She recommended that people report the calls to the Federal Trade Commission.
Lawsuits target Missouri firm
Among the likely culprits are a group of auto-warranty service companies in Missouri, particularly National Auto Warranty Services, also known as Dealer Services, at 100 Mall Parkway in Wentzville, Mo., according to the Better Business Bureau.
The company was sued this year by Verizon Wireless for being behind an "an illegal telemarketing campaign," according to court documents. Florida-based Explicit Media Inc. was also named in the suit, filed July 14 in federal court in New Jersey.
Verizon said the companies are responsible for nearly 3 million unsolicited calls to Verizon subscribers throughout the country, made in violation of Federal Trade Commission telemarketing regulations as well as the Do Not Call registry law.
The companies used "spoofing," a method of masking information, to hide outgoing call numbers, a violation of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, court documents said.
got a call from this number, did not answer it as i knew it was probably a scam. a call back got the 'number disconnected' message. i am on the telemarketer do-not-call list so i automatically know that any telemarketer calling is bogus. without knowing the true source of the call (there are ways to display an incorrect number when calling someone), i have been told there isn't much that can be done about complaining. i have complained to the FCC when i had enough information.
They said they were hired to negotiate a lower credit card annual rate for my VISA and Master Card. That in itself sounded completely bogus. Credit card companies paying a service to help the credit card company earn less money??!! They answered my specific questions vaguely and wanted to know how much I owed on all of my credit cards. I didn't tell her. It smelled fishy and judging from the previous comments I was right.
Please go to this address and it will be filed with the US Government! They will also sue them for $1,000,000 per incident! Please register your phone number and file the complaint here. It only takes 3 minutes.
https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx
P.S. Remember, you have to register your phone number, before you file the complaint.