I got a call from this number and Comcast was following up with me to make sure my services were now working correctly after a tech support call. So it is not always regard a disconnect of services. I selected "unknown" as the call type because I couldn't find a better option.

this caller sits on phone when I answer and doesnt respond !   says , he is home before they hangup ~     my guess is shy creditor

This number phoned my cell because my sister in Tenn. was past due on her rent-a-center payment and they were calling me to ask if I'd have her call them.

this number is really starting to piss me off!!  They call at least once a day, when I pick it up, no one say's ANYTHING!!!  In my book that is harrassment,  and if they call again, I will report it to the police, it's been going on for way to long now!!!  Where it is becoming a nusance*   I just think there should be some sort of law for people just calling and disturbing your househole, especially with silence, I ask you what is the difference between this and a prank phone call?

888-266-2278. Also calls with the number 800-226-2278. This number calls me. If it goes to voice mail I sometimes get no message. sometimes I get a very long message of background noise only then a hang up. A couple of times when I answered this call, I go long pauses then a hang up, and a couple of times I answered this call, I got a pre-recorded messages saying, thank you for calling Comcast. Yet I did not call them, they called me. The call my cell phone which is on the Do Not Call list. They also call my 2 home phones, both on separate numbers, and my business phone, a different fourth number. My cell phone and business lines are in separate area codes than my home phones. They call three different area codes and four different numbers, and I have yet to speak to any live customer service agent. So far I have gotten more than a dozen calls in the last three days.

It's a number for Comcast billing. If you call this number back, excatly how it is - 888 266 2278, you will get Comcast. If you dont dail it back correctly, you will get an authorized retailer who sets up new service only for Comcast (since YOU dialed the wrong number, they are there to catch YOUR mistake and get YOU back to the RIGHT number)The company is completely legit, so good luck with the FCC thing.

This is comcast. Possibly calling to inform you of service cancellation. That's what mine was.

I am definitely telling the FCC about this. These jerks have been calling me for two weeks and at a rate of about 5 times a day. I talked to Comcast tonight and they did not know who these people were, the guy even called the number himself - but their recording said their business hours are 8-5. I too called these morons back and they said they didn't make outgoing calls. I asked the idiot woman I was speaking to - just how did I get this number then? I am in good standing with Comcast, owe them no balance and have an open account. There is no other reason, then a scam, that these idiots would be calling. Everyone that reads this - please contact the FCC, lets get this taken care of. I am going even further with it and contacting my states AG about this matter. Good luck all.

I have been called twice by this number in the past two days.  Both times were around 7:45pm.  I missed the call yesterday and answered it today.  When I answered it there was no one there and it disconnected after about 5 seconds.  I called them back about 15 minutes later.  The recorded message says "If you want cable tv or high speed internet for a low price press 1 now or stay on the line for the next available operator."  I waited on the line and got through after a few minutes.  The person asked if I was calling for cable or internet and I told her that I was calling to be removed from their calling list.  She then asked me what cable company I had, to which I replied that it didn't matter and that all I wanted was to be removed from the list.  She then told me that they do not make outgoing calls from there and that if did not want to tell her my cable provider that she would hang up on me.  She hung up as I began talking about the FCC.  This number is very similar to Comcast's toll free number of 1-888-266-7278, but it is not Comcast.  They talk about cable and internet, but never give you a company name.  Do not give them any info over the phone.  I suggest that everyone goes to the FCC to file a complaint against at http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm  Also if you are not already on it I suggest that you put your phone number(s) on the Do-Not-Call Registry at https://www.donotcall.gov/register/reg.aspx

please stop calling

I didn't answer, I don't answer any 888 numbers that I don't know.

They called my cell twice at 830pm and 930pm. I don't have a past due bill from Comcast, I Checked my online bill. Even when I do, they have never called, ever. This is a SCAM waiting of a sucker. Don't pick-up, Never pay. You NEVER, Never, Neverrr have to give info over the phone. If it is legit, then get a name and call back number, Then call the companies posted number.

Just now got I call from the same number asking for credit card / checking account for past due comcast bill. I said I will pay thru my bank and then googled to find this site..
hmmmm scary..

I got a phone call from a guy named Jeff Anderson from Asset Recovery Group. He is telling me I have a law suit against me for stealing money from a bank. Which it was from Orchard Bank credit card. He was very rude and thretening me.

Comcast calls with a reminder that your bill is past due.
But what I don't like is that you have to prepay for a months service. I think you should be able to use a month of service and then pay. Most of the calls that I am getting from them has the 1-888-Comcast(226-2287)phone number, but it come up as 1-800 service. And says nothing about being comcast. I would pick up the phone if I knew it was comcast and not something or someone else that I don't know.

Just got a call from these jerks last night. Yes my cable bill is late, mostly because I am protesting how my cable internet keeps reverting to "local only" or kicking me onto an unsecured connection despite the fact that I have a router and a WI-FI lan in the house.  When i did cancel them for a while, they somehow found a way to BLOCK ALL THE OPEN UNSECURED NETWORKS IN MY AREA so I had no choice but to go back to the jackals.  ARG!  Something must be done.

