Got a call on my cell phone from this number in Arizona. I did not pick up because i did not recognize it. Looked it up and found, as others, this linked to a number for Victim's Services. I have blocked it on my cell and will be contacting the FCC. Just like mostly everyone, my phone numbers are all on the DNC list and it seems to do no good at all.
Received a call from this number in reference to "lowering my credit card interest rate". I was given the option to press "1" to speak with someone or press "2" to be removed from their calling list. I pressed 1 and immediately was connected with a male voice that sounded digitized/computerized. They asked if I pressed 1 to lower my interest rate and I said yes. I aksed which card he was referring to and he said my Visa. I asked what company he was with and he said "You know, your Chase Bank Visa". I then asked "What is the name on this account" and I was IMMEDIATELY hung up on. Funny thing is, I do not even own a credit card in my name and there is no way my cell number was linked to any kind of credit card! I waited about 15 minutes then called the number back and of coarse no one answered. I was hoping someone would answer so I could bust them running a scam and report them. Unfortunately, I can only post here .....It is a SCAM!!!
Just got a call from 928-635-5989 and got the same automation asking about lowering my credit card rate. I laughed because I cut mine up years ago. I just hung up. Researched the number and I find a victims advocate group listed for this number. However, try to call the number back and you get a circuit busy sound (for the young kids who don't know about busy signals, slow ones are busy line but if it is a fast busy signal it suggests circuits are busy). That could mean someones number got hijacked for a spammer to try and get credit card info out of people. The real owners of the number may no longer have it or don't know it is being used or possibly got cloned. CONSIDER THIS ONE EASY TO HANG UP ON!!! Don't even click through. No need. Your bank handles your credit card, call them directly and don't give any info about your account, your name or your social to the people calling from this company that is out to steal your info! SPAM ALERT...THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF COMPANY TO STEAL YOUR CREDIT INFO AND STRIP YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. HANG UP ON THEM!!!
Trust me, you can report them. Go online to the FCC. Click on file a complaint and answer the questions as they appear. You will be given the option to file an online complaint, call it in or mail or fax. Go for it. The FCC won't react on just your complaint alone but if everyone that gets calls like this files complaints every single time they get a call the FCC will get loaded down by the complaints and they will act upon it. There needs to be a pattern for them to follow and every complaint filed is a foot print to that pattern. We can make a difference and get these vermin trapped, skinned and hung out to dry. Be bold, don't be afraid to file the complaint. I have filed about 20 in the last 1 1/12 months against a group that is too stupid to give it up and they have finally slowed down their attempts to contact me and hopefully not going to do it anymore. Each time they call here, I file a complaint. I do not answer the calls. I have caller ID and the only calls I answer are the ones that are entered on my phone as safe callers. Any one else can ring the phone off the wall and they won't get any response other than an FCC complaint against them. I have an unpublished, unlisted, phone that is also registered with the Federal Do Not Call Registry. That registry works for the legal telemarketers. It is only the illegals that are calling our phones. FILE THE COMPLAINT!