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Keep getting calls from this number with an automated message saying I have won something..etc. Now I ignore all calls and registered this phone # with the FCC. Call 1-888-382-1222 to file a complaint!!
-Mary

I haven't (yet) received any calls from this number, but I wanted to pass along some relevant information from a source I trust.

According to The Register, an Information Technology (IT) newsletter in the UK which cites this very thread on 800notes.com, these calls appear to represent a "vishing attack" (that is the Voice-over-Internet equivalent of a "phishing attack").  See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/03/low_tech_phishing_scams/

So contrary to what some earlier posters claimed, these calls may not originate with "telemarketeers" or debt collectors after all.  And according to The Register, they most likely do not originate in Pensacola; the number given by caller ID is SPOOFED and most likely has no relation to the true origin of the calls.  According to The Register story, "Vishers typically set up demo accounts with one of the many VoIP providers, carry out their attack and then move to another provider."

There appears to be little recipients can do beyond logging the calls and reporting them to your state Attorney General's Office and to the FTC.  I'd also recommend calling local TV stations since on a slow news day they might run a story and help get the word out and perhaps even to bring pressure on law enforcement to crack down on this scam.

The reporter for The Register, Dan Goodin, asks that victimss or persons with information contact him at a link given at the bottom of the story.  

(If he sees this--- thanks to you and to El Reg for covering this kind of scam!  It's a horrid topic but people need to know.)

next time they call, I'm pressing one and play their game, give them some major bogus CC info and act really interested in what they have to offer...won't help, but will put a little kink in their hour....

Same call about "important msg: re: Last chance to lower interest rates on your creditcard acct"...no mention of which card; I just hung up
In past, no number on caller ID box, just "Creditcard Services"
I called Chase Credit Card Services, thet said its not them; they have
several complaints on this new number already, said its likely a scam.

This time, it showed ph no. "out of area" 850-432-3928, research show it to
be an unpub landline in Pensacola, Fl thru South Central Bell, now ATT/BELL SOUTH TELECOM

Received a email regarding auto pay for Norton 360. To cancel this 349.99charge to call number.  I called and it was a middle eastern man saying I need to fill out a cancellation form.  I hung up!