I answered this call from a purely fictional phone number (000?) out of pure curiosity. A recording claimed it was my credit card company with a last-time offer for a low rate, something like 6%. I was to press 9 to speak with someone in time to take advantage of this deal. Clearly a scam, but I pressed 9 to see how deep the scam bench was. Someone answered, but did not realize we were connected. I stayed quiet as a mouse and just listened. Incredibly, I then heard conversation in a roomful of guys swearing like sailors, with one repeatedly being called "Bobby". I wrote down everything they said, too obscene to write here, but the upshot was someone bragged about getting info on a Citibank account. Did it mean that some hapless caller actually turned over valuable credit card info to these jokers? Apparently. I learned I was connected to an older guy, as he was going on about being able to clobber anyone else in the room -- he put it a lot more rudely -- even though he had "gray hair." There was more blather about who was tougher, and about their internal arrangements for taking cuts of money they were getting their hands on. Something about having to write down names and info on slips of paper and not getting to pocket 100% of the money if the details on a specific target call weren't marked down according to the agreed-on rules. Plus it sounded like the guys were stealing each other's slips of paper to cash in on "co-worker's" efforts. Ripping each other off, basically. It's rough out there! There was more conversation, all making it clear that the callers were a pathetic gang of idiots who had zero to do with any bank. Finally, the "gray-haired" guy figured out loud that he wasn't getting connected to anybody with the ****ing dialing machine system they are hooked up to. He let out a litany of cuss words. I suddenly coughed into the phone. He hung up instantly. I reported the incident and the "Florida" phone number to my real bank, where there is a financial security investigator who will be looking into it. These guys are clearly trying to get people to give them credit card info so they can rip you off. If you have a few minutes to spare, you may enjoy talking to someone in person at 407-000-9875 just to check out their laughable improv skills as fake bank spokesmen. If you do decide to "press 9," don't forget to say hi to "Bobby"! You may also want to report the call to your bank. Obviously, real banks have good reason to do what they can to stop criminals from passing themselves off as banking services people. Whatever you do, don't EVER give any credit card info or any other financial info to anyone other than people YOU call! Good luck!
Just got a call from this number. Found it strange that the prefix of the # was 000. All that the caller ID said was Florida call. I let the machine get it to see who it was, but they didn't even leave a message. We are on the DNC list. Very annoying!