14SEP2012 9:35am, 'missed call' from 507-540-0492 on 'pre-paid' cell phone. No message to voice mail.

I received a call from this number. It is a SCAM. DO NOT answer it. It is for card services. I never asked them to call me.

How do we drop these calls.  Play back the 3 tones from our answering machine?

We have got to get their addresses too.  Let them know we mean business.  Probably Chinx.

Reported this call from "Rachel" many times, nothing every happens.  The do not call registry is a joke.  If they aren't a joke, then I wonder how many calls I would be getting.  Don't know, but they don't seem to be able to stop Rachel.

I get a call two times a day from cambodia for a collection company in Georgia. For direct TV i never have had that service. I have given up on reporting them to the FCC. I do not answer that phone if i do not reconize the number. And on my cell phon if you are not on the list i do not snswer.

Yep, it's some Credit Card related "save you money on interest" recorded call. Very annoying.

They have called 6 times never leaves a message.  Don't know the number or where the call is from but it keeps calling.  I do not answer it if I do not know who they are.

Received a call from this number and they left no message.  Political ad campaign?. Salws?  I am on the DO NOT CALL listing.

I have received at least one call a week for the last six months from this number.  They ALWAYS call when I'm not home.  There is a recorded message left on my voicemail stating  ". ..  Please contact us concerning your eligibility for lowering your interest rate to as low as 6.9%. ... " and then asking me to push numbers to either speak to an agent or discontinue the calls.  You are correct they do not abide by an DNC rules.  It's maddening.

caller id read: V10151131470079
must be a robo-dialer.
call 'dropped' after 4 rings
thus caller left no message

Received three calls in an hour and a half
Talked to a real person each time. The first time was told they would not call again. The next two times was hung up on when I asked to speak to a supervisor. I will be filling a complaint every time they call the call. Go to http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
to fill out a complaint.

Call in the middle of dinner - no answer-  I wish these people would knock it off.

These folks call my home at least twice a week.I have tried several times to tell them to take my number off of their calling list.That dose not work because they hang up on you before you can finish.I am on the DNC but,that dosent work.

They called me this afternoon. Along with some other random numbers randomly over last few weeks. I won't answer. Wish they'd kick rocks and get out of my hair.

I didn't recognize the number so I sent it to voice mail.  All I got on the message was . . card services.  Deleted it.  Reported it to the Do Not Call Registry

Continued robocalls re: lowering card rates. This has gone on for the past few months -- at least daily and sometimes twice daily.

Can any of you explain to me WHY you would answer any of these calls?????  The rest of us have to be treated to these idiots because of you people....What do you not get, when you answer them you play right into their hands.....If  no one answers them, they wouldn't have a job. DUH !!!!!,
DO NOT ANSWER THEM.  When you do you deserve what you get
Put your fax on,  it says to them here's  my answer jack***, like the screech in your ear, what is it telling you, I would think not to call back, I have not given you any info not even if it's a real line.
Now do you guys get it DO NOT ANSWER THEM....THEY WILL STOP

This was an automated recording about lowering your interest rates and was supposedly a final notice or opportunity.  I opted to speak with a representative and when I asked him to please remove my phone # from his list he said no.  I thought he was joking (for sure) and asked him again.  Again he said no.  I asked to speak with a Manager and he said he was the Manager and then hung up on me.  What balls!!!!

I receive monthly calls from this number wanting to lower a home interest rate.We have never had a loan.

Left a voice message about lowering credit card balance.
Same voice mail credit card sceam from all over the US.
Exact same voice mail from at least 20 different phone numbers like Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Oregon, Washington........

This group has gone beyond the FCC and is now actively being investigated by the FTC. Should you receive a call from them ---

Call the Federal Trade Commission at: (877) FTC-HELP

Select --> (1) File a complaint
Then -->   (3) Other issue

They will want your contact info and the phone number they called you from.
While they have been shut down many times before they continue to pop-up. You can help hunt them down.

Same old credit scam robo call.
What is the point of having the Consumer Protection Agency if they won't do their job and stop these scammers?

Call received on my cell 4:30 interrupting me at work.

RE: "Cardholder Services"

I just got off the phone with these lovely people, having BS'd my way into actually being permitted to talk to a "senior account representative" by feeding the sale rep a fake credit card number (google "Graham king credit card numbers" to find a page of randomly-generated invalid numbers with valid CC-number format. Use with any random card exp. date and fake name).

