4070004712

There seems to be some cunfusion here about what these scammers at "Corporate Sales Leads" (AKA Private Capital Group (PCG) of Tampa) are doing in this criminal endeavor.  I wouldn't put it past them to steal identities, empty bank accounts, pilfer or steal anything and everything by any means, they are criminals, after all.  But this particular scam is little more than lead generating.  They run their illegal machine and harass as many as they can with spoofed IDs to find suckers willing to talk to some other scum bag who buys sales leads from these crooks.  For example, if you are a stupid fool and also owe money on credit cards, then you are what they are looking for.  If you press the button and talk to their live crook, they'll make vague promises and a short sales pitch, but mostly they want to get your name and address and verify that you are real and the data matches up so they can sell a list of stupid suckers to a scum bag at the bank or more likely some other scammers who pay premium prices for verified leads.

Here's the key to making their lives miserable...

1) Report it to the Attorney General of your state and the state of Florida.   But do that later, after hanging up.

2) Act interested.  Pretend to be a stupid fool and easy sucker.  Give a real sounding name and realistic sounding debts.  Don't use names like "Hugh Jazz" or "Patty O'Furniture" wit a zillion dollar debt at 80%.  Make the name common, but not too much so (John Smith), and make the debt between 10 and 50 thousand bucks.  Use bogus but realistic address.  Make it a road that actually exists with that range of addresses, and make the zip and area codes match the city.

3) Use real credit card numbers.  Don't worry if someone might actually have it.  As long as you don't use a real name and address associated with it it's useless.  You can google "credit card number generator" and find lots of sites to generate valid card numbers that match the formulas and thus appear legit to the scammers.  You can use the same technique for placing fake orders of spammer's sites and causing them to lose their card processing accounts.

4) If you want to have the fun, use your real phone number.  When someone calls and asks for the fake name you gave, then you know it's the crooks. They'll likely do it once to verify the info.  That makes it a verified lead, and brings premium price.  Then later, the scum bag who paid the crooks for the leads will call to make the sale.  Again, act like a sucker, play along, waste his time, LOTS of it!  Even have him waste postage sending you something several times.  Arrange a meeting to sign documents and don't show up. He's making big bucks on the sale, make him work his butt off for this one!  Then tell him you intentionally wasted his time for using illegal telemarketing scams to generate leads and laugh at him.  If he doesn't hang up, you'll likely hear him cursing. (That's icing on the cake, trust me)  But guess who he'll be cursing next?  That's right, the crooks who sold him bogus leads and not only took his money but also got him to waste all that time and be laughed at.  He paid big bucks for premium verified leads and got took. Think he's gonna be happy with Private Capital Group (PCG) of Tampa?

If you aren't willing to give your real number, then give one for some law enforcement agency or you local politician, or maybe one of those crooked ambulance chasers who run ads on TV.

BEWARE:  If you do give your real number, be prepared to get regular calls from other scum bags.  Once you get on their verified lead list, they will sell it to other crooked telemarketers.  Over a year or so, they get stale and are worth less every day, so at first you'll get calls from crooked mainstream banks, then later various less known companies, and after 9 months or so, just an occasional call from scammers with indian accents.

I just got the same call in MA.  I have been asking these guys nicely (to no avail) for the last few months not to call me and that I am on the do not call list...HAHAHA!!!!!!  These guys are not law abiding business people who made a mistake, so they do not care about the list.  The phone number they called from was different - this time it was (305)222-1966.  I did report them to the abuse center at the government's website for the do not call registry.  Given the oppertunity, I will prosecute. Upon calling the number they called me from, I got a message saying it was a disconnected number.  If any of you reading this post are involved in this - be aware that not everybody is just going to roll over and take this crap.  You will pay eventually for what you are doing.  The very technology you are using to get around the system will help put you away.  Just try and call me again - I am waiting for you!  To the rest of you reading this, be sure to go to the Do Not Call website and report these guys if you haven't already.

