Ohhhhh godddddd..... when you call back it's the same recording I get when the "switch your electricity idiots" call. This is the electricity switch scam again after they have changed their caller id.
Finally cleaning out my saved voice mails, and I found that I had more than a few calls from these scammers. The calls from "Alert" started in August 2013 from 7085294734. I only hear the end of the robocall in my VM, which says "Press 5 to be transferred to one of our friendly representatives".
Caller ID Phone number Date
Alert 7085294734 Aug 26, 2013
Alert 7085294734 Sep 18, 2013
ENERGY BILL 8475928794 Nov 11, 2013
ENERGY BILL 8475928794 Nov 13, 2013
ENERGY BILL 8475928794 Nov 18, 2013
CAUTION 7085294728 Nov 22, 2013
ENERGY BILL 8475928794 Nov 22, 2013
ENERGY BILL 8475928794 Nov 26, 2013
SERVICE CUSTOME 7085710690 Dec 30, 2013
SERVICE CUSTOME 7085710690 Jan 3, 2014
SERVICE CUSTOME 7085710690 Jan 10, 2014
ENERGY SERVICE 7085294767 Apr 16, 2014
SERVE POWER 7085710612 Jun 10, 2014
CUSTOMER CARE 7085294712 Aug 5, 2014
CUSTOMER CARE 7085294712 Aug 29, 2014
ENERGY SERVICE 7085294697 Oct 7, 2014
CUSTOMER CARE 8475928547 Oct 28, 2014
ENERGY SERVICE 8475928798 Dec 4, 2014
These seem like they were probably the same scammers. (224) is local Chicago suburban area code, like 708 and 847. However, no message was left.
POWER DIVISION 2242553379 Dec 5, 2013
POWER DIVISION 2242553379 Dec 11, 2013
So I once made the mistake of listing my number on Monster.com in hopes of getting job offers. Biggest mistake ever. Scammers and identity thieves regularly troll through similar sites, and now that they've got your number, they will call you with every single tactic in their arsenal, from any number they can. As BusinessUser listed, most of these are the exact same people. The fact of the fact of the matter is...now they have your number, and it's probably time to get your number changed.
You *could* theoretically block every unknown number that comes your way, but they're just going to keep changing their caller id and trying again; if you're at this point, like many of us are, they know your number, and they know that it belongs to a real person.
My advice is to think back to any possible way that these people could have gotten your number, change your number, and then go to your credit reporting agencies (through their legitimate sites) and make sure everything is in order. Never give out any information of any kind to an unknown number no matter who they say they are. Be diligent and do your own research, and never have your number posted online. Also, if you *do* happen to answer one of these numbers, never press any numbers they tell you; that's just the robocalls' way of determining that you are indeed a real person, and that opens the gate for millions more of these similar calls.