I recently opened a new SEARS CREDIT CARD ACCT through CITIBANK. Been getting SPAM calls for over 4 years, but since opening this account they have INCREASE EXPOTENTIALLY. Yesterday I got 4 calls, today 2 and this past Sunday got 4 as well. ON A SUNDAY!
Today I called CITIBANK/SEARS and gave them 'what for'. Told them I was getting ready to put in complaints with the FTC AND FCC against them. They were actually very meek and apologetic (they certainly didn't DENY that they were behind these calls) and the rep 'set my privacy settings' to as STRINGENT as possible. Funny, I THOUGHT I did that with another rep just about 5-6 weeks ago!
SO, if you have ANY CREDIT RELATIONSHIP with SEARS or CITIBANK, maybe you should call them and DEMAND they set YOUR PRIVACY settings to as PRIVATE as possible, and see if it makes any difference.
I wondering if they SELL or GIVE our credit info and PHONE NUMBERS to these [***] in their call centers overseas just to see if they can't get EXTRA charges put on our accounts - and make money off us FRAUDULENTLY. There HAS to be SOME BIG BUSINESS BEHIND this for this to be SO PREVALENT and WIDESPREAD. SOMEONE IN AMERICA IS GETTING RICH OFF THESE CALLS, or else our politicians would have put a stop to this by now.
I received a call at work from 770-687-8794. It was an automated machine stating that this was the last call I would receive before my account was closed and if I wanted to reduce the interest rate on my credit card to 0% then I should select "1" to speak with an operator. The system didn't give me the option to block my number from future calls. We receive this call two to three times per day and it's very annoying.