Had a voice mail from this number, but no message. We are on the DNC list.

Per caller ID, received a call Feb. 10, 2010 at 1:49 PM Pacific time, from 556-000-8729.  Only a 2 second voicemail from a female before she hung up.  The number looks suspicious due to the prefix of '000.'

I just got the same call.I pressed 9 because they didnt say who they were calling for and I am not the only one using my phone #. A live person answered identified himself as Alex employee id#2932. Alex would not specify who he was calling for,he asked for my credit card # and when I refused he hung up. I reported this number and situation to my local police dept...

Information for Filing Telemarketing complaints in Canada and the United States:

CANADA

RCMP Phone busters
Telephone toll free: 1-888-495-8501
Mon-Fri 8:30-5:20 pm (Eastern Time)
E-mail: info@phonebusters.com
RCMP Website is at: http://www.phonebusters.com  
File complaint online:  https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx?lang=en
(Register with a password and then can continually file complaints)

Canada National Do Not Call Registry:
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Telephone toll free to File A Complaint: 1-866-580-3625
(to withdraw a complaint is 877-249-2782)
CRTC online complaints form: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/pfplin-fccoin-eng
that is at  www.crtc.gc.ca

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/canada/

UNITED STATES

US National Do Not Call Registry, file complaint: https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov 1-877-382-4357
File complaint online: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
that is at www.ftc.gov

Federal Communications Commission
Telephone toll free:  1-888-225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html
File complaint online: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.html
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm
FCC Abandoned Calls Complaint form:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/1088D-R.pdf
email:  fccinfo@fcc.gov

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/us/

It's real simple.  If I don't recognize the phone # that's calling, I don't answer the call. In this case, it was 556-000-8729.

I just received a call from this number and had to chuckle at the recorded mumbo jumbo, since I don't have any credit cards.  I waited for an option to speak to a live person, preessed 9 and was immediately transfered to a very peppy sounding guy who hung up before I could finish demanding to now how they got hold of my brand new, unlisted telephone number.
 Looks like the other responses have it pretty much covered, I just wanted this put down for the record!

I just received the exact same automated call from 556-000-8729.  I pressed 9 to accept the call.  When I asked to be taken off their calling list, the guy hung up on me before I finished my request.  Definitely a sketchy deal!

ITS A SCAM AND THEY ARE BEING SUED BY FTC - VIOLATING COURT ORDER TO CEASE THESE CALLS

FTC Goes After Credit Card Robocall Scammers
 

11 Dec 2009
The Federal Trade Commission just announced its second major law enforcement effort this year targeting telemarketers who violated the Do Not Call Rule and other laws by making hundreds of thousands or even millions of pre-recorded robocalls to consumers. The cases announced target three groups that allegedly made robocalls to sell worthless credit-card interest-rate reduction programs for hefty up-front fees of as much as $1,495. At the FTC?s request, in each case, the court has issued an order temporarily halting the robocalls pending trial.

The three complaints announced today follow two filed in May that led to court orders stopping other telemarketers from using robocalls with deceptive claims about extended auto warranties.

According to the FTC complaints, Economic Relief Technologies, LLC, Dynamic Financial Group (U.S.A.) Inc., and JPM Accelerated Services (JPM) and related defendants made illegal pre-recorded robocalls to consumers, using names like ?card services,? ?credit card services? or ?account services.? The robocalls allegedly claimed the defendants? services could lower the interest rate on consumers? credit cards.

In each case, consumers who pressed 1 after hearing the automated call were transferred to live telemarketers who allegedly misrepresented that consumers could dramatically lower the rates on their credit card. The telemarketers also said consumers would save thousands of dollars in a short period of time by lowering their interest rates and would be able to pay off their debts faster ? for an up-front fee ranging from $495 to $1,495.

The defendants then falsely stated that if consumers did not save a ?guaranteed? amount ? typically $2,500 or more ? they could get a full refund of the up-front fee. However, after securing the fee, the defendants allegedly did not negotiate lower rates on behalf of consumers and provided few refunds to those who were dissatisfied with the service.

The Economic Relief Technologies defendants also allegedly operated a related scam: using names like ?Auto Protection Center? and ?Warranty Services,? they tricked consumers into believing they were affiliated with their vehicle manufacturer or dealership, and falsely stated that the consumers? vehicles? warranties were about to expire.

The lawsuits allege the defendants broke the law by making illegal robocalls to consumers, and that their deceptive sales pitches violated the FTC Act and the FTC?s Telemarketing Sales Rule.

Additional charges include: 1) calling consumers whose phone numbers are on the National Do Not Call Registry; 2) calling consumers who had previously asked not to be called; 3) failing to transmit their caller ID information, as required; 4) ?spoofing? or masking their caller ID information; 5) failing to promptly identify themselves, the purpose of their call, and/or the nature of the goods or services they were selling; 6) improperly abandoning calls; and 7) failing to make required disclosures in their robocalls.

At 10:52 am, February 9, I received a call from 556.000.8729.  When I answered, there was an automated female voice that stated "This is Credit Card Services. It is imperative that you accept this call in order to reduce the interest rate on your account.  Please press 9 to accept this call.  This is your last opportunity to reduce your fees."  I am reporting this because last September, I received a similar call, to which I did respond.  An hour later, "credit card services" convinced me that they were reducing my interest rates on my two cards to 6%, for a fee of $11.95. My next monthly statement showed a charge of $1,195.00 from a marketing company supposedly in Florida.  I have been fighting the erroneous charge ever since.  Please -- do not answer nor respond to these calls.  They are not legitimate.