The "details" of their offer are that they're going to charge $600 to your credit card, based on the promise of saving you at least $1,200 in interest, by allegedly lowering your interest rates to some absurd amount like 0.9%. So, $600 up front, but "savings eternal". Yeah right.

Having BS'd the rep into thinking he was about to close the sale, I asked him for the company information...and he gave it to me! LOL.

Associated Accounting Specialists, Inc.
Port Saint Lucie, FL
877-982-7526
According to corporationwiki, their address is
146 NW Central Park Plz Ste 201
Port Saint Lucie, FL 34986

Active officers include Robert W Page, Danielle D Page, Jason R Page, Ryan J Page and William R Page. Corporation is a domestic FL corp.

According to "florida-annual-report DOT com" the full info on their corporation is:
ASSOCIATED ACCOUNTING SPECIALISTS INC.
This information is current as of November 18, 2011.
Company Name: ASSOCIATED ACCOUNTING SPECIALISTS INC.
Status: Active Filing Date: 08/11/2011
Entity Type: Profit Corporation File Number: P11000072127
Company Age: 5 Months
Principal Address: 146 Nw Central Pk Plz
201
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
Mailing Address: 146 Nw Central Pk Plz
201
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
Registered Agent:
Page, William R
146 Nw Central Park Plz
201
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
Officer
Page, Danielle D
5939 Nw Center St
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
Cco
Page, Jason R
1235 Sw Briarwood Dr
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
Vice President
Page, Robert W
5939 Nw Center St
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
Secretary
Page, Ryan J
5939 Nw Center St
Port St Lucie, FL 34986
President
Page, William R
32 Center Ave
Burlington, NJ 08016

Enjoy the information

If this number called you , you can report them directly to their provider if you are in a do not call list this is punish by the FCC and you can as well report them directly.
This is the info of their supplier, do not hesitate to call them and file a complaint.
Area Code:
507
City/State:
Le Sueur, MN
Zip (primary):
-
County:
Time Zone:
Central (3:46 pm)
Type:
Mobile
Licensed by:
Peerless Network Of Minnesota, Llc
Other Formats:
(507)540-0492

http://www.peerlessnetwork.com/contact-us/

Telemarketing call.
Pr-recorded saying I have been chosen for telemarketing.
I am on the Fed do no call list.

I called it back they had an opt-out option.
We will see if it works.

9-11-12 tue. Female-Same Recorded Message as in the past couple/few years. Message:There are no Problems currently with your account, to lower interest rates as little as 6.9 percent, press 3 to be removed fromt the list or press One to talk with a LIVE OPERATOR!     There is No Name of a Credit Card Co or a Phone Number Given IN THIS MESSAGE.  I *69 for the # 507-540-0492

Just received another call.  Didn't pick up and no message left.

Who the suspects are:
http://complaintwire.org/complaint/ipzhHRymJA ... gon-robo-dialer
http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/fred-accuardi-and-illegal-telemarketing/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011 ... -companies.html
http://www.bbb.org/west-florida/business-revi ... ter-fl-90107305
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/st ... vcapId=23957705
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/cox-353170-agency-companies.html
http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/0923193/index.shtm
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/29/business/la-fi-lazarus-20111129
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=22278
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/debt/client_services_inc.html
http://www.scambook.com/report/view/71722/Ambrosia-Web-Design-Complaint-71722-for-$998.00
http://onthespotblog.com/the-hunt-for-rachel-at-cardholder-services/
http://www.scamchecker.com/content/cardmember-services-another-scam
http://www.state.ia.us/government/ag/latest_n ... fundraiser.html

How it works:
http://blog.usa.gov/post/30393077932/answering-your-questions-about-robocalls
http://onthespotblog.com/on-the-spot-blog-stirs-up-rachel-at-cardholder-services/
http://onthespotblog.com/tag/cardholder-services/
http://complaintwire.org/complaint/ipzhHRymJA ... gon-robo-dialer
http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/fred-accuardi-and-illegal-telemarketing/

People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office and also file with:
http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
If enough people keep complaining then maybe something will get done.

The calls are being made from outside the US however most of the call centers (where you actually talk to someone after pressing 1) are in the US and the companies making the money from the scam are owned by people in the US. They will charge thousands of dollars on your credit card without performing any services.

