It is usually a call to verify information about a retail services account that was opened in your name. It's Citis way of verifying that you did open your account, and that they can send your statement.

Monsieur,
Sur EQUIFAX CONSUMER vous avez demandé un rapport de crédit le 2 septembre 2009. Comme je n'ai aucun compte avec votre compagnie, je voudrais savoir la raison de votre demande. Votre numéro de téléphone inscrit sur le rapport est 800-922-6235; c'est par ce numéro que je réussi à vous trouver.
Une réponse s'il vous plait. Merci
jbecote@cgocable.ca

Was called, caller said they were calling on behalf of Citifinancial regarding a loan I had made. Asked if it would be okay to record our conversation for training purposes? (The call came in at 8:05 p.m.) I was asked to verify my name and then the last 4 digits of my social. I told the caller who identified herself as (Sally Jones?*!) I asked her to give me a call back number so I could call her back and asked if I could reach her by asking for Sally Jones, she replied yes and gave me the 1-800-922-6235 number.

I returned her call at 8:08p.m. after a quick check of the phone number on surfwax.com. It was just three minutes after her call, I reached a recording giving me the business hours for Citifinancial being from 8a.m. to 6p.m. Monday thru Friday and asked to call during working hours.

called me today. was a fast and easy call just asked my address a name. and then said have nice day. easy as pie and yes i would like some too!!

They should still leave some kind of message.  I screen all calls I do not recognize.

If I wasn't who I said I was when I opened the CitiFinancial account, then why would they assume that the phone number I supplied is going to reach the real me?  If they call the number and get the guy that forged the account, then asked him if he would verify that he opened the account, wouldn't that be kind of stupid?

You would think if they really wanted to verify information they would leave a message, it's a lot less shady that way

This IS CitiFinancial.  The number is actually listed as a customer service contact number on their website (ironically enough if you wish to be placed on their do not call list!).

It's someone claiming to be from Citi Financial. For me it's always the same person asking to verify some loan informaion so I hang up on them.

This number calls me but never - ever leaves a message.