Scam calls from "Card Services"
I just got a phone call from a "private caller" (that is, with no caller ID information) and heard a recording from "Card Services", who claimed that my credit card's interest rate was about to go up and to press 9 if i wanted to lower it to 6.9%. Being bored, I pressed it.
Caller: Hi, would you like us to lower your interest rates?
Me: Who are you with?
Caller: Well, would you be interested?
Me: Who are you with?
Caller: We are Card Services.
Me: So, you're not affiliated with my bank?
Caller: slams the phone down in my ear
I guess they weren't.
So, if you also get a call from Card Services, remember that it's 99.9% likely that they're scammers and that it's morally OK to mess with them. If you want to have fun and waste their time and otherwise abuse them, reply here to tell us what happened so we can all enjoy it.
Update on July 30, 2009:
By request of a letter from the Rubinis' attorney, I have removed their home addresses from comments. Please do not re-post such information. Thanks.
Update on August 11, 2009:
The Rubinis issued this statement via their lawyer:
Clear Financial Solutions does not engage in or perform any telemarketing activities. Any complaints or allegations to the contrary are false and without merit.
Comments
CARD SERVICES SCAM
got the call from the 232-000-7894 and said he would be able to lower my interest rate to 6.9%. what a crock of S*** ! ! ! check out the site http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-232-000-7894#pUV1obFsZ2gAXFAjMR9CNPA for more people who have experienced the call.
The question for the phone company is why do they let the 000 (NXX) go thru?
( why dont they block the numbers from being transferred to their customers? call your phone company and complain. )
JUST FOR FUN : to annoy the scammers, fill out every contest form and magazine subscription with their information.
Reply
Actually, telephone companies can't shut these people down, because they don't have any "evidence" of the calls. The telemarketers use computer programs (called spoofing) which sends a false number to your call display. Even though you can sometimes call the number back and get the same people who called you (reverse spoofing), the program can also create a bypass on your telephone company's record of where the call originated. When I was pelted with calls from this number, I told her where to get off in two short words, and one of those words was "off". That was a clear indication that I wanted her to stop calling here. She has called back one time since, and left a blank message on my answering machine. When I have 3 calls, I am filing an official complaint of harassment with the police department. The phone company can't do much about the spoofing aspect, but the police can do plenty about the harassment aspect. If they continue to call after you have asked them to stop, then use your *57 to document the date and times of the calls, then contact your local deputy.
anon
I am a private investigator and this is the new address for the call center that has been making all the illegal robo calls to you people..
1642 west airport blvd in Sanford Florida. Google that address and the map will display the location. the phone number is 1 888 356 6357. you should get a message to speak with someone in human resources. This is a huge illegal robo dialing call center that has been in business for awhile. most of the posts on this site im certain are because of this particular organization originally operating in Tampa then moved to primera blvd in lake Mary Florida now they are located in Sanford FL. Its easy to get all the info you need to these people. all you have to do is cooperate and give them your cc number. They cant charge you until you consent. Thats the only way they can for certain take your money. they will eventually give you all the info you need if you talk to a "closer" I did some digging and found out that a Blake Curtis owns and runs this entire operation. see this link here: http://forums.hmoob.com/showthread.php?t=71434
they are calling Canada now instead of the united states most likely to dodge any legalities. I've investigated fully and What they do is have about 60 unlicensed people to answer phones that this call center robot dials out all across the country. if you press 1 you'll get any one of these commission payed reps. pressing 2 does nothing. the reps are average nobody's that they hire off the street with no real qualifications and will talk you into giving up your credit card number and they will verify if you have debt and if you have availability on your visa or mc by calling your lender. if you have availability on your credit card they will hand over the deal sheet to a closer "financial adviser" notice the quotes, who is nothing more than some guy or girl unlicensed and has no official title or education to be an adviser. just some random people that are hired within to close the deal so they make a killing in commission off of you. All the employees are on a commission based pay scale where I'm sure they are required to make a weekly quota in sales. then you go to a