Got a call yesterday and today from same guy, "Steve". Today I asked him for HIS phone number. He hung up. Yesterday he asked me if I have taken birth control in the past.
SMH, waiting for him to call again. Will be getting the fax machine from now on.
I've received a high volume of calls from this number. Caller ID always shows "Consulate Gnrl". After ignoring many calls, curiosity got the better of me and I answered. A male voice with heavy Indian/Pakistani accent called me BY NAME and asked if I've had any surgery in the past year. Apparently he's accustomed to people discussing their private medical history with complete strangers who call them on the phone! He said this was the "United States Medical Department" calling from Houston and that I'm eligible for free compensation for surgery. I know ObamaCare has created a lot of bureaucracy, but I haven't yet heard about the creation of a "US Medical Department." Our conversation was entertaining (for me, anyway) and laughably ridiculous as he tried to spin his tale and answer my equally ridiculous questions. It ended when I casually mentioned that we record all of our incoming calls -- at which point he kept saying, "That's alright...that's alright" and he hung up. I was hopeful that would deter them, but in the time it has taken me to jot this message, I have received yet another call from the Consulate Gnrl. What will it take to stop them?
Received numerous calls from 713-623-6598 over the past several days. They call sometimes five times a day but do not leave messages. Number is identified on my caller ID as Consulate Gnrl. After reading the posts about others who have received these calls and spoken to the caller I'm glad I don't answer even when I am home. Creepy!
Got a phone call from Consulate GNRl 2/3/14 4:30 pm but I hung up on him. Sounded like he was calline from a call center overseas. Sounded like an African accent. I hung up on him.
Got another call last night 2/3/14 6:43 pm from the same number 713-623-6598 but it did not ID it as "consulate GNRL" did not answer it went on voice mail. He held on to the line till the machine cut him off.
I wish it would stop. Will not p/u the phone again if he calls.
Received a number of calls from 713-623-6598 the Consul General. Probably phishing for Medicaid info. Reported it to Texas AG's Office of Consumers Affairs since it is a 713 number. Will also call 888-382-1222 the Feds.
Repeated calls from this number ID'ing itself as "Consulate Gnrl." Right! In Houston, TX? Gimme a break. But since we routinely screen incoming phone calls and do not answer calls from entities we don't recognize, we did not get into the entertaining dialogues other reporters have had with these folks. There WAS the very beginning of a message left a couple of days ago, very clearly from a boiler room calling facility - lots of noise and calls going on in the background before that particular caller hung up. Wish my phone had the capability of blocking a particular number. We did report it on some federal reporting site we found, but I doubt that will go anywhere. I'm reporting this as "Telemarketer" as that's what I believe this to be.