These predators called 6/3/09 while I was on line. Callwave identified caller as "417-000-3842."
Presumably same party called again 6/4/09 when I was not on line. (I do not have caller ID when off line.) Recording said to press 6 to speak with someone. I did, because I was annoyed. Party acted as if I called them! Hung up when I asked, "Who is this, please?"
I'm reporting this to State AG, FCC, and FTC, even if it gets mw nowhere.
The number 417-000-3842 could be a collection agency. For over 9 years I've been getting calls from off and on for a lady that had my number before me. They may have pretended to be offering a service (like I explained above) as a new tactic to catch the woman since she's obviously been dodging them for many years. I only think this because he hung up on me so fast. And while that's rude, I sorta took it like he didn't want to waste time with someone he wasn't looking for.
Just an opinion about the number so I hope it helps.
Received call from 417-000-3842. No caller ID information except I have recently been getting calls from NCO Fincl Svcs with a different number. I wondered if this is a variation without caller ID from NCO as well. If you read about NCO, you will find they are a crooked collection company with a very bad reputation.
I just received a phone call from an automated caller (the pitch was about lowering the interest on my credit cards) that ended by saying I should press "9" to speak with a live operator. So I did, and the live operator asked if I was responding to a call about lowering my interest rate. I replied that, actually, I was calling about the fact that making a call to me was illegal since I am on the No Call list, and I needed her first and last name. She then asked how it could be illegal to lower my interest rates. I asked her to slowly give me the spelling of her first and last name, because I needed that to file a complaint against her, and she hung up on me. Ah, well.
My 87 year-old grandmother received a call from 417-000-3842. I had signed her phone number up for the "National Do-Not-Call" Registry, so I pressed "9," and got a male operator who asked if I was interested in lowering my interest rate today. I asked him for the name of the company he was calling for, so I could report them for calling a number on the Do-Not-Call list, and he rudely hung up on me. I tried calling the number back, but got a busy signal (presumably because they use an auto-dialer, which I'm pretty sure is illegal).