verification where you agree on a recording to let them charge your card for these ridiculous bull crap services. then you eventually get scheduled to talk to a financial adviser who again is nothing more than some other random employee in the call center who will call the bank and try to lower your cc interest rates with you on the phone. All of this is scripted and each person is trained to take you through the Bull crap process. The banks will do nothing of the sort like the closers promise you who got you scheduled to get you to sign up for these services in the first place. at best you will get your rate reduced by a couple of percents but its not permanent by any means. the best they do is transfer balance and get you a 0 percent APR with a Citibank visa or discover card for 3-6 months. all of which you can do yourself. then they will try to talk you into consolidation or debt settlement. meanwhile you just payed anywhere from $690 to $1990 on your credit card and are now screwed to ever get that back. you cant back out of it. you will not get your money back. the only way to get your money back is to threaten the company that you had a dispute with your lender in regards to these services. but you only have 3 days in which to claim that legally. They will show you on an analysis that you helped provide them that you can save money if you pay off one debt and then use what you were paying on the previous debt to put towards your other bills etc etc till everything is payed off. just for that little bit of common sense knowledge is how they are charging you money. as long as you have debt and have availability they will get you to join. they will rebuttal everything you say and will even build a relationship with you. the website they provide is www.myunitedfinancial.org they claim to be based in San Francisco California. the number they give is 1 800 672 1771 all of which is provided on this site. Hope this helps, I've spent a lot of time investigating these guys as they have called me several times. I had fun and I got my money back. I can report these guys anytime i want, but i put this here for you to report if you so choose. Have a good day!!
Card Services
When Rachel calls, I press 1
then I go on to explain that I live all alone and am really lonely, by the time I ask if Rachel can come round to my house and reduce my interest, they seem to have hung up.
Works everytime.
Here's hoping Rachel is as good looking as her voice suggests.
FTC SUES "CARD SERVICES"
Look at this======http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/12/robocall.shtm I really hope they nail these mo-fos.
NO MENTION MADE
It's interesting that the article does not mention any of the scammers featured prominently on this blog. Looks like the FTC still has a lot more work to do in order to shut down the rest of the these rat-f**kers.
They Keep Trying
I kept seeing this Florida 305-000--4565 on my phone id so today, 12/3/09, I decided to answer. Same routine, press 1 for lower interest rates. I was speaking to a man who couldn't articulate a sentence properly but was pretty confident that I would provide credit card account numbers to him. I asked him to let me know the best time to reach him so I could check with Visa first and ask why they loved me so much that they wanted to lower my interest rate all of a sudden. Of course there was a click. How pathetic. So that is the new credit services # they are using. Bastards!
Ran David Barnea skip traced
This guy moves allot! I think this is his cell phone number: (305) 473-5247
D.O.B. 06/28/1967
Business Associations:
AMERICAN CONSUMER ADVOCATES LAW GROUP LLC
AMERICAN DEBT NEGOTIATORS INC
BEST LEADS CORP
BETUOCH MANAGEMENT VENTURE CORPORATION
BMV DEBT MANAGEMENT CORP
PHL INTERNATIONAL INC
BARNEA, INCORPORATED
BARNEA, INCORPORATED
BARNEA, INCORPORATED
BETUOCH MANAGEMENT VENTURE CORPORATION
BETUOCH MANAGEMENT VENTURE CORPORATION
BMV DEBT MANAGEMENT CORP
BMV DEBT MANAGEMENT CORP
NELAM INTERNATIONAL CORP
NELAM INTERNATIONAL CORP
PHL INTERNATIONAL, INC
Relatives and Roommates:
* BARNEA, NEDRA ?E (Age 53)
* BARNEA, DAVID ?R
* BARNEA, MEIRAV
* BARNEA, TAMMY
* BARNEA, TAMMY
* BARNEA, DAVID ?R
Possible Roommates / Associates:
* SPEAR, LAURA ?ANN (Age 44)
* ENGBER, IRENE ?S (Age 79)
* KARLSON, MICHELE (Age 42)
* RICCIJR, PATRICK ?J (Age 52)
* RECORE, RICHARD ?A
* LEIFER, STEVE
* POST, DANIEL ?T
* POST, DANNY ?T
Addresses:
ADDRESS 1:
11450 Sundance Ln,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 2:
11548 Timbers Way #35-E,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 3:
County Road 46,
MASSENA, NY 13662
ADDRESS 4:
21955 Cypress Dr #48F,
BOCA RATON, FL 33433
ADDRESS 5:
1400 82nd Ter #832,
PLANTATION, FL 33324
ADDRESS 6:
23123 State Road 7,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 7:
23123 State Road 7 #205,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 8:
23123 State Road 7 #215,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 9:
8000 Broward Blvd #5011,
PLANTATION, FL 33388
ADDRESS 10:
21955 Cypress Dr #48,
BOCA RATON, FL 33433
ADDRESS 11:
444 Wavecrest Way #3,
BOCA RATON, FL 33432
ADDRESS 12:
2755 28th Ave,
