i was curious about the weird number. I answered without saying anything and waited. Line was silent, so i started press 0 0 0 0 0 and the number hung up.
just called and kinda creeped me out to see that kind of number on the caller ID. there was just a slight buzzing and then nothing just i hung up and went online and googled the number and found this.
just got off the phone with these people. it was first a lady, automated voice, was told to press "9" to continue to see if i was eligible to lower my credit rating to 6.9%. knowing that these [***] are trying to take my information, i went a long with it. but i didn't press "9", i pressed "1" to see if it would make a difference, it didn't. it rang for about 5 seconds and a guy with a middle eastern accent ask if i wanted to lower my credit rating. it pisses me off that people who can hardly speak English are trying to take our info so they can steal our money and get away with it. next to terrorists, all kinds of thieves in the United States of America, i want to put in a world of hurt. if i ever see someone look through somebody else's mail, find a credit thief or just a plain burglar, i will beat the living [***] out of them. it won't put an end to theft, but i want to try.
just had the same experience. advised the guy that he had stayed on the call long enough for the call to be traced. that changed his tune. just have some with the guys.
I got three calls today, all these are spoofed -- all from different numbers, but the phone I have puts a count on the number of calls you get from the same source in one day...and all three spoofed numbers are apparently from the same source: #1 is 717-461-8178, #2 is ILLINOIS 773-000-0000, and #3 is INDIANA 317-000-0000. The first one left a robo message (partial) about how the (unspecified) offer was about to expire, and that I had better take advantage of it soon, and to press 9 to talk to somebody...This scam offer has been about to expire for a year or two now....
This has got to be offshore, as I seem to remember seeing that robo calls from telemarketers became illegal the first of the year. Of course, since the numbers we see are faked, maybe they just think they can do as they please, with no fear of being identified.