Many of these calls are coming from Costa Rica and India and they are using spoofed (false) numbers, which in itself is illegal. They do cold calling for or sell the leads to numerous companies in this country and they know that what they are doing is illegal. Tomorrow this same number may be selling Cruises, Timeshares or Security Systems but if you follow the money it usually ends up in the hands of an American LLC. Keep complaining to the FTC and FCC, and start bugging our politicians to pass laws to make it punishable in criminal court instead of handing out fines that they don't pay. Another course of action is to contact phone companies to find out why they won't block spoofed numbers. With today's technology that should be an easy thing to do, unless they are somehow profiting from the use of their systems.

The criminals behind this operation aren't going to pay attention to you asking to be removed from their list. Their calls cost them nothing and they can make a million of them a day so they have no intention of ever removing someone. When you press a key to talk to them all that is accomplished is to verify that they have a working number.
Unfortunately blowing an air horn or whistle doesn't work either. Their headset have noise dampeners plus they are expecting it. However with that said if it makes you feel better then by all means give it a shot.

For anyone thinking of using Special Information Tones (or as they're called in the industry SIT tones) to fake a non working phone number, they won't work. Since around 2001-2002, the costs of digital business lines have dropped dramatically, along with Voice over IP (Internet) telephone service. Neither of these use the SIT tones as the call information is carried separate from the audio.
This separate call information tells the calling party digitally if the call was answered, busy, voice mail, forwarded, rejected, etc. This renders SIT tones useless. Also the TeleZapper products that used to be on the market used this method as well, and were rendered ineffective for the same reasons.
It is also through this separate call information message that the spoofed caller ID information is transmitted.

Robocalls are illegal unless you have given them prior permission in writing (not worded into some small print contract from a 3rd party) and are absolutely illegal to a cell phone.  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act permits individuals who have received certain unlawful telemarketing, such as junk faxes or telemarketing calls, to sue the violator in state courts where they may be awarded up to $1500 for each violation.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls/  
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/07/robocall.shtm
http://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/policy/TCPA-Rules.pdf

Check here first to see if it is one of their phone numbers:
http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com
Pacific Telecom Communications Group
Follow JD's recommendations in the blog and stop them at the source.

Many of the disposable numbers come from Pacific Telecom Communications Group and they are currently under investigation and in the midst of various lawsuits. (The principles involved have been part of actions by the FCC under other business names).These businesses have ripped people off for millions of dollars, yet have paid only a couple of thousand dollars in fines. The only way to stop them is to throw them in prison for a few years to make this criminal activity less attractive.

The Oregon Public Utilities Commission has revoked Pacific Telecom's certificate to provide telecom services in Oregon.

The Indiana Attorney General?s Office filed lawsuits against:
Consumer Credit Group and Proactive Planning Solutions of Arizona for violating Indiana?s Do Not Call Law and Auto-Dialer Act known as the robo-call law. Both companies violated the Credit Service Organization Act and Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by not obtaining $25,000 surety bonds with the state and collecting money upfront without performing any services.
Debt Zero of California for collecting money up front, failing to provide services or a refund and operating without a $25,000 surety bond.
Clear One Advantage of Maryland and Credit Arbitrators of Texas for violating the Credit Service Organization Act and the Deceptive Consumer Sales Act by not obtaining the required surety bonds.
http://www.in.gov/activecalendar/EventList.as ... ation_id=107077

Arkansas sues robocallers:
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2012/aug/0 ... arketing-firms/
Missouri sues robocallers:
http://www.legalnewsline.com/news/236974-kost ... nies-over-calls

Proof that current laws mean nothing to these scum suckers. Civil action by the FTC against such criminals is totally ineffective. These criminals need to be charged with Federal Felonies and subjected to significant jail time. All of those involved know that they are violating FTC regulations. The FTC levies huge fines, then rescinds them based on inability to pay. The FTC settles for the minimal cash on hand, and enjoins them from future telemarketing. The criminals sign off, then go right back to business as usual. These same people under different companies have been sued in the past and have only paid a minimal fine. Here are just a few:
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/12/roycox.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/06/asiapacific.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/03/asiapacific.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/0923193/111219roycoxcmpt.pdf
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/donotcall/mediacenter.html
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/02/afl_financial.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/02/voiceblaze.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/03/voicetouch.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/05/robocalls.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/robocall.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/twi.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/02/robocall.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/05/robocalls2.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/12/jpm.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/08/voicetouch.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/11/sonkei.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/05/ams.shtm
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2011/01/khalilian.shtm

Write your Congressmen and Senators. We need CRIMINAL penalties against the companies that are profiting from these calls. Follow the money, slap them in prison, no one left to outsource to overseas boiler rooms, problem solved. Since they are operating across borders it should become a federal felony and should be handled by the FBI under the RICO Act.