Scammers

Got a call on the home line today from caller ID 786-333-0000 / Eric Corrales. Female prerecorded voice says "we can lower your credit card interest rate to 6.9%" or something like that. Smelling a rat, but with a little time available, I pressed 9 to be connected to a live human. Sounded like a call center in India, but maybe it was just a couple knuckleheads in a basement in (anonymous city here). Immediately asked them for their company name (first he said "MCS" then when pressed "Master Card Services") and address (fake... Calypso Cay Way, Orlando FL 25230 is what they said), and they gave me a callback number of 800-943-3250. I talked with one agent, then a "supervisor" then they disconnected.

The 800# they gave me answers at:

Mutual Consolidated Savings
1215 Earnest S. Brazil Suite 33
Tacoma, WA 98405-4025


I spoke with an actual American human being, Mandy at MCS, who said not only was it OK if I record the call, but they haven't called anyone in this state in 5 years... too much trouble with the do not call list, getting registered to do business here and all that.

She also mentioned that MCS has a cease & desist order against an Orlando, FL company called JPM & Associates, which may or may not be the knuckleheads mentioned above.

Reported all this to donotcall.gov... who knows, they may be able to do something with the info someday.

Moral of the story... if someone calls you looking to "help" you with your credit cards, or especially for credit card info, don't waste your time. It's a scam.

Scammers / phishers / spammers... may they all rot.