For several weeks I have been receiving calls from a number that shows up as “Unavailable” on my cell phone caller ID. The number would call at all hours of the day, and I consistently ignored the call.
Recently I decided to pick up the call and the caller identified himself as being from Platinum Rewards. For being a preferred customer they wanted to send me a $60 gift card. The caller had the last four digits of my credit card number, and my billing address. I told the caller I wasn’t interested and to stop calling me (Of course there were a few swear words in there).
The next day I received a call from 123456789. That’s the number that was displayed in my cell phone caller id. The caller had the same offer, and again I told them I was not interested and to not call me.
The next day I received a call from 866-638-2591. Guess what, I got the same offer, and again I told them I was not interested and to not call me.
Later that same day I received a call from 866-746-1156. You guessed it, same offer again.
I did some searching on the Internet and I put my number on the “National Do Not Call Registry” again and I also filed a complaint with the FCC.
On one of the calls, I listened a little while longer and they told me, in order for them to send me my “FREE” gift, I had to agree to a trial of some product (I don’t remember the product). The first thing that came to my mind was “SCAM” and “PHISHING”, and that’s when I got upset and told them not to call.
Anyone else get this type of call? I’m very close to changing my number.
* * * U P D A T E * * * 1/14/09 2:15 PM HST
I just received another phone call. The caller ID showed 123456789. I answered nicely, asked for the callers name, company (Your Card Rewards), and contact telephone number (888-623-1623). I then asked the nice woman to remove my number from their calling list. She thanked me for my time and hung up. Very polite, but still annoying. We’ll see if these people call me back.