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL 33064
ADDRESS 13:
County Rd,
MASSENA, NY 13662
ADDRESS 14:
23123 US Highway 441,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 15:
23123 State Road 7 #305,
BOCA RATON, FL 33428
ADDRESS 16:
1400 82nd Ter #832,
PLANTATION, FL 33324
ADDRESS 17:
2755 28th Ave #B,
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL 33064
ADDRESS 18:
2755 28th Ave #B3,
LIGHTHOUSE POINT, FL 33064
ADDRESS 19:
11930 9th Ct,
DAVIE, FL 33325
ADDRESS 20:
21612 Casa Monte Ct,
BOCA RATON, FL 33433
ADDRESS 21:
611 14th Ave #101,
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33304
ADDRESS 22:
8610 State Road 84 #442,
DAVIE, FL 33324
ADDRESS 23:
831 Federal Hwy #C,
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33304
ADDRESS 24:
5072 28th,
DANIA, FL 33004
account services busted
this is the new address for the call center that has been making all the illegal robo calls to you people..
1642 west airport blvd in Sanford Florida. Google that address and the map will display the location. the phone number is 1 888 356 6357. you should get a message to speak with someone in human resources. This is a huge illegal robo dialing call center that has been in business for awhile. most of the posts on this site im certain are because of this particular organization originally operating in Tampa then moved to primera blvd in lake Mary Florida now they are located in Sanford FL. Its easy to get all the info you need to these people. all you have to do is cooperate and give them your cc number. They cant charge you until you consent. Thats the only way they can for certain take your money. they will eventually give you all the info you need if you talk to a "closer" I did some digging and found out that a Blake Curtis owns and runs this entire operation. see this link here: http://forums.hmoob.com/showthread.php?t=71434
they are calling Canada now instead of the united states most likely to dodge any legalities. I've investigated fully and What they do is have about 60 unlicensed people to answer phones that this call center robot dials out all across the country. if you press 1 you'll get any one of these commission payed reps. pressing 2 does nothing. the reps are average nobody's that they hire off the street with no real qualifications and will talk you into giving up your credit card number and they will verify if you have debt and if you have availability on your visa or mc by calling your lender. if you have availability on your credit card they will hand over the deal sheet to a closer "financial adviser" notice the quotes, who is nothing more than some guy or girl unlicensed and has no official title or education to be an adviser. just some random people that are hired within to close the deal so they make a killing in commission off of you. All the employees are on a commission based pay scale where I'm sure they are required to make a weekly quota in sales. then you go to a verification where you agree on a recording to let them charge your card for these ridiculous bull crap services. then you eventually get scheduled to talk to a financial adviser who again is nothing more than some other random employee in the call center who will call the bank and try to lower your cc interest rates with you on the phone. All of this is scripted and each person is trained to take you through the Bull crap process. The banks will do nothing of the sort like the closers promise you who got you scheduled to get you to sign up for these services in the first place. at best you will get your rate reduced by a couple of percents but its not permanent by any means. the best they do is transfer balance and get you a 0 percent APR with a Citibank visa or discover card for 3-6 months. all of which you can do yourself. then they will try to talk you into consolidation or debt settlement. meanwhile you just payed anywhere from $690 to $1990 on your credit card and are now screwed to ever get that back. you cant back out of it. you will not get your money back. the only way to get your money back is to threaten the company that you had a dispute with your lender in regards to these services. but you only have 3 days in which to claim that legally. They will show you on an analysis that you helped provide them that you can save money if you pay off one debt and then use what you were paying on the previous debt to put towards your other bills etc etc till everything is payed off. just for that little bit of common sense knowledge is how they are charging you money. as long as you have debt and have availability they will get you to join. they will rebuttal everything you say and will even build a relationship with you. the website they provide is www.myunitedfinancial.org they claim to be based in San Francisco California. the number they give is 1 800 672 1771 all of which is provided on this site. Hope this helps, I've spent a lot of time investigating these guys as they have called me several times. I had fun and I got my money back. I can report these guys anytime i want, but i put this here for you to report if you so choose. Have a good day!!
