Got a call from 802-230-6357 on my cell yesterday. No message left, but I can see from the comments here that it is another credit card scam. Next time I get one I'll have to answer it and ask "Is this Peggy?" LMFAO.
Asking or begging telemarketers to stop calling does not work.
Attempting to contact them is impossible.
Filing a complaint with the FTC takes years.
Getting angry or upset just makes it worse.
Complaining on message boards accomplishes nothing.
You have two options:
1. Ignore the calls and continue to be harassed.
or
2. Answer the call, pretend you're interested and WASTE THEIR TIME.
Wasting a telemarketer's time is the most effective thing you can do because it disrupts their scam.
This is a company called Card Services. They're a scam company that uses as many as ten different phones numbers. In addition to this 802 number they also use 617-230-6357 and 303-249-9700. These people are totally lawless and will hang up on you when you ask them to take your name off their list. I get as many as five calls a day from these people. The CA PUC, local cops and Verizon are doing absolutely nothing to shut these people down.
Just found this site, thank you!!! I'm getting calls from this number and several others, I never answer calls from numbers I don't recognize, if it's important they'll leave a VM. However, these calls will go to voicemail and then hang up! WTHeck is wrong with these idiots!! I'm looking into the suggestion from "Jackson" about an app you can download to your android, hopefully it works!
ID theft crooks, probably offshore. The caller ID is forged. They only call cellphones for some reason.
They're after your credit card numbers so they can bill fraudulent charges to your card.
The credit card companies, who actually steal the money from your account and funnel it to the fraudsters, could shut this down in a heartbeat, but apparently they don't want to.
I have received several calls from "Card Services" over the past couple of months. I am debt free (aside from a home mortgage in good standing). I do not owe on any credit card, however, I receive calls from these people everyday! Morning...noon...night. I have stored 14 (to date) different numbers for them in my phone. I have resorted to desparate measures. I now answer the calls. I press 1 to speak with a representative. I politely allow them to go thru their sales pitch. When they ask if I have at least $4000 in credit card debt, I take a big deep breath, and blow my trusty old fashioned whistle into the phone. It gives me great pleasure. I have been called and rudely hung up on too many times by these people. I have tried being sincerely polite, to no avail. I have no reason to try to reason with them anymore. If they are going to be rude to me, they will get rude in return. It may not stop the calls, but I now hang up with a smile on my face, rather than a scowl. :-)