I also got a call like this a few minutes ago and when I pressed 1 to tell them to take me off their calling list, the woman hung up on me. I swear to god, I am so sick of these sort of scam calls regarding credit card rate deductions. COME ON PEOPLE! Do they not know what the "Do Not Call" means to them?

No one ever said these scammers were smart  8)

I'm in Canada, dammit!  What do I care about the financial stimulus?

I get those annoying calls too. I have many times asked them to stop calling but it makes no difference. So now I keep an emergency signal horn (the compressed air type that sounds like a foghorn) by my phone.  You can buy them in the sporting goods section of Wal-Mart. I press 1 to speak to the live operator and then blast the thing into the phone receiver.  Perhaps if I blow out a few of their earndrums they will stop calling.I know it works because I heard one operator screaming about her ear after I did it.

Caller ID says "Card Services" and number says 417-800-2314.  When you call back, it says "all circuits are busy."  Message recording on my voice mail is a female robo voice saying "Again, this is your final notice to take advantage of the financial stimulus..."  Have been getting dozens of these for the past year.  Interesting that 's always my "final notice."

i receive one to three calsl a week from number 417 800 2357 . its an automated message that asks to press 1 to take advantage of stimulus. "last warning call"
how do i stop them from calling my number?

no message

That would be a simple solution except for those of us with loved ones fighting over seas.  That number always changes.  We have to answer each time or risk missing their call home!

PEOPLE. PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE POSTING!!!

YOU MAY THINK THAT SOMEONE IS CALLING YOUR SPECIFIC PHONE NUMBER.

THEY DID NOT. THEY DID NOT CALL YOUR NUMBER SPECIFICALLY.

YOU WERE RANDOMALLY "ROBO" CALLED WITH A SPOOFED PHONE NUMBER ON A CALLER ID FOR A SCAM COMPANY.

Important message to all those that have received a call from this number:

There are several companies engaged in scam business using auto dialers. They are ALL scam outfits. They spoof phone numbers of victims all the time. Sometimes, they spoof non-working phone numbers. The phone number you searched for is just another victim of these scumbags. I've done a lot of research of these companies. Actually, there are several affiliated companies, that try to scam innocent victims. They are either owned by the same people, or they sell their business model to other crooks.

One scam is about auto warranties. The other is about credit card debt relief. They even have scams about dish television, home alarms, and more. Their MO is the same. The use an auto dialer, and call thousands of random numbers. They have no regard to the do not call lists. Your demands or complaints to them are worthless. They will continue to call you.

They will not remove you from their call lists. Why? BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MAINTAIN ANY. THEY ARE CROOKS. THEY HAVE NO REGARD TO THE MANY LAWS THEY BREAK.

If they call about a car warranty, the message says something as "This is the second notice on your extended vehicle warranty. Press one now to speak to a representative..." The message about credit debt mentions "This is Account Services. We are calling to lower your credit card debt. Press one now to speak to a representative..." or "The is an important call from your cardmember services. This is your Final Notice. We have been trying to contact you?."


NOW, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? If you want to stop these crooks do the following
:
1) Speak to one of their customer service representatives. Pretend to be interested in either lowering your credit card interest rate or a car warranty. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY REAL INFORMATION. Do not ask how they "got" you number. (Remember, your number was randomly  dialed by a computer)

Tell them you have $20,000 in credit card debt. Give them a fake credit card number, a fake name, and a fake SS#. If the call is about the auto warranty scam, tell them you own a Ferrari, or a 1937 Dodge (however, if you really own one of those two, tell them you own a Buick). Give a made up VIN number. If they ask for your name and phone number, give them the info for the person you hate the most.

Your goal is simple. You want to engage them in friendly conversation to keep them on the phone for as long as possible. Be nice friendly. Your goal is twofold. You want to learn as much as possible about them. They will refuse to give you a website, phone number, or maybe even a real company name. They will attempt to give you a generic name such as "Account Services," "Financial Services," or "Dealer Services." This is done for a reason, to throw you and the government off their tracks. Do not accept this. Keep pressing for info. You will need this (see below). Oven when pressed for questions, they will hang up on you. Remember, they are instructed to do this. That is why you must not be confrontation. Be friendly and act as if you are genuinely interested.

Get the name of the company, and if you can, the city where they are located. Most of these scam companies are either in Florida, or in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

EVEN BETTER IS IF YOU CAN RECORD THE CALL.

Also, the time you take from them means them have less time to steal from someone who is unknowledgeable about their scams. They get paid to rip people off. Take away their time, and they make no money! I have kept them on the phone for up to 20 minutes! I realize that many of you do not have the time. But do you appreciate being taken advantage of?

Ever hear of Scambaiting? That is what you are doing!!! There are many entertaining web sites on this topic. For example, see:
http://www.419eater.com.


2) Get the details of these scumbags and post it on this and every other website you can find. Use only the information you get from talking from their representatives and information you get from public sources. DO NOT POST THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR CALLER ID. Their numbers were spoofed and they are victims.


3) YOU MUST REPORT THEM TO THE AUTHORITIES:

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION!
Here is the link to file a complaint: http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION:
https://donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

You can also file a report with the Attorney General of your state. See the links below to see how effective this can be.

If everyone that received a call from these low-life scumbags does the same, then the combined action of thousands of us can stop these crooks from scamming innocent people out of money.