How do they sleep at night...?
Just got the same call from Rachel - there is nothing wrong with my account but press 9 if I want to lower my interest rate as low as 6.9%...I knew it was a bunch of bullshit but figured I would just have some fun. A woman answered asked if I wanted to lower my credit card rate.
I asked her if I had a card with her company and VERY RUDELY she replied no one has a card with us miss. I said OK then, I am not sure how you can lower the rate on my card then and hung up loudly on her..how do these people sleep at night...?
Also by the way anonymous poster of dummasses: THAT IS NOT HOW YOU SPELL DUMB-ASS YOU DUMB-ASS...no wonder you work for one of those companies that harrass hardworking people..IF WE WANTED LOWER INTEREST RATES WE WOULD CALL YOU..THANKS FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONCERN.
Lisa
Run Ran Run!
This transcript is from one of several calls placed to boiler rooms throughout Florida. The response was similar in all cases:
[Good Morning, this is ----------- . How may I direct your call?]
Good morning, this is David Thorlough. (Or Matt Ryan, Billy Rae Thadeus, etc.) I'm with the Florida Attorney General's office. I need to speak with Ran Barnea.
[There's no one here by that name.]
Is your office manager in please?
[Who is calling?]
David Thorlough. I'm with the Attorney General's Office.
[May I ask what this in reference to?]
I just need to ask a few questions. Is there someone in charge with whom I can speak?
[Let me see who's available to take your call.]
Many seconds go by. . .
[Hello. This is Denise. (Slight Hispanic accent.) How may I help you?]
Denise, I'm with the Florida Attorney General's Office. I need to get in touch with Ran David Barnea. Can you tell me how I might reach him?
[Who? No, Sorry, We don't have nobody by that name.]
Are you sure? It's very important that I speak with him.
[No, there's nobody by that name here.]
Denise, whatever you tell me becomes part of the permanent record. Now, I'm sure that you don't want to start out on the wrong side of this thing.
[I'm sorry but I don't think I can help you.]
That's too bad, Denise. I'll put you down as "non-responsive." Hopefully nothing will turn up in the investigation that implicates you.
[Brief silence . . . Indistinct voice in background, then - I think you need to call this number. This is our corporate attorney.]
That really won't help me much, will it Denise? Well, I did give you a chance to get on the right side of this. Too bad really. You sound like a nice young lady. Uh, you don't have a criminal record or anything, do you?
[silence]
Well, if you change your mind, give me a call. The number is here is 954-712-4600. That's the Economic Crimes Division in West Palm Beach. You got that?
[Silence]
Click.
* * * * *
Oh My! I hope, after Ran and friends read this, that they don't start cracking wise to the next "investigator" who calls. A rude response to a real fraud cop might just be all the impetus it takes to start a full-fledged investigation!
MORE RACHEL
I just received another call from Rachel at Card Services, ya-da-ya-da-ya-da. Their new spoof number is 773-000-0000. Of course the real number is something very different and posted elsewhere on this forum. Read through the posts to see if you can figure out how I'm going to respond. Hint: it won't be coming from the number she just called. Think of it as a spoof on my part. Talk to you later Rachel, or whomever - sweet dreams - you bitch!
FTC IS USELESS
So, the Robocall law is in effect , right? Righhhhhhhhhhhhhhhht. Well, I still get calls almost every day from these Card Services Criminals. Always a different number, from a variety of states. I have called the chairman of the FTC so many times about this company, I am surprised that he hasn't blocked my number. NOTHING has been done. They say "they are working on it". Uh huh, sure. What do these people at the FTC do all day? Cash commission checks from Card Services? I know the FTC has had thousands of complaints filed about these jackasses. But they still call.......and they still rip innocent people off every single day. Passing the Robocall Ban law has done absolutely nothing to stop them. So sick of it!
