Keith
Los Angeles,#2Consumer Comment
Tue, May 12, 2009
One option is to make them work get them on the phone & babble away, ask dumb questions. tie up their time, grow their phone bill. make them pay by the way, i noticed when i looked up credit card services they've been doing this for years
Laurie
Haslet,#3Consumer Comment
Tue, May 12, 2009
SCAMMERS DO NOT CARE ABOUT DO NOT CALL LISTS they are not affiliated with any credit card company - they cannot lower your interest rates. They only want you to give them account info so they can rip you off Read this consumer information on 16 ways you can be phone scammed - from another website called 800notes - this site allows you to look up phone numbers you do not recognize and has lots of consumer protection information. from the article I noted above Offers to Lower Your Interest Rates: The calls begin with a recording that makes a tempting offer to lower your credit-card interest rates. Then you are switched to a live agent who collects from you the credit card number and its expiration, name, address, and in some cases even your social security number. The telemarketers have no intention of giving consumers better interest rates on their cards and instead use the information to commit identity theft and run up unwanted charges. Again, tracing these scam artists is difficult: they spoof the caller ID information and use numerous VOIP accounts set up using stolen credit cards. The best thing to do is hang up, report the call to FTC and warn others through 800notes.com.
Keith
Los Angeles,#4UPDATE Employee
Tue, May 12, 2009
Yep, dont worry what you do Credit Card Services will never stop calling. Like you, I've talked to reps before, no deal. Best thing you can do is ask them annoying questions. Usually they automatically hang up on me. But lately they've had some new people 1 gal waited 10-15 while I pretended to go look for my credit card #. Last call the weirdo even started calling me names. reporting them to the do not call list is a waste of time.