Right on Sir Belvedere: Only scammers and crooks will call "Do not call numbers". If you don't recognise the ID number, then do not answer the call. I am on "Do not call list", but I am also on my own "Do not answer". Good policy to follow....!!!!
(520) 222‑8448 Robo call recorded 3 November 2014 ("Carmen at Cardholder Services...reduce your rate...consider this your final notice..." Credit Card SCAM)
Caller ID: "Tucson AZ"
"Carmen" calling me back a few days after assuring me, "...consider this your final notice..." and even after telling me I didn't qualify for their "lower your rate" offer because I pay my credit cards off in full each month.
Yeah, I wish.
The recording of this "lower your rate" call is exactly the same past calls but from a new number to avoid past call blocking. The recorded message is their usual patter (see below) followed by a 7 second pause, then they say "good bye" and disconnect. when I failed to press any buttons.
Their total disregard of the Do Not Call list certainly tells us a lot about their business ethics, doesn't it?
Here is a transcript of their latest offering:
[female voice] "Hello, this is Carmen at Cardholder Services calling in reference to your current credit card account. It is urgent that you contact us concerning your eligibility for lowering your interest rate. Please consider this your final notice. Press the number 1 now to speak with a live operator and lower your interest rate or press the number 3 to discontinue further services. Thank you and have a great day."
[7 second pause] [female voice] "Good bye".
Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear this recording on my Spam Calls web page:
solution: A central clearingouse for registering numbers tied to an at-risk registrar; you will have the option of blocking un-registered numbers; eventually 99%+ of all phone owners will block non-registered number calls; require voip services to back-channel verify the caller's own number i.d. vs the registered number i.d. before passing it through to you as the number i.d. A system like this would take all the commercial incentive out of spoofing and pretty much shut it down. Right now, a voip service passes through any number i.d. given to them. If I can think of this, I know people at ATT, the FTC, the FCC, Phone.com, etc thought of it a long time ago....must be some reason this kind of number i.d. spoofing continues.