They have left several messages. One time I picked up the phone and pressed "one." She asked if I was calling to lower my interest rate. I asked which card she was calling about. She said they do VISA and MASTERCARD. I then asked, "But which of my cards are you calling me about specifically?" She hung up.
I received a call from 904-768-9653 this morning about 9:00am mst. It came in on my cell phone. I only give out this number to friends. This isn't the first time they've called my cell. About 5-6 months ago I started getting calls from the same people, "Credit Services", but the incoming calls were from a different number. I suspect they change numbers frequently. They also call my home number with the same pattern: several times a day for 2-3 weeks, then a 4-6 week rest, then the calls start again from a different number. I think it started about 4 years ago. Of course I'm on the do not call list (both cell and landline phones) but it doesn't seem to matter. I usually answer tthe calls at least once but they always hang up on me when I ask them to stop calling.
Sadly, they must have some kind of success with their scam or they wouldn't keep doing it. It costs money to set up a call center with several employees. On the few times I've answered I always hear several conversations/sales pitches in the background. Unfortunately the people who usually fall for this garbage are the ones it will hurt the most.
So for all the people who post on this board, "please make them stop", you need to know this is a consumer information board set up to share info, the administrators can do nothing about your harrassing calls. Also, it is a SCAM no matter how good it sounds or how nice "that sweet girl on the phone" sounds. She's paid to talk to you nicely because they know you are probably lonely. Don't fall for it and never give out your credit card numbers to anyone who calls you. :)
These bas#ards call either at 2 in the afternoon or at the dinner hour in the evening. About 1/2 the time nobody on the line, the rest recorded message to "lower your interest rate".
These people need to be put in jail.
I have been receiving calls from these 'card services' telemarketers for over a year now. I have been blocking each number they have called with (over 35 at this point). And I have been filing complaints with the FTC Do Not Call Registry and the FCC complaint site, to no avail. I do suggest you all do the same, and do not talk to them or call them back.
But to really get some attention, I created a petition on the White House We The People site. Please go there and sign it, we have to get the word out any way we can: