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.
These people keep calling me and once I asked what company and why they are calling they quickly hang up....someone in authority needs to put a stop these sharks who are using the economic problems to STEAL from people.
A female voice ask me if I wanted to lower the interest rate on my credit cards. When I ask what card are we talking about they hung up. Be careful giving out personal info over the phone if you do not know who the caller is tell them you will call back.
Have been getting this call for weeks now. A robo call re: reduce credit card interest. Call comes to a business phone with caller Id. Strangest thing; I press 1 get put on hold, put call on hold to look up on this web site, take off hold and hear what sounds like a busy call center, but no answer to my "Hello". As I watch my phones' screen the nunmber seems to be counting up from 3110 to 3200 and then disconects. Might be my phone recording length of call.
Here is a new one to try on these morons---I told them my identity has been stolen and all my cards have been affected. I had to cancel them all. And that I was afraid they were the ID thefts! They didn't know what to say !!!!