Additional information: This is what can happen if everyone were to complain!
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_says_GA_telemarketers_will_pay/
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/TRO_again ... all_violations/

See the following press releases to see how effective your complaints can be:
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/030608.htm
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/National_ ... filed_by_Nixon/
http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/telephoney.shtm

Let me tell you how I helped defeat a former scam company. Versadebt, that changed its name to VP Marketing, was scamming victims for years. I found the name of their company through conversation with one of their stupid representatives. And not only did I report them to the FCC and FTC each time, I also posted their contact information on the internet to make it easier for everyone to report.

Here is a story from Fox 5 Atlanta - WAGA that tells how WE took down VP Marketing, just one scam operation. Over 100,000 complaints were received by the FTC:
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/i-team:-vp-marketing-sued-021710

If you get the name of the company,  here is how you can find their information if located in Georgia, with the search engine of the Georgia Department of State:
http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/CSearch.asp

For example looking up VP Marketing, the former scam outfit, we see that it is owned by Jason Eyer, the dirt bag shown in the Fox 5 video. Here is how you can contact this person, courtesy of public records filed with the Georgia Department of State:
Jason Eyer
1603 Mosaic Way
Smyrna, GA  30080
407-902-1950
407-902-9377


Remember:

1) Be friendly and pretend to be interested
2) Try to get the name of the company
3) Research the name of the company using public records
4) Post the name of the company everywhere on the internet
4) Report them to the FCC, the FTC, and the state Attorney General's office

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On my cell phone.  Voice message only had the end.  Couldn't tell what it was about.

Got a call from this number on my cell, they didn't leave a message and no identification

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I am going to resubmit this in hopes that people will just take a moment out of their day to reach out and touch someone......

This Number is registered to U.S. Telepacific (not to be confused with Telepacific). The man who runs the company is David Glickman. Now if you are brave and sick of these calls give him a call and let him know.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/st ... ePacific%20Corp.

This is his business profile by Business Week and will provide you with a few numbers to call and complain to if you're bored. Have fun.
Caller: U.S. Telepacific
Call Type: Telemarketer

I've gotten several calls from  number in the last couple of months. I just got this phone on a family change merging with my wife. What I do is write the state attorney general,s office and complain. They forward the complaint to the Consumer Affairs Commission in Washington. If enough people will take the time to do this they actually will go after the company That's what happened to those a***s selling extended warranty's  for your car. They stopped them cold and fined each company that they located by the phone number. Make sure you keep a log of when they call so have a record of each call. And be sure and include the number. If you Google credit card rate deductions you'll find a lot of other people getting calls from the same companies with different numbers.  
 It;ll take everyone bitching about this to get anything done, so take the time and take them down.

We get calls from this number at various odd hours  - such as 10:21 PM.  It seems to me that solicitors are NOT supposed to be calling at odd hours such as that.  We have never been around to answer the telephone when they call.  Voice mail has some weird noises - such as clicks - sort of sounds like gears grinding or shifting.  We figure it is some type of SPAMMER scam.

I got that extra digit one to and was wondering wtf was up with that

Real simple....If you see a number you don't recognize, just don't answer it.

It looks like U.S.Telepacific provides the phone line, but they are not the scammer.  It may be worth complaining to them about the scammers abusing their services, but be sure to know their role -- they are the phone company, not the scammers.

This Number is registered to U.S. Telepacific (not to be confused with Telepacific). The man who runs the company is David Glickman. Now if you are brave and sick of these calls give him a call and let him know.
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/st ... ePacific%20Corp.

This is his business profile by Business Week and will provide you with a few numbers to call and complain to if you're bored. Have fun.

Just got the same thing.  Final Notice crap..

I have received calls from this number several times but no one is there when I answer. I can't get through when I try calling back. This is unwanted!

At least you got a thank-you...when I asked to have my name taken off, the lady said "you B*tch" and hung up on me. My number is on the do not call list.

They are rude and ignorant and slammed the phone down in my ear.  I am going to report them.

Please do not call this number again.  Thank you.

I am on the do not call list.  When I heard the recording about the "final notice" it seemed like a scam (since any legitimate company should honor the do not call list).  I pressed "1" to talk to them and told them to add my number to their "do not call" list.  They hung up.

I'll report them:

https://tips.fbi.gov/

https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2

Just got a call from them. I live in Minnesota. Didn't answer. I see they have certainly been busy! Want my number off their list!
caller ID: 209-416-3994

From my missed call history, this is apparently the same spammy fraud thing that uses the following numbers: 886-206-41747 (yes it has an extra digit) and 601-398-7565

Go to the Federal Trade Commission website and Do Not Call complaint form.

@Bobbi:  National do not call list do work - for legit companies.  Fraud company don't care.  

With that said, if you give out cell phone number on any online form or "win this BMW" type of drawing at local mall, then all bets are off.  You volunteered to give out cell phone number and they can call you even it is on do-no-call list.

like the rest of you...

Received an automated call from 209-416-3994.  The recording states that this is the "final notice," and that it sent out multiples notices to my residence.  The recording directs to press '1' to speak to a representative.  I press '1', and a person responds: "Cardmember services, would you like to lower your interest rates today?"  I respond with: "What company is this?"  Then the person hangs up.

Next time I won't ask who they are, I will just use some four language till they hang up!  lol!