It's a telemarketer. I think the laws should be changed so that we can call them back, and they can only use one number to call people, and not use numerous numbers.
Ahhhh, different day, different scammer...same story...
Caller ID came up as "Keith Shannon" - on the last of our multiple business lines (clue #1...scammer). Picked up the line and immediately a recording started spewing scam about "This is an important call from card member services (clue #2...scammer), we have tried to reach you several times and sent things to your home (clue #3...scammer), this will be our last attempt to reach you (Lord...I WISH) to lower your rates (clue #4...scammer). To speak to one of our friendly representatives (clue #5...scammer), please press "1" now.......
PRESSING "1" :-).....Card services, are you calling to lower your rates? (Clue #6....scammer) ... and without saying a word...I unleash my recording of the loudest, most annoying sound into the receiver at full volume (Gosh, I love my job that they let me do this!!) until the scammer hangs up!!...(Final clue....scammer!!!)
I, like the rest of you, receive these calls all the time. Our government is WORTHLESS, especially when it comes to blocking these calls.
Your only other course of action is this:
Do NOT, under any circumstances, answer a caller you do not recognize. When you do, all you are doing is confirming for them is that they have reached a viable, working number and then they WILL call you back PLUS they will sell your number to other scam artists so they can call you too. If they continue to call then first, check with your phone service and see if they have a call blocker service (mine does). If I continue to receive calls from a certain number then it goes onto my "Blocked" list.
Also, just pressing 1 or any number they say to remove you from their list is also a scam. It doesn't work either. Also, I turn off my answering machine when I am home. If it answers them, then once again it only confirms the fact that they have indeed reached a "Working" number and they WILL continue to call you. Have a pleasant day. Sure am glad too for websites like this.
Thought for the day: I Wonder what would happen if everyone stopped answering these calls. IF they got no more answers then would they just give up and die ?
I will add that by using these tactics, there are days now when I have NO MORE phone calls from scammers! Only had one in the last three days now. Please folks, don't answer these phone calls. Use your caller ID's.
Phone service providers ought to deny phone service to these scam callers. Surely they can spot robo callers by the volume of calls, the duration of the calls (very short except for the occasional fish they catch), and the pattern of the numbers called. Robo calling ought to be outlawed for ANYONE.
How about a whistle? I think if these telemarketers are putting things into our ears, a whistle - aa gym whistle - would be the best thing to do! Maybe that would stop them! I know it is mean but I also think it is mean of them to constantly call.
I knew it was going to be another credit card scam call
, who do they expect to fall for this BS ? I may be a senior citizen but I'm not stupid.
time to stop these calls , the fcc-nsa-ftc could look up these numbers online after getting a complaint at the ftc donotcall site, and track them down and don't let them have any kind of phone as one of their penalty's , if the are found using a phone give them life in prison.
The good ol days when the only calls you got that were from people you didn't know were wrong numbers.