry does not limit calls by political organizations, charities, or telephone surveyors." So if they operate under the guise of politics or survey, they aren't breaking the law. Unfortunate for us ...
Folks, if you don't recognize the number, simply don't answer it. These scammers are usually located outside the US using stolen credit cards to purchase VOIP technology and legitimate phone numbers within the US, then spoofing their number to appear from a legitimate political survey phone number (or any phone number they choose). The bait: they promise a 'free cruise' at the end of the survey by answering some questions meant to throw you off their MO. The catch: at the end of the call, they are going to ask you for your credit card information to pay for the (supposedly free?) 'port taxes'...
The outcome: answering your phone when they called provides them a win/win scenario. They will make money reselling your phone number as a 'legitimate working live number to hundreds of other data mining companies, so you can now expect those types of calls to only increase, and more importantly, they will steal whatever personal information that you happen to provide them over the phone including access to your bank or credit card information. They can also turn around and contact your bank or credit card company spoofing your own phone number!
If everyone wised up and stopped answering calls from unknown numbers, these scammers would have to move on because they wouldn't make any money. Keep in mind, for the little amount of startup funding and effort on their part, for every hundred thousand phone numbers they robo-dialed, if just 1% of victims provide them personal information, then it's worth it to the scammers.