Also, to validate I'm not KC just look at the formatting of my posts and the way I write. There should be an obvious indication that it's not the same individual.
Again to reiterate, Kimberly works in the industry that we all hate. While her companies do not make the calls, they do benefit from them (as the calls are transferred). She indicates that a 3rd party(s) handles the cold-calls which are routed to her organization, she does not own or control those companies (again they do benefit from them). However, because she works in the industry and is getting the blunt force of our complaints she has an invested interest in getting the calls to stop. If they don't and continue to persist (which they very well might) eventually enough people will be pissed off that action will be taken that will threaten her livelihood. (such as forcing telecoms to not allow spoofing of caller ID)
She works in the industry and knows who is likely providing the services (as companies uses such services). Enough data given to them for outbound calls (which they likely place) they can find who is abusing their system. They don't want out of control abuse .. it brings too much attention ... not to say that you wont get calls randomly.. but I would at least like a week to go by without one call. Is the the fix we want.. not really.. but a little reprieve is better than none.
Scammers phishing for your credit card information. Spoof different numbers all day long. They call at least once a day. I'm to the point I reject the calls every time. If you make the mistake of answering and pressing 1 after the automated message, they WILL continue to call. Every effort to get them to stop will not work: asking to be removed from the list, telling them you do not have a credit card, asking to speak to a supervisor, asking for a number to call them back. Any questions you pose will result in them hanging up on you.
Card Member Services. THEY WILL NEVER STOP CALLING, SO... “GET EVEN”.
When they call press (1) to be connected to “LIVE OPERATOR” (this will waste their time).
They will try and get as much personal information from you as they can – GIVE THEM FAKE INFORMATION. I usually tell them I have 2 or 3 credit cards with a balance of 7k to 15k and interest rates from 15% to 21%, using this method will keep them on the phone longer and you can waste more of their time. At some point they will ask the name of the credit card, toll free customer service number and credit card number with exp. date (many times they will ask for the last 4-digits of your social security number) REMEMBER, DO NOT GIVE “REAL” PERSONAL INFORMATION OUT TO THEM AS THEY STORE AND SAVE ALL INFO.
Here is a list of numbers Card Member Services has used this week: