Got a call from this number about 11:00 am Halloween morning. The caller id showed "Utility Service". I have since discovered that they are a survey group.
Last date of caller = 11/07/2012 at 5:10 pm.
Caller ID as = "Utility Service" (323) 244-4497. Skipped call =
1. Skipped (323) 244-4497 result per Whitepages.com =
VoIP phone from Los Angeles, CA (no other info)
2. I called (*82) blocking my number before I called (323) 244-4497.
Result = recorded message stating:
"Someone recently called you from our company to take a survey. If you
want to remove your number, put area code 1st, then your number".
3. I did this..and then I got a recorded message stating:
"All circuits and representatives were busy at the moment,...please call
again" (recorded message). I hung up.
4. I think it is a scam or collection agency. I used to work years ago when they had govt agency and laws governing Collection Agencies. Collection Agencies will falsely say they are a bank, survey company, electric company, etc., to get confidential address, assets and income information.
5. My purse and IDs were stolen in year 2007 in a burglarized house. Since then, I have gotten numerous collection agency calls posing as other. I paid off my creditors years ago right after the year 2007 ID thefts, so anybody claiming to call regarding my credit or credit cards, is suspect. So call could be a collection agency disguising itself; or caller as someone related to your stolen ID, or a scam to get your ID and asset infos.