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| Area code: | 866 |
| Prefix: | 840 |
| Usage: | Toll Free |
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You think it's Progressive? How do you know? As a matter of policy, NEVER respond to a robocall. AFAIK it's phishing. I got this and hung up immediately. If Progressive needs anything from me, they can send me an e-mail. Then, I will go directly to their site and contact them (never click on a link in an e-mail either).Just remember this simple rule: the client always contacts the server.If the server contacts you, flip the conversation over so that it becomes a clean client-server contact. Go directly to their site, call them directly, etc. That way you know you're not being phished.
Claimed to be Progressive Insurance asking to verify your driver's license. Asks for Date of Birth to 'verify' your identity. When I asked caller why they were calling me, he couldn't tell me. I actually had business with Progressive, so I immediately called Progressive and asked if they were trying to contact me. My file showed no record of outgoing calls at all. In short -- this number is trying to phish for your personal information. Deal with them with extreme caution.
Got a call from them claiming to be progressive. Asked for my birthday and DL #. Confirmation of online account confirms that this is Progressive as a call record was in my account immediately after the call.
Just got a call from this number which I didn't answer. They didn't leave a message ... so it's either not Progressive or not important - in which case, why call in the first place? Always - if the caller is not showing as someone in my book then I don't answer and if it's a legitimate call the caller will leave a message. People, it's not rocket science!!!
I got robo-called from this # earlier this morning. The robot said it was Progressive and something about they have a driver's license in a state other than the one my policy is in on file for my account. I hit the one or 2 requested #'s to talk to a representative, and that is when I went from thinking it was probably legit, to feeling like I was on the phone with a Nigerian Prince (crook). I confirmed my name and birthdate right off the bat, but from that point, the guy could not even provide a straight forward answer to a straight forward question. He kept talking in circles, and no matter the question I asked he would end up saying something about, I don't need to worry about any penalties or things like that if I don't give him the info. WTF? What penalties would I be worried about and why? Who are you and what are you talking about? I told the guy he was creeping me out and hung up.So then I called the customer service number on my proof of coverage card, 1-800-776-4737, and the rep was able to confirm that they do have robo-calls of this nature currently going out. I told them they either have a serious problem in their customer service dept, or a serious security breach. I gave them the 866-840-4246 # that called me, and they will be looking into it specifically and getting back with me to confirm it was actually progressive.Long story short: it appears to be a legit call from Progressive conducted in an absolutely ridiculously shady manner.
In this case it does appear to have been Progressive but I didn't believe it mainly because they've always only contacted me via email in the past! I refused to call the 866-840-4246 number provided in the voicemail though and called the contact number from my policy instead. It turns out they did need to update our license info because we moved to a different state and they neglected to request that info when we changed the policy. HOWEVER I agree with other people who have posted ....***you really can't be too careful!!!***
This number has called me 3 times. I called back to see who it was. They claimed they were Progressive. I am not with Progressive. My parents are with Progressive. I am not on the same policy as my parents. The number that they keep calling is a new number. & its bot that keeps calling. So I know this number is scam.
I had a call from this number claiming they were Progressive. When they asked for information, it sounded extremely sketchy. I called back Progressive myself, and they were able to confirm that the original robocall did come from them. However, I still would not recommend giving out personal info on this type of robocall. I informed them of how sketchy that was and they said they would send that up the chain...