Card Services Scam
19492569110 - Another number these scammers are using. Got a call a few minutes ago and it is obviously a scam. Checked out the web and found these comments. Of course, the scammers can also see all these comments about their company so here's an advise to you scammers: Card Services doesn't seem to work anymore, so change the name at least.
FML
I got a call just a few minutes ago after I told them YESTERDAY! that I wanted my number removed. Its funny cause its the same lady. The call to my cell and it was blocked. I asked to speak with a supervisor "click" Ok that was annoying. The next time they call I'm going to pretend to be a cop, say the number has been traced.. or.. I will tell them this;
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want., I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you remove my number from your system , that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you."
I'm getting fed up!
To repeat from an earlier
To repeat from an earlier post:
"Attorney General's office. How may I direct your call?"
I used this line today when
I used this line today when answering one of these calls. Needless to say...they hung up immediately. Maybe someday one of these misguided operators will believe me and take my number out of the system?
Well, I can hope.
BMV Corporate Office Phone Number
I answered a blind job ad and it turned out to be these folks, needless to say, I am not going to the iterview.
However, here is their corporate office phone number if anyone wants to call them:
561-886-1150 just hang on for the operator.
RAN DAVID BARNEA
A little internet digging shows that BMV Corporation is located at 23123 State Road 7, Suite #210 or #200a, Boca Raton, Florida 33428.
The Business address is shared by BMV Debt Management and American Credit Counselors, Inc. ALL are owned by Ran David Barnea. For those of you who have not read through this forum, Scum-Of-The-Earth Barnea is behind most, if not all, of the robo-scams mentioned here.
PLEASE use the number 561-886-1150 and the address to do whatever you can to make this man's existence a living hell!
CREDIT UNION WEST REDUX
Here we go again! The scammers who brought you the original rip-off robo-calls concerning your Credit Union West credit card are back at it with a new twist. This time, it's a text message to your cell phone. Regardless of the the delivery technique, the information is still A SCAM. the perps are phishing for your credit info. DO NOT respond to the telephone number in the message (in this case 887-371-2570) Instead, delete the message and report this violation to your cell phone carrier so that you are not charged for the message. For all the good it will do, Report the call to the FTC.
But, since we all know that the gov't isn't likely to do anything about such criminal activity unless it bothers some high profile individual like a senator or movie star, here's what the little guy can do to get a little satisfaction and waste the perps' time. Write down that number provided by the scammers:
Buy a pre-paid cell phone.
Initiate the service with an area code and number that's a long way from your actual area code (preferably, using the telephone number of a police department or lawyer in that distant area code).
Call the bad guys and supply them with some long-defunct credit card number or other fictitious series of numbers and names. These will, of course, need to be checked out by the crooks, wasting their time and resources, delaying them in contacting someone who might fall for their scheme, and provide you with the satisfaction of knowing you are fighting back against these criminals.
Obviously, you can do this many times, depending on the initial minutes provided by your pre-paid cell phone. When you've used up your time, destroy the old phone and buy a new one. (if you renew your minutes with your credit card, that can then be traced by the bad guys!)
If the number provided by the initial scam stops answering, read through this forum for other numbers that need to be harassed.
If thousands of people did this continuously over a year's time, these wad-maggots would see a serious depletion in their revenue stream.
Good luck and good hunting!
I just got the call!
I got the call a few minutes ago, I was not all that interested in getting a lower rate but what the hell eh? The number on my called ID came up as Card Services and the number was 206.397.1035 and it was Rachel who asked me to press 1 to get a lower rate. I did and waited for another lady to come on line. I could hear a bunch of noise of other folks in the back ground and was almost hooked until she asked for my cc number. I said I I did not have it. She said she would need it to veryify the exp date on my card and that this offer will end soon. I said Well let me get my card and I will call you back...."click" Humph, guess I was not all that important. And then I googled the name and wow. Who knew.
