(323) 943-1869 Robo call recorded 15 April 2015 ("Carmen at Cardholder Services...reduce your rate...consider this your final notice..." Credit Card SCAM)
Caller ID: "V0415151515550042" (based on date and time so no two recipients see the same Caller ID)
"Carmen" calling me back using a secondary call number after I blocked their primary calling number. I'm experimenting. Normally, I don't bother to block their calls because I recognize the number and ignore it. But by blocking now, I'm forcing them to disclose new secondary numbers when they call me back which I immediately report on web sites like this to help readers, like you.
The recording of this "lower your rate" call is exactly the same past calls but from a new number to avoid call blocking. The recorded message is their usual patter (see below) followed by a 7 second pause, then they say "good bye" and disconnect. when I failed to press any buttons.
Their total disregard of the Do Not Call list certainly tells us a lot about their business ethics, doesn't it?
Here is a transcript of their latest offering:
[female voice] "Hello, this is Carmen at Cardholder Services calling in reference to your current credit card account. It is urgent that you contact us concerning your eligibility for lowering your interest rate. Please consider this your final notice. Press the number 1 now to speak with a live operator and lower your interest rate or press the number 3 to discontinue further services. Thank you and have a great day."
[7 second pause] [female voice] "Good bye".
Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear this recording on my Spam Calls web page:
Credit Card Services calls me almost every day. I have filed over 50 complaints against this company with the FTC but is pretty much a waste of time since the FTC cannot do anything to put these scammers out of business. Although I never answer these calls it is a hassle to stop whatever I am doing and go to the phone to answer it only to find it is Credit Card Services calling. Nothing but harassment. I have written to my Congress Representative about this matter. Congress needs to pass a law that prevents companies like this from spoofing their numbers. With today's technology I cannot believe the phone companies cannot trace these calls. If the FTC is not going to do anything to stop these scam calls then just do away with the Do Not Call List.
I agree. I was also advised by the do not call Registry not to call anyone back, answer the call, or press one or whatever number they tell you to be removed. This only indicates they have reached a live number and will either continue to call or pass your number onto iother scammers.
This number was on my caller ID when I came home today. I have now blocked it using my call blocker device. I will also continue to file complaints to the do not call registry and the FTC. I do not answer any calls where I do not Recognize the number or the name. My answering machine is unplugged so they will only reach a ringing therefore they do not know if it is an open ring or no one is picking up.