Lower your interest rate scam.  I wish the phone companies would make these anonymous call numbers unavailable to the scam artists.

Nope, they are not skirting any laws.  Calling people on the Do Not Call list to advertise any good or service is 100% illegal (leaving out that they don't even provide the stated service, but try to milk the mark's credit cards dry).  Using recordings the way they are is also illegal, whether you are on the Do Not Call list or not.

Mr. Butter,  
I have Verizon as well. Prepaid as a matter of fact. I believe others have prepaid that are receiving these calls. They have been caught and are at it again. One way to catch is if you have zero fraud liability on yout card. Payment being processed will show who processed the payment. That company knows who did it. In fact FTC named a credit card processor in their lawsuit. The crooks are even being charged with felonies.

If you have a Verizon mobile phone, immediately after hanging up or receiving the call press the '#' key three times. This marks the call, so that when you are able to get through to the Verizon security/fraud department, they can identify it easier. Reinforce that you have no desire to call the real number(s), you want your mobile provider to report the real number to the FCC for them to charge, convict, and jail them.

I even got called back on a "restricted" number that was the guy I pissed off. He told me that I would have to change my number, and they "would never be caught". However, he messed up. He didn't understand I could call the security/fraud division of my mobile provider for them to determine the real number without "restricted" label.

They gave my number out twice. One of the people that called me thinking my numbet was the number wo be remobed, was actually the guy I talked to in the first place from their scam company, The person thinking by.pressing a number to talk to them waives the TCPA violation or DNC is comical. An autodialed.call to a cell phone is a TCPA violation. Regardless. In fact a pending.case the defense used that as an arguement and it was denied.

They arent cold calling. That is when a live person calls. The are using autodialers, robocalls (the recording), and spoofing their number. They spoof by using a computer to show a phone numbet (also known as Voip) to mislead consumers. The Ftc sued and several of these idiots were charged with felonies. They are at it again. Most of these are based in Florida. The Ftc list Voip Onyx as a defendant. Voice Onyx provides Voip phone service (cheap) to them. Public information also states that Voice Onyx is doing.business with Level 3 Communications in Colorado. They provide the internet services. Since Voice Onyx provides the robocall message and spoofung. Level 3 can be subpoenaed to show information that will be used.in court against them. CARD SERVICES OR CARD MEMBER SERVICES act like they are your credit card company. Credit card companies are investigating them. Card Services threatens and cusses at consumers and I have recorded proof. Their employeea also know what they are doing is illegal and some have been charged criminally. Any time they call you a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation has occurred. It awards a minimum $500 per call or $1500 if the violation was willful.  I believe most that are called have a prepaid cell phone which is a whole different story. Any comapny associated with this criminals,

They're still giving out my number and false name hours later (as a way for someone to be "removed" from their list), I must have really pissed someone off. Thank You for allowing me to get more people informed to call the Fraud Division of their mobile provider. The more people we have reporting this stuff will finally catch these jerks.

False, they are "cold calling" (recorded message, with no valid business interaction previously between you and them) you in the first place.

THE BAD NEWS: Card Services calls aren't going to stop anytime soon.

THE GOOD NEWS: You can retaliate, reduce the misery, and even have some fun.

RETALIATE:

Waste these turkeys' time. Keep them on the line by acting like an interested prospect. Give them bogus data, including a combination of two different credit card numbers, scrambled Social Security digits, and a modified ZIP Code. Important: provide a credit card company's real 800 number.

After they call the credit card company, you can give them the same credit card info as before with two of the numbers transposed, thus causing them to make a second verification call. Or you can respond, "Guess what ... H-O-O-N-N-K-K [from a $6 air horn] you've been PRANKED! Call back tomorrow for more bullshot." Now they're the butt of your joke.

REDUCE THE MISERY:

Landlines. Enroll for the free service at nomorobo.com. Simultaneous ringing, a free feature many providers offer, enables nomorobo to receive, answer and, after one ring, automatically hang up on nuisance telephone numbers.

Cell phones. Block the number, an option that becomes available on the iPhone if you click on the "i" on the right in the list of recent calls and scroll to the bottom. Unfortunately, Card Services will keep calling from new spoofed numbers, which eventually should motivate you to retaliate.

HAVE FUN:

Turning the tables on the perpetrators with mischievous deception and the news they've been duped provides instantaneous vigilante satisfaction. Plus you serve your fellow call recipients by slowing down this evil operation's efforts to defraud them.

If I may, the "Do Not Call" registries are worked around because the taped message tells you to press 1 now to speak to whomever about whatever. The act of pressing "1" makes everything that follows your action and not theirs. Tat is to say, they didn't call you unsolicited, you requested information from them (by pressing "1"). If I don't know the number, I don't take the call. Ever.

There are already existing laws they are violating ("cold calling", Do Not Call Registry, etc.), report them to your phone provider's Security/Fraud Division. Every detail helps. Search on the false name I provide above, for the calling numbers and methods I use.

Unwanted calls. Call the number right back and the message says the number has been changed or disconnected..  really?  I must have been the last person they called.  Lmao.

Sam,

Once they get your VM they know they have a working number as well.  Now they know to call some more in the hopes they will eventually reach you.

Best thing to do, contact your representatives and urge them to pass a stronger telemarketing bill that makes companies like this face criminal charges, which includes the owners and the operators of them.

I was stupid... I answered it... working with folks from different states...
Another one to add to my contacts as zDO NOT ANSWER 987662
But, damage already done... I guess once I answer a trigger is sent and captured that this is a valid number.
More called expected for sure now...

Broke my own rule...
If you don't know the number; then don't answer it... they will leave a message if they need to reach you.
UGH!!!!

I didn't answer the call and they left a voice mail with no message. I will block this number.

Female rep at first, slight Hispanic accent, kept messing up the (false) number I gave her. After two attempts, she transferred me to a male "supervisor", he made a couple attempts. Finally he said he was going to put me into a conference call with my bank, and was only successful on the second time. I did have a period of about two minutes that I was able to talk to my bank rep ("Diamond") before he ended the call. A grand total of 37 minutes.

A few minutes after the call they are providing my number to other victims as part of their "removal process"...

Little do they know they just potentially connected me to dozens of consumers that can further the campaign against them...