Card Services
I just hung up from talking to them and gave them some info I shouldn't have. After they told me there would be a $895.00 fee on my card. Not coming out of my pocket. That's when I got really suspicious. My credit cards would be lowered etc. Then they give me to another gentlemen to give me a confirmation # he said this will be recorded. I feel so stupid for giving them some information. They really are good. You could hear people in the background and also a child. She said it was the radio. While talking with this gentlemen, I pulled up this site on the computeer. Immediately I hung up. Called my credit card companies and told them what had happened. They agreed, a scam and canceled the cards. Said I should contact the Attorney General's office. Here is the number she gave me 866-944-1503, however my calls log says the number was 404-000-2336. I called the 866 # back and left a message for Mrs. Miller to call me back. The 404 exchange did not go through.
Card Member Services
I just got a call on my home phone. The same song and dance with the recorded message and press 9. I did not realizing this was a scam. I talked to the gentleman. When he started asking for more personal info. I asked if he was affiliated with my credit card company. He said they work with Visa, MC and Discover. He asked for my SSN and I told him I did not feel comfortable giving out that info. I asked for the company name and he told me Associates Service. I told him I still did not feel comfortable giving my SSN out. He said I could speak to a supervisor. Luckily, I was on the computer at the time and looked up the company name he gave me. I saw the scam alert. When the supervisor got on the phone I told him I had found a scam alert for Associates Service. He told me that the division he was calling from was Associates Service, but the company name was Card Member Services. And was a little peeved that I looked up Associates Service. I told him I looked it up because the previous person I talked to TOLD me that was the name of the company. While I was looking the company up, he went on to tell me that anyone with a credit card should know that Card Member Services is a part of the credit card and if I did not know that then I didn't need to have a credit card!!! I then told him of the scam alert on Card Member Services and he hung up on me.
I just got the same call
I just recieved the same call. He said they worked for card services and recieved my infor from Experian. They were rude and hung up on me when I requested additional information. What can we do to stop these people. Also a crazy number came up on the caller ID 305-000-7351.
New Number From "Card Services" - 800-709-8623
I missed a call from Card Services yesterday from phone number 800-709-8623.
I called them back and was told that they saw some charges on my MasterCard and wanted to verify security.
Me - "Who are you with again?"
Caller - "We're attempting to verify security on your MasterCard"
Me- "Yes, but what is the name of your company?"
Click.
Freakin' Scammers!
Card Services - 3027311166 - (302) 731-1166
Caller inmediately asked for Credit card info. Then claimed to work for a company called Card Services, company that I have never dealt with, and probably do not exist. FRAUD!! Help us stop them.
3027311166
oh my same number.!!! when u feel something is wrong. something is really wrong!!!!! she said oh perhaps the reason we were calling you is something is wrong with ur credit card or somebody has fraudulently applied in your name, she was trying to get my contact number as i called using my office phone. duh! I am glad i opened this to know more about this scam now i am convinced i have reason to believe so. thanks!
Just nailed these clowns!
So I got the call from these scammers "Hello, this is Rachel with Card Services calling about your credit card account. There is nothing wrong with your account..." The robo-call goes on to mention this is the last attempt to contact me and so on. I pressed 9 to speak to a live operator and
got "Jim"...a tired sounding old guy that obviously hates his job. Probably some poor homeless soul who can't find a job anywhere and is working for room and board. Anyway, I asked who I was speaking to and was asked if I was interested in lowering my credit card bills...I said "Depends on who I'm talking to." "This is Jim", he replies. I asked who he was with and he of course said Card Services. I then started messing with him...I asked him where he was located and he wanted to know why. "I'd like to know how to report your company for violation of the new Robo-call laws that were passed by Congress in September. So what is the name of your company and what is your address?" Jim was suddenly a bit put off..."None of your damn business!" he barked and immediately hung up. So much for common decency I guess?
I then tracked down the name of the company from this site and called only to get their general voicemail. So I left a message saying that I was from the Colorado Consumer Coalition (of which I am actually the director of) and I wanted to know their comment of the investigation being conducted on them by the Florida State Attorney Generals office about the violation of Robo-call and Federal No-Call lists.
Hopefully they are actually caught and go to prison.
same call
I just received the same call. I refused to give them any of my personal information. The representative got a little impatient when I started asking question about the company and their name. There number came up as a 305-000-7351. They were rude and could not give me a name for their company. They only advised the they work for Card Service and were under Experian. Please I hope they are caught and go to prison. They are horrible and rude.
