"Easy Quotes" (or perhaps "EZ Quotes" or other variation) insurance

They're the latest scum to float to the surface of the pond, calling many times a day offering to find the best price on automobile insurance. Of course, they spoof a different number for each call, so there's no point blocking them (or posting in the numbers threads). Obviously, I'm not even sure how they spell their name (and I doubt they even have a business registered in that name) and naturally any web search that looks for "easy", "quotes" and "insurance" yields too many hits to be useful.

I could probably find out more if I engaged with them rather than letting my recorded message deal with them, but I'm not going to go there so I can't even venture a guess as to whether they're a real (but shady) telemarketing outfit or just an outright scam or phishing operation.

Anyone else getting their spiel? Anyone have any insight or information on them?

I have been getting a lot of "auto insurance" type calls for the past week. I have not been able to find out who they are, but I do suspect they are lead generator calls.  The ones I did answer were AI programmed responses.  I had some fun the first few, but once I started to act like a potential victim, they took my fake info and hung up.
The first thing it asked was "can you hear me ok", which is the typical calibration to begin their recording. It asked if I would be interested in lowering my monthly auto insurance. It asked for my zip code, then for me to spell out my first and last name. As soon as I did, it just hung up. Of course all info was fake.

Thanks. Sounds similar to what I'm getting. Mine are definitely sound board calls, so there's no telling where they're really coming from. They all specifically mention "Easy Quotes". I'll keep searching. If these creeps are being as persistent with other people out there I expect they'll show up in the search engines before long.

I think I have seen that name mentioned here in some of the number threads.

Yep. I found one or two. As I expected, the scammers change their spoofed number so often there's only one report for each phone number (and no useful information). I'll keep digging.

I was just about to report a robo call when I saw this thread.  May I ask please, is it best NOT to report these numbers as they are spoofed and may belong to a private party.  Thank you.

If you got a robo call about Insurance, then post as much details as you can about the call from the number it called from. Same with any other call you get. :)

The number owner is not as important as what the caller called about, unless they indicated the number is the same to call back on. Some spoofed numbers are used repetitively and it helps alert others about the call  when reported in those threads. No number is immune to being spoofed and people should keep in mind a number could be spoofed, if they decide to call it to find out if it belongs to the caller.
The idea is for us to keep each other informed about the many unwanted/unknown calls and what they called us for. Most people just want to know who called, others collect info about a specific caller, trying to find out who is behind a particular scheme.
Many people don't understand and just make up stuff over a missed call, not comprehending it is useless to others if they don't know anything. Nobody cares that you saw a number in your call log, that your phone rang, that you got a bunch of missed calls or that you didn't get a message. None of that helps find out who called.

I have received 3 calls today from the Easy Quotes spoofer. Each call was from a private individual’s number. Once answered, the recording starts: “Hi my name is Tom . . .” and continues until it asks you a question which it expects a yes answer. If you say no or “repeat the question” the recording is thrown off and it ends up hanging up. The numbers are coming from the San Antonio/Houston area codes.

"The numbers are coming from the San Antonio/Houston area codes."

Doubtful.  They're probably spoofed.

Three examples of "Tom from Easy Quotes", obviously a soundboard, found last night on N___Robo.
205-356-5112, 216-434-4675, 781-362-6429

One windy report found on R_b_k_ller for 213-556-3983 quickly overextends the topic scope.

Affected area codes represent Birmingham in Alabama, Los Angeles, Cleveland, and suburbs north of Boston

Same as above.  I've been blocking each # and Googled.  I looked them up and contacted a comp. in GA and the lady said they've been receiving bad reviews.  I felt so sorry for her!  I call the # back and play stupid and they're private people.  I'd like to file a cease and desist letter @ $1000/call but they're sneaky - most are out of jurisdiction overseas.  I should be a lawyer.

I live in Dallas but I'm from CT so the #'s are all from my home area code.  My child lives back home so when I see a CT 203 area code, I always answer in the event of an emergency.  My bad

Even if you were a lawyer, there wouldn't be much - if anything - you could do about scammers overseas.

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I'd like to file a cease and desist letter @ $1000/call but they're sneaky - most are out of jurisdiction overseas.  I should be a lawyer.

I would suggest that you talk to a lawyer because everything that you said there is completely wrong.

My son got a cell phone while in the military, clear across the country from where he lives, but kept the number after he got out.  Since the vast majority of calls he receives are spoofed to appear to be from his (now non-local) area code, he simply blocks all calls from that area code, and ignores any calls with a CID missing an area code or with a VPN number.  He deals with nearly zero telecriminal calls now.

Having a phone with an area code far outside one's own location *may* have some utility.