Comments on: SCAM ALERT: Account services wants to lower your interest rate?

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:32:14 +0000

I had this happen to me today… the number that came up was 736-000-9239 but that number can only make outgoing calls… I knew that it was a scam so I got all chummy with the guy and eventually he opened up to me. I told him all of my horrible stories about telemarketing and he ended up telling me that his real name was Alonzo not Alex and that he was from New York but moved to Orlando for school and got this gig through a friend. He told me that he wasn’t with Card Member Services and that it was a scam. We talked for a while longer and I asked him how he could do a job like that and he said that he needed some way to pay for college… and that the company pays cash and they don’t take out taxes.

If they call back again I am going to do the same thing and start trying to piece bits of information together. I looked up all sorts of call center things in Florida and I found one that is a scamming thing called Nationwide Financial or something… When I called the number the lady actually offered me a position with the company. I think it’s fun to play detective…

By: David

David — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:21:24 +0000

Same call around noon CST in Memphis, TN (Unknown Caller) saying there are no problems at this time with your credit card but please press 9 to lower your interest rate to 6.9%. Sounded good, but I knew better. Hung up and immediately found this site through a quick google search.

DEFINITE SCAM when they don’t identify what bank and identify you by name. Either way…banks don’t call you, you call them!

By: Joodles

Joodles — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:44:15 +0000

Got the same call from 250-412-8895. I live on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Gal got really mad when I wouldn’t disclose my credit card limits. She finally screamed at me that she hopes I suffer from being broke and hung up…then I really knew it was a scam because she has no idea what my financial situation is and was ticked not to get my info. Rattled me though!

By: Hugo (MIA)

Hugo (MIA) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:14:50 +0000

received one of these calls, but the number shown on the Caller ID was 702-520-9116.

By: KarenM in NC

KarenM in NC — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:58:53 +0000

I received one of these calls, but the number shown on the Caller ID was a local number with a name. That piqued my interest since I didn’t know the local person. Once I hit “1″, John came on the line. He said he was with Call Services out of Atlanta. When I told him, “Sure, I need to lower my interest rates, can I give you a call back”, he wanted MY number! When I said, “you must know it, you called me”, he hung up. Then I called the local number. Poor folks had no idea their number was being spoofed.

By: Vulcan

Vulcan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:57:58 +0000

Thanks for posting this information. I dialed the 1 so I could find out who they were and to remind them that I was on the Do Not Call list. I got hung up on before I could get any information. Hopefully they won’t bother to call back. The number was 000-000-7906

By: Julie

Julie — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:03:08 +0000

I got the call today. Once on a cell phone and once on a home phone a week apart. I know it’s a scam. Since it doesn’t say who what or why?

But I know innocent people will fall prey. THis is just like our society. We know that they are doing something wrong yet we can’t stop them, until after the fact.

The best thing to do is to stay wise. IF they contact you hang up. If you contact them and double check the resource it’s okay.

Anything too good to be true usually is.

Julie

By: dennis d rockhold

dennis d rockhold — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:15:53 +0000

Oh what fun I had this afternoon. I received the same type of call on my cellphone as all of the other folks on this blog site. Here the number that came across my verizon phone it was #516-537-7117. When I looked it up on the reverse phone directory the nite said it was based out of Nassau NY. It gave me the address et all too.

Since I am a financial planner and a registered investment advisor I figured that they are probably calling my clients too (especially the little old ladies and widows etc.etc) So I took it upon myself to have some fun with them.

I worked my way past the first live human being and talked to a supervisor and asked “ALL” of the same questions everyone else has on this blog. Such as give me a company website, tel. number. address, How’d you get my name, why should I give you my credit card number? You found me? etc.etc.

Finally after another 5 minutes with the supervisor, I worked my way to a department head–yes, just a “talking head” so to speak. She told me that they couldn’t give out my private information that she was looking at on her screen unless I could verify the same info…well, I told her my best friend works for the FBI in the New York office and they would sure be interested in talking to them in person and she abruptly hung up on me……..SCAMMERS!!

I will post this website and blog to my business website as a warning to all who may receive a call from this business…..A fool and his money are soon parted…..so tell all of your friends and family to beware of this heinous business!!!

Dennis D. Rockhold
Rockhold Wentling Financial Advisors

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By: Chris M

Chris M — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:03:08 +0000

I received a call from 360-722-5911. Same scam, automated message then I pressed one to see who I could talk to. They try to prey on the foolish and make their money by scamming the masses. The lady whom I talked to made sure I ‘qualified’ by finding out how much debt I had fist and the interest rates. I continually asked her, “what bank do you work for?” She said, “Sir, we are a separate entity called ‘account services’ I work in the interest rates division.”. She proceeded with trying to phish my credit card account numbers for the high interest cards I had but I wasn’t about to give any of that info.” I said “Ok so what is the name under which the business you are working for was incorporated? Do you have a record with the BBB?” She started sounding like she was running out of rebuttals at this point. I asked her again, “Do you have any external references, I’m sitting right in front of my computer ready to look your employer up so give me a website, anything besides your word.” She said “Sir, there’s no point since you won’t give me your card numbers.” I said “What a joke, so you have no other form of external reference I could look at right now to confirm the validity of the business for which you work? Why don’t you go get a real job and sell something legitimate? You work for a scam agency and you don’t know anything about business or debt, and it’s quite obvious. You sit there dialing out, surrounded by a bunch of low life jerks who can’t hold down a legitimate business.” She then said “Ok sir you keep your high interest rates, if you will not allow us to help you then I will put you on the do not call list.” I said, “Dead end huh? No rebuttals for a conversation like this one? Ok bye.” This truly is a scam, and the mastermind manages to hire some morons for employees too.