thanks everyone for posting. i got call from this number about 5:30 p.m. I hate not answering my own phone, because of so many scams like this out there and since the do not call registry offers no protection. I am always afraid I am missing a possible real important phone call. Scammers have made us afraid to answer our own phones anymore.
Maybe if the phone company had to issue a $1 per call CREDIT everytime one of these scammers/spoofers called it would end real quick! lol
If you call the number back they have a way of getting on there own do not call list. I have done so and I will wait and see if I get no more calls.. RUDE azz people will never get my business!
Just got a call .... their story is a bit different than others .... they said if I had more than $3,000 debt on any number of credit cards, I could get my % reduced to 6%. So, I hit #1, foreign sounding gal answered. She said something like, "May I help you?" I said, "You called me. What do you push?" She started talking, and I said....Since the credit card with more than $3,000 on it is my husband's, could you please give me your number so that he can call you. She said, that's all right, we'll call back later and promptly hung up. Hmmmmm??!!
Ok, here's a solution if your phone has a
contacts list--it works quite well on my iPhone.
Step 1, create a contact named such as:
IGNORE JUNK CALL
Step 2, select a SILENT ring type for this contact.
Or, select a distinctly unusual ring tone like
CRICKETS or MOTORCYCLE or RIFLE...
Step 3. Enable CALLER ID for your line
What you do is to put all bogus and scam callers in this
list... Here's how.
Now, unless you know a toll free number owner,
let all calls of this type go unanswered, and if no
voicemail is left, add the Caller ID as this phone number
In IGNORE JUNK CALL. Also add any other bogus calls
you get or know about go in this contact. Meaning
all callers that don't leave a voice mail, or are soliciting
you for services or products who you don't have
a business relation with. And slime bags you don't want
to talk to, like that jerk at the bar, or your ex.
For new toll free and also out of area cslls: run these
through Google search to see if they have been reported
as junk.
Don't call a toll free number back, it captures your
phone number and you get on other lists to call you.
FURTHER: Don't take the default voice mail message
that came with your phone, because it usually
speaks your phone number and indicates you aren't
around to pick up the call and maybe even speaks your name.
Record a new one
like "Sorry I missed you, your message will be appreciated".
Friends will know your voice. Scammers, not so often.
My list is long now, my silent ring saves me a lot
of interruption.
Feel free to post this elsewhere!
Crafted by xyzzy