pick up on the first and secound ring. no one on the other end they're dialing faster than they have people to pick up on thier line. No one ever answers it just turns into a busy signal. I got my # back in Oct'08 and this is unlisted nonpublished. Unfortunately the person that had this # before me has tons of bill collectors. I finally went from 100 calls a month to 3. Now this market probe is calling. I've called them and to remove my # but they haven't. also reported to the Do not call reg... At least you have an address. I found out at "who is calling" that it is some credit card consolidation thing for people in default. No business with me but since they obviously don't listen to thier voice mail or they think I'm the previous owner of this #
I just called them back and told them not to bother us any more. What a laugh. I am sure they will double their efforts now that I did that. They are harassing us and asking for banking information. Like I will tell them anything. They come up on our ID as "Market Probe" I see their address on this forum and when I checked the area code it said the same state as well. They are trying to collect information and maybe misuse things. I don't trust them. Any time your info is needed by a bank you call them they never call you. The best bet is to go to your local branch and speak to them. This appears to be a way to harvest personal information and steal identities.
So much of this nonsense exists in our computerised world, anything like this red flags high suspicion in me. Look out for any goof that calls you and asks copious questions about your banking account and your full name, where you live and your address. They could use your name and anything else they harvest in this way to state a fake account. Just don't answer the phone, turn them in to where ever is the best channel and be safe.
If they are part of a collection agency, well it would seem they would know after a few unsuccessful attempts that their client is no longer at that address. This sounds like a ring of thieves. The type that send fake emails claiming to be Pay-pal and offers for a lot of money from other countries. It is all fraud and should be avoided at all times. My opinion here but I feel anyone needs to filter them out. If they don;t stop calling I will not answer any more like I did with another idiot like this, and they eventually gave up. Good luck