I was given a cell phone for Christmas and have only given my phone number to a limited number of people. Since then I have received three calls from this number. Knowing the people to whom I have given my number, and none of them being from Atlanta, GA, I have not answered the calls. I felt certain that it was someone trying to scam.
I received a call from them too in regards to a credit loan taken out in my name for a car loan. I then asked if they were Toyota financial and the woman said No and proceeded to question me and ask me if I like my new car and I said I cant discuss this right now I'm working and I hung up. I hope I didn't say too much.
Been getting calls from this number and have never answered. I finally did today and the super unprofessional sounding gentleman who did not give his name said he was calling about my auto loan and he was making sure all of "their" customers were getting the help they need. I told him it's been forever ago since I applied for an auto loan and I did not go to any dealerships (which was his next question). He then asked if I was in the market for a car or was interested in raising my credit score. I told him no I'm not. He said have a good day and hung up. The entire time he was stumbling over his words. Pretty sure this is a scammer. Needs to be reported.
Received a call from this number on December 28, 2013. The male voice asked for me then for my wife by name. I told them that they should not be calling my cell phone and I hung the phone up. Then it dawned on me that it may have been what we call in the IT security world an attempted Social Engineering event. They probably get our information off the internet then call our numbers, asking open ended questions and waiting for any response that would confirm or deny that the phone number they called is in fact connected to the info the got off the web.
I didn't detect an accent, and since it originated from the Atlanta (404) area code it is from Georgia.
I too got a call and were asked about a car loan and my credit and I told him I haven't checked my credit in awhile and I didn't know what it look like. Of course, I told him that because I didn't know who it was.