Another variation
I just got a call from "Cardholder Services" at 984-000-3925.
North Carolina 984 000 3925
I just checked my caller id with this number. I then googled the NC 984 000 3925 and got this site on the google list. I have no other information except that other sites have this 984 000 3925 listed as a scam card service.
card services
I just received a call from them today phone #228-209-9560 which I saw above in several posts. I gave them info on 2 credit cards and the last 4 numbers of my SS card. Then she said one of the cards required more security and need the first 5 numbers of my SS! How obvious is that. The number I received the call from was 228-209-9560 which I saw in the previous posts.
They tried to call me back twice twice but the phone # was "unknown" I realize my first mistake was giving them any information but several of my cards are called Card Services, the ones from
Household Bank.
Thank you
Card Member Services
I keep getting these calls every month. It starts with a recorded message "Allo. Welcome to card member services. ......" or so. I pushed 1 to talk to an operator.
Person - Hello sir, how are you doing today?
Me - May I know where are you calling from?
hangs up.
I don't have caller ID and so couldn't see what the phone number is.
Maybe next time I'll have a chat and find out more information.
Got a call from "Card Services" !!!
Automated machine asked me to press 1 to talk to a person regarding lowering the interest rate on my credit cards, before the eligibility expires.
Highlights of that guys call are...
Its my job to work for Visa and Mastercard services in reducing the interest rates.
Your interest rates on the cards are going to move up. We need some information to contact your card company to lower the interest rates.
What is the total debt you have on the cards ?
When I have asked how I could believe in their call (when no number was displayed), he said .."I'm not taking your personal information. I'm also not paying the debt on your cards. Its my job with visa and master cards." I felt it was a clear scam and wanted to see what else he asks. See the conversation below.
How many credit cards do you have this debt on?
What is the average interest rate on all the cards?
you will receive a letter from us intimating the reduction in your interest rate.
Which card you want to apply the reduced interest rate today?
Can you verify the toll free number on the back of that card ?
When I said that I didn't have the card with me, he told me..he will call back other time and asked for a convenient time. Sunday is off. So, asked him to call back on Saturday when I have the access to the card. Also, when asked his contact number.."its a call center, so we can only call outside. I'll call you back on saturday.". I forgot his name, when he told.
That was it !! Y'all take care...
Hat Tip To Groucho
After a long an convoluted conversation involving some long-expired credit card numbers, she says she'll need to check with her supervisor. She eventually calls back . . .
Hello, this is _______ . Is this ________?
There's nobody here by that name. This is Howard LeDuck.
Who?
I'm sorry. I just checked my cue card. This is Samuel LeYosemite.
(Pause) You must think I'm a fool!
No Mam. I don't think you think, so how could I think that you think that I think that you're a fool?
(CLICK)
To quote Bugs Bunny, "What a schlemiel! What a maroon!"
(Cue the Merry Melodies music.)
Th-Th-Th-That's All Folks!
"Card Services
They called me claiming to "reduce my credit card rates", preselected, blah, blah, blah... I pushed the selection for being removed but still got transferred to a human. As soon as I mentioned the do-not-call list, they hung up. Clearly, they don't care about being polite and don't want to waste any of their time that they could be using to find a dupe. The number they used was 402-982-0721. Calling that number back just got a busy signal. Reporting them is worth the few minutes it takes, but the only real damage you can do to these people is to waste their time. Act like you're interested; just be evasive when they ask for any real information. Run off on random tangents about current politics "What do you think about health care reform?" Try to convert them to some random religion. "Do you know about Druids? We worship trees..."
I hate these people...
I found the parent company and all their other companies
Okay I got a call the other day from what was obviously a scam, it was the press 1 heather and the number on my caller ID was 407-000-5963 so i took one for the team and gave them a card i was planning on cancelling.
After listening to what was obviously a scam they charged my account and I traced it...
Finally, I Found the real company!
