The pattern points to a classic merchant services scam that masquerades as a credit‑card payment provider. Callers use heavy accents, vague company names, and auto‑dialers to pressure recipients into hanging up or dismissing the call as spam. The frequent "Unavailable" ID and repeated mention of "Merchant Services" suggest a spoofed outbound robocall campaign targeting small‑business owners and homeowners. To protect yourself, let the call go to voicemail, block the number, and report it to your carrier’s spam‑stop service. Never share personal or financial details with unsolicited callers, and consider a call‑filtering app for added safety.
This time, someone actualy answered when I called back, and I asked to be removed from their call list, but they refused, which reinforces my suspision that its a scam.
A caller introducing themselves as Iko from Merchant Services is immediately disconnected due to lack of relevant credit card transactions.
A woman with a heavy accent claimed to be from Merchant Services, but the call seemed suspicious
The morning was disrupted by not one, but two auto-dialers before 10:30 a.m., including a call from a guy in Florida, whose system seemed to be malfunctioning.
When informed that the number was flagged as spam, the caller hung up, suggesting the accusation was accurate.
The caller claimed to be Zo from Merchant Services, but the background noise and heavy accent raised suspicions about the legitimacy of the call.
I recived a text from sombody calling him self "Austin", saying he was looking to buy a house in my neighboorhood and offering a cash deal
Similar experience to the one reported in January by annoyed
obviously blocked the number since theres no msg - origionated from states away