I continue to get these calls. I now answer, hit 9, and keep the guy on the line as long as possible to waste their time. Then at some point I just start saying, "and I hope you meet a lot of friends in prison" or something like that. Boy does it make them mad. I just got called names I have never even heard before. My advice is to just keep messing with them. Also call your state attorney general, the FCC (888-225-5322) and the FTC (877-382-4357). There has to be some way of stopping these idiots, and it may take everyone complaining every time they get a call.
Call was to reduce interest rate on a Visa card. They claimed to have sent a letter offering to reduce the interest rate on my account. They requested the 24 hour service of the card, the card number , of last 4 digits of my ss#. Then they ask me to hold while they pulled up the account. The line went dead. I called my card and closed the account immediately. The visa had no knowledge of this promotion. The call came at 12:26 PM on 10/16. The caller ID was 407-000-9876 AC
Got a call today and pressed the 9 key as asked to talk. Once a person got on the line they ask if I was calling about an interest reduction. I said yes, then asked the caller what card this was about and they hung up. I tried calling 1-407-000-9876 back and qwest told me the number was not valid as I suspected because of the 000.
Received a call from 1-470-000-9876 on May 1.2009. Although the greeting on our answering machine was going at the same time as the automated recording, I did decipher it was regarding lowering our interest rate. The call disconnected once the answering machine started to record.
1-407-000-9876 called, I pressed 9 to talk with a live person. "James" came on. I asked him to please NOT hang up so I could ask some questions. He said "I don't have time for this bull-sh**, so just talk...no bull-sh**"....then the line went dead.
This is one way groups that operate out of swat valley and other such areas fund their war, by credit card fraud. they also use document fraud and identity theft. In other words, these people could be raising money for osama.
NEVER give anyone information over the phone. If they claim they are calling from your financial institution, get their name and call back to the institution (not a number provided by the caller) to verify. Same goes for the Government, in fact the Government most likely won't call but isse a letter.