Call came in at 1:49pm Wednesday, March 10, 2009.  Didn't recognize the number, so let the machine get it, no message was left.  Thought the 000 prefix was funky so Googled the number and found this website. Glad I didn't answer, we are also on No Call List.

Call came at 12:06pm, Thurs, 3/12/09.  We don't take any calls when we don't recognize the # or ID.  The 000 prefix was a dead giveaway to me, and sure enough, there wasn't any message.  We are also on No Call List.

I answered this call, where they typically ID themselves as Credit Card Services.  They say "There is nothing wrong with your account but..."  Then they tell you they can lower your interest rate "on your card" if you act now.  When you press "9" a person answers.  I told her I wanted her number to report the call as I am on the Do Not Call List.  She gave me a number ) 800-328-7448)  This number was a sex hot line.  "Hello Baby..."  Perhaps this other number will help someone ID the real sham/sleazeball.

go to www.donotcall.gov to stop this call

Credit Card Scam

AT&T FILED SUIT IN THE U S DISTRICT OF GA COURTS TO GO AFTER THESE CROOKS. CALL AT&T #404-927-7400 READ ARTICLES!

http://www.rcrwireless.com/article/20090205/WIRELESS/902059987/-1#

These people need to be put under the jail!!

got a call, and i picked up the phone during pre-recorded message and press #2 (to speak to live agent).  got to live agent in 2 seconds.  i immediately asked which credit card they are talking about lowering the rate, and they said all my credit cards.  i then said i'm on the no-call-list, and 'click' they hung up.  i'm in northern california and looks like they are hitting this area hard for the last few months.

tried to complain on the ftc.gov site, but i don't think our government is that serious with such complaints as there is no online form to submit.  they only have a phone complain, snail mail, or fax.  so much for gov protecting consumer.  how hard it is to create a web form to get all the info?  we are spending tons of billout money for dumb corp execs mistakes, while our basic gov infrastructure needs some serious improvement.  let's get those bonuses from AIG back to do some good for the country instead of a few individuals that messed up the company in the first place.  

sorry for the vent.

I get repeated calls from 407-000-4712 saying they have been calling to discuss lowering my interest rate on my credit cards.  I'm on the do not call list (for what that is worth).
I've punched their #1 and told them I'm on the Do Not Call list, but before I can finish they hang up.
Surely I'm not the only one called and it appears that there have been many complaints - so why has nothing been done by the government?  Too busy spending money they don't have, I suppose.

Just received a call from these people and fell for it at first...went so far as to give them my cc number...they put me on hold and I got this funny feeling about the call..so hung up.  Immediately called my cc number and they told me they were not doing any such thing...they are sending me a new card. Just  wonder how many others did the same thing, but didn't get suspicious! Hopefully, these people will be tracked down!!  Everyone has better things to worry about these days!

Different number same pitch ,Florida number I liver in Sonora, California

Left no vmail

I don't answer unknown callers, so didn't have to hear anything.  They hung up without leaving a message.

called wanting information about credit cards & how they can lower rates.
My hubby just had surgery, don't need their crap wasting my time.

Second call this AM from these vultures... I asked if I could have their home number so I could call them a couple of times a week to piss them off....they always hang up... cowards as well as vultures.....call me at least twice a week.. today it was twice in two hours.....don't we have a way to stop these people from infringing on our privacy in our home.  I am on the DO not call list but apparently it doesn't work for them.........

missed call from 4070004712 on 5/14/09

called me in east tennessee.

Keeps calling about credit cards. I don't even have a credit card. What good is the Gov's Do Not Call List when these pests are able to continue with their badgering?

Just got a call from this number, since it was listed as unknown, I did not pick it up. No message was left. In reveiwing our caller ID log, this is the first time we got a call. I am from Iowa

They call 2 -3 times a day, no message.  I am on the DNCL but even after re-registering last month,  we still get 6-7 calls a day form 4 different telemarketers.