The president has nothing to do with it. It was the same when Bush was president. Just don't answer the phone if you don't know or recognize the number. That's what I do. If it's actually something important they will leave a message.
Try this the next time you are actually able to speak to real person that claims to want to lower your credit card interest rate:
Give a fake VISA card number such as "4627-0519-4328-7147" (I hope this is a fake number anyway!)
Fake bank "Bank of Wichita"
Fake balance "$8500.00"
Fake interest rate "15%"
Fake expiration date "07/16"
Fake 800 number for bank "1-800-225-5324" (This is actually the National FBI toll-free line)
You will probably be told to hang on while they verify your balance. Don't hang on, instead hang up while they contact the FBI. :-)
If they're really pi$$ed, you'll get a couple of calls back in short succession. Don't answer. Take the money you saved by not being scammed and go buy a call blocker.
I got a call back that I did answer and the caller called me a funny man, then hung up.
every Day now they call....
Filed a complaint with Ny consumer protection on information known.
They are clearly stationary at this time .. This is a low population area
should be easy to track a phone number.
SOOOOO ROYALLY PISSED OFF!!! Repeated calls to my elderly parents, from this unidentified, Cherry Valley, New York company, number 607-264-2860 (Verizon carrier), and my parents are on the government "DO NOT CALL LIST"!! I was told by the foreign man I spoke with that it would cost $100 to remove us from their call list!!! This is harassment, invasion of privacy and total [***]!!! I will file a complaint to the New York Better Business, the FCC and everyone I can come up with! THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!!!