I got a call from 888-226-2278 just a few minutes ago.  She claimed the call was recorded for quality purposes and that she was from Comcast.  She said that she was calling to prevent me from experiencing complete interruption of service unless I made a payment using my credit card or checking account information.    I told he that that was ridiculous and she went ahead and agreed with me saying she "checked her ledger and realized I currently owe $0 and to nevermid the call".   She said if I had any problems with the account ever to call 888-COMCAST and to have a great weekend (in a stuttering/nervous yet sweet feminine voice.  SCAM!

Dont let Comcast fool you by Denying Responsibility !   Of course it wasn't them .  why would a highly profitable corporation admit responsibility to Harrassment ?   This tactic enables them to get your prompt attention for the purpose of collections !  If you really want to shutdown comcast harrassment policy , then you need to file a complaint with the FCC ( Federal Communications Commission )  http://www.fcc.gov/  The FCC does not tolerate this kind of abuse and with enough complaints on file they will Investigate !   Doesnt take but One to get errr  done !

Just a Comment ,  I believe that comcast based on what im seeing of these complaints is the culprit !     With new technology out there , they are so advanced now that when you owe on your account they have the capability to control your service from a designated location !  I personally experienced an incident with comcast that confirms such .   My home phone , cable & Internet service are all through comcast .  Once I was late on payment and coincidently my services were Interupted periodically on and off until finally my phone service was completely interupted with the exception that I could only call comcast !  no incoming/outgoing calls were allowed except for comcast ....   comcast has developed a new means of collections or prompting your attention to the services you acquired from them ...   If you are late it is thier policy to harrass you by way of periodic interuptions to service or by way of harrassing phone calls ...   This technology enables them to minipulate your service and prompt your attention to the debt ...   soon the electric company & gas companies will utilize this same technique if they are not doing so already !

This idiot doesnt speak , they call and then i hear  "  he is home "   well yeah youdumbasssonofabeotch   you called my house !    why hangup ?   if your going to waste the effort & cost  to make the call , at least say something stupid other then hes home ...  My guess is that it is some lonely bill collector that makes $5 an hour to make harrassing phone calls !  p.s. If I owe you money , you myswell write off the loss ...LMAO!   If the U.S army cant find me what makes you think you are special ?   Too Funny     pissoff

I get calls from this number regularly... I have called it back several times and get a busy signal every time.  I find it very interesting too that this number is ALMOST the same as the Comcast number... Comcast is 800 266 2278.   I am usually at work when they call and have not been able to answer when they call... I hope to be able to soon :)

i get a call from 888-226-2278 two or three times a day. if i answer, there is no one there. if i call back a recording states that the number is out of service. it has gone on for about a month now. talk about irritating!!!

This number is harassing they called 14 times yesterday, and the 2 days before that! this is such a problem I blocked the number w/call fwding to 999-999-9999 AND still they call our number! we just paid our comcast bill last friday the pink pd slip is sitting next to my keyboard as I type this .....I am so mad at this company and dont see how they can do this to so many people for so long and get away with it, I am fed up with this!!!!! oh and to top it off we are registered with the do not call registry and I have made numerous complaints via their website to no avail! grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Thanks for posting all this information. We're often behind a month on our cable bill, so a call like this probably would've sounded legit. Since I always look up toll free numbers before I answer, this is one number I won't be picking up.

I was hoping these morons would call back and they did.  Same number, same time of day, the woman said she was from Comcast and it was regarding my past due Cable service bill.  Well, I do not have cable through comcast, I have had Direct TV since 2000, then she guessed that it was my phone....WRONG AGAIN, I have Verizon!  Then she said High Speed internet, she had it right but I told her no then immediately reported the incident directly to Comcast.  The confirmed that my account is active, in no fear of disconnect and, like others have said here, if it was a Comcast representative, the number would show up as comcast, not out of area.  Also, the caller would have known exactly what service I did have....what was creepy is that they did know my address.  What a JOKE.  I am glad I am suspicious enough to check sites like these before talking to people and NEVER GIVE OUT INFORMATION ON THE PHONE, TO ANYONE!!!  Protect yourselves, people.  Thanks again for the helpful information.

this number appeared on my caller id as out of area, i called it back, just got a quick busy signal.  unlike other reports, my comcast bill was a month behind but i caught it up just the day before....weird!!  i hope that they call back so that I can give them a piece of my mind!!!  thanks for this helpful information, all of you who posted!!

I got a phone call from this number right after a few minutes later my service cancellation request to Comcast.  He said I need to make a payment in oder to prevent my service being disrupted, I told him that's exactly what I wanted and that's what I called Comcast for.

A man called me and told me rather speedily that my Comcast bill was overdue to the tone of $209, and that I needed to pay it immediately to prevent shut-off.

He claimed that he was hired by Comcast, and tried to get my CC or checking information.  I knew our cable bill was not his stated amount, and we called Comcast directly to confirm this.  They did confirm that we didn't owe that much, and that it was indeed a scam.

They also informed us that if their collections department DID call us, it would still come up as "Comcast" on the caller ID.

I get a call for this all the time as well, apparently some deadbeat signed up for cable with my phone number and hasn't paid the bill. So I get all his/her phone calls.

This is a "Nationwide call center".  They said they don't make outgoing calls.  This is a call center for various cable companies.