800-736-7608 you mention is listed here: http://fa.smithbarney.com/facilityfiles/sb005 ... e479a56b512.pdf
Anthony M. Gallea
Managing Director-Wealth Management
Senior Portfolio Management Director
Smith Barney
7575 Pelican Bay Blvd. #1105
Naples, Florida 34108
1-800-736-7608
I have had this number and others call about lowering interest rates on my credit card. I know better than to be giving out my credit card number to anyone. It concerns me how many trusting individuals give out this information. I finally got fed up today after being woken up...working the graveyard shift this week that I ended up calling phone busters to report them. The gentleman I spoke with was very kind and we spoke briefly about these types of phone scams. The do not call list works well with legit businesses as this program was intended for. These other calls such as this scam is not registered with the DNCL and many are not even Canada based so they cannot be fined. This particular number is from Canada and it's just a matter of time before the RCMP will track it down and break up these "boiler room" scams and toss them in jail. The numbers that are not from Canada are sent to the appropriate agencies from the countries they are coming from so their authorities can track down and deal with these sort of people. It takes time to track and get these people so things may not improve over night but I am pleased to know the authorties are doing what they can to help stop these.