Company that charged me:
Credit Lynk
1768 Park Center Dr., Suite 240
Orlando, Florida 32835
407.292.3635
877.292.3635
The Owner's name is Irving and the Manager is Denise
So when i started digging i realized how much of a scam they were! They have 4 Companies using the same phone number and address
Universal Lynk (Website)
Resort Lynk (Website)
Realty Lynk (Website)
Rental Lynk (Website)
Credit Lynk (Website)
I checked with the state of florida, the only registered company is Universal Lynk.
Lets get these Scammers, blow up their phones, faxes, emails, the FL state Attorney General ALL OF IT!!!!
Scammed
Yes they claim to be able to sell your timeshare for you...
hahahaha
I just called the numbers and talked to their secretery and chewed her head off...and I asked for irving...she said he is not in right now may I take a message...I said yeah im tired of his company calling me wanting my credit card numbers...she just sat there dumbfounded....and speechless, I said you know card services or whatever the recording says that calls everyone. She said yes I know. LOL....I told her to tell irving not to call my fucking phone again...she said okay sir...she sounded scared that people had their number. Then I asked for denise...and of course they arent there...I told her to have irving call me....of course that wont happen....I wanted to know how they got my name and number from who...so I can call that little bitch up. :)
Thank you for giving out the numbers and I say everyone take three minutes out of your day to call them and ask for irving and demand why they are scamming.
hahahahah---part2
I just posted and now im updating....I reported them to the FTC and filed a complaint...everyone should do that and enter their main office number posted above....I posted their address and everything in the comments section in the complaint. If everyone on here filed a complaint with the ftc and posted that info in there...maybe the government will step in and investigate them and shut them down.
Come on....group effort here. :)
Scammers using another number
Just got calls today. They are using the following 2 numbers:
216-545-2650 (from Ohio)
888-903-6262
These people really suck. What makes it worse is that they are calling the wrong number. They are calling for a person that is not me!
Credit Card Service
They are now using 2282099560
credit card services phone calls!!
I just had someone today call me by this very number! Yesterday it was 702-705-5029. When I asked them to stop calling and take me off their calling list...they hang up on me!
I second that # the
I second that #
the government can't make these calls stop, but they're going to fix health care, social security and everything else in the world that's wrong... haha
Card Services
Used 402-982-0585 two days ago, caller ID displayed Omaha, NE. I thought Card Services was a valid creditcard processor but when I asked them which card she was talking about, she wouldn't give me a straight answer so I said goodbye. We don't have any credit cards so why did they call? I called the number back tonight and the answering machine gave me an option to opt out of their calls, so I did.
I cannot believe how many
I cannot believe how many scams are going on right now. They should use that good knowlege and put them shelves to work on something more honest and creative.
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I HATE THOSE CALLS DONT YOU THINK I THINK THAT THEY NEED TO BE CAUGHT AND GO TO JAIL I THINK THAT THEY JUST LIKE TO GET MONEY OFF PEOPLE
Just Happened to ME!
I just got the call from Card Services. Exactly as listed above. I thought I would talk to a live person, find out who to turn in for calling me when I am on the do not call registry. I asked them two time who they were with and the same responses. After the second time they hung up.
The phone number on my caller ID was 407-000-5963. Not sure what to do with a number like this since it can not be dialed.
Keep and eye out for these jokers.
Card Member Services Scam
I just got the same call described above - caller id was 407-000-9437. I talked to the representative for a minute, but when he asked me for my credit card information so that he could "verify that my account was in good standing," I got suspicious and started asking questions. The guy seemed a little flustered, and I told him to call me back in a couple of hours. In the mean time, I'm glad to have found this information, because it does seem apparent now that this is all nothing more than a scam.
Thanks for your posts!
PHISHING CALLS/CREDIT UNION WEST
If you've received text or recorded message calls on your cell phone warning you that your Credit Union West credit card has been deactivated, DO NOT RESPOND, delete the message and report the details to your cell phone carrier and the FTC. At the very least, your carrier will make certain that you aren't charged for the call. The return number I received was 877-371-2570. I reported it not only to my cell phone carrier but also to the FTC's Do Not Call List since this was clearly a criminal act. That number is undoubtedly spoofed but at least on my phone it's blocked for now. Who knows? If the lazy b******s at the FTC ever do get up off their keesters and do something about it, the info may help send someone to jail.
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