These calls are coming from call centers in Costa Rica. They do cold calling for or sell the leads to numerous companies in this country. Tomorrow this same number may be selling Cruises, Timeshares or Security Systems but if you follow the money it usually ends up in the hands of an American LLC. Keep complaining to the FTC and FCC, and start bugging our politicians to pass laws to make it punishable in criminal court instead of handing out fines that they don't pay.
Robocalls are illegal unless you have given them prior permission in writing (not worded into some small print contract from a 3rd party).
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/07/robocall.shtm
http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/TCPA-Rules.pdf
Here is a list of spoofed numbers that you can add to your call blocking lists. These are the usual "lower your credit card interest rate" calls and I know that the list is accurate since every one of them has called me:
215-213-6446
216-712-1591
281-217-0241
302-327-9010
303-249-9700
305-202-1132
313-204-1037
315-744-5518
317-559-0000
347-218-0531
347-260-1495
360-474-3968
360-529-6156
360-529-6177
402-286-7411
406-219-2090
406-852-8377
409-242-3080
425-390-8105
425-406-9024
480-982-3626
503-902-8112
503-902-8252
513-417-0498
513-417-0798
515-421-3101
515-421-5843
612-222-7091
617-390-4562
701-661-1851
701-920-9340
702-410-7513
704-206-0013
720-409-2532
720-539-6698
720-648-6004
760-680-6895
773-726-5839
785-207-6317
800-503-3852
801-647-0293
802-230-6357
802-321-1223
832-377-3059
856-229-9060
865-291-1470
877-503-6145
909-374-9789
915-217-5883
920-602-0879
949-208-2973
971-220-1032
971-295-9768
978-640-3900
989-854-2368
I haven't received that many calls about lowering the interest rate in my credit card!!!
The moment I heard the caller say her name was Rachel, I hung up. I recall reading a message thread elsewhere on this website about this mysterious person, whose voice has graced thousands of scam messages.
Best advice...never give out any personal information to people making cold calls. Only provide personal information if you initiated the call and are certain the company is legitimate.
HA,HA,HA,HA....... Yeah, got 1 of those and another dozen of my own. That Rachel sure is one persistent [***]!!!!!!!!! I always press 1 just so I can tell them to F*** OFF!!!!!!