253-236-2220

Credit card SCAM - It's a "company" promising to lower your credit card APR. But they want the expiration date, card number and owning bank. They'll promise they don't want the security code or other "sensitive" information. According to my actual card rep, it's common for these "companies" to charge $300-500 to "lower your APR." they'll even call you back claiming phone trouble if you hang up.

The FTC just took down 5 of these scum suckers. Obviously they have more to go.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/11/robocalls.shtm

What To Do When You Get an Illegal Robocall; http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls
1.    Hang Up. Do not press 1 or any other numbers to get off the list.
2.    Consider blocking the number
3.    Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
4.    Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
5.    People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office.
Register your phone numbers online at http://www.donotcall.gov or call (888) 382-1222 (must call from # you want removed).

I have greatly reduced the number of calls to my cell phones by going to my carriers website (Verizon) and they allow me to block up to 5 numbers for 90 days. Since these scum change numbers every 30 I have had a very peaceful time. Call me once shame on you, call me twice shame on me. I also put it in my contacts list under Scum Suckers and assign it NO ring tone so at least after the first call they won't bother me anymore (I have filled all of the numbers in each and am up to Scum Sucker 47 now). This is only a whack-a-mole solution however it is the only one I can offer.
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.
If you want to stop these calls then you need to dry up their revenue source. Your phone company is charging you a fee for caller ID. Your phone company pays the scammer for sending their caller ID information. Your phone company pays only a fraction of a cent per call and you pay $5 to $15 to your phone company. The scammers send out millions of calls per day which amounts to a significant amount of money however your phone company is charging a large amount to millions of customers. This may have something to do with the phone companies inability to stop these calls. You can also see why the criminals keep calling even though they know you won't fall for their scam. If someone does make the mistake of answering the phone and falling for their con then it is just icing on the cake for them. These people are the lowest form of filth on this planet.
In order to stop this we need legislation making it illegal to charge for caller ID. If a phone service wishes to operate it would need to provide the caller ID at no charge to other phone providers and to it's customers as part of the service. Here is the $50,000 solution that the FCC is looking for and it doesn't cost anything.
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. The government needs to go after them using the RICO act. That will be the only effective means of dealing with this.
Here is an excellent blog site that I found that explains how one company is getting away with this activity.  
                               http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com

These people suck, They will not stop calling

Exactly as Rachel (Nov. 14) said the caller promised a lower APR if I gave him my expiration number. I got suspicious and hung up.  He called back SIX times. I hit "end" each time.

called to say I was eligible to lower my interest rate on my CC, said I had a visa, I said no I have a mastercard.  He said the first two # are 54, could I confirm the rest?  I said no thanks, and hung up.  The first call was from 209-220-1956, the second which I did not answer was from 253-236-2220.

Automated call saying I was eligible to lower my interest rate on my CC, push one to get a person, he said (with a very thick foreign accent) that I had a visa, I said no I have a mastercard.  He said the first two # are 54, could I confirm the rest?  I said no thanks, and hung up.  The first call was from 209-220-1956, the second which I did not answer was from 253-236-2220.

called from 253-236-2058 promise to reduce interest rate, wanted experation date I was suspicious and hang up, he calls back from 253 236 2220 eventually I hang up

UTION: This people are fishing for information, they call pretending to be from Visa or Bank of America, they claim to help you lower your interest rates, they provide a "general balance" such as if your credit card has over $3K on it. Then they want to verify the credit card information and your personal information. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION. Hang up and call your bank and have them make a note on your account as your personal information may be in jeopardy.

CAUTION: This people are fishing for information, they call pretending to be from Visa or Bank of America, they claim to help you lower your interest rates, they provide a "general balance" such as if your credit card has over $3K on it. Then they want to verify the credit card information and your personal information. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION. Hang up and call your bank and have them make a note on your account as your personal information may be in jeopardy.