The id on the phone from a call I just received says Robert Kennedy. I'm so sure. Beware, they are really trying to trick people into answering and giving personsal info.
The caller ID was "Kennedy, Robert". I held the line and asked to be removed from their list. The live operator said "I'm not removing you from sh*t". I said, "Excuse me?". He answered. "I'm not removing you from sh*t." Open your f*ckin' ears."
He then hung up.
Obviously we are going to pursue this with our state Atty General's office as well as the FTC.
Someone from this this number calls me every weekday. The ID shows Kennedy, Robert. Sometimes I play along until they ask for charge card numbers. It's fun to ask if they can remain on the line until I get the cards from my purse (then I don't get back to them so they have to pay for additional phone time). Or, I ask what their company name is and they hang up. Today I kept doing redial until their phone rang. Our phone lets the ringing occur for over 4 minutes before it disconnects. This means the scammer cannot use that line until I hang up. If you try this, keep redialing until you do not get a busy signal. Then stay on the line until your phone beeps. The next time they call, I will give a phony name and tell them they have reached the police department--bet they hang up quick!! When I did contact our local police department about these calls, they told me to call the Better Business Bureau and the Consumer Protection Agency. I don't know what they could do about them since they change phone numbers a lot--are these legitimate phone numbers for people that the scammers manage to take and show on user IDs? Are these actual phone number accounts that the scammers take out themselves? Who can help us with all this?