513-754-9822 is a scam - well sort of

I've done the research and it is confirmed, do not trust blogs that say otherwise: 513-754-9822 is a number that will show up on your caller ID and, if you answer it, will ask you to wait for a representative. This is a phishing scam that should be shut down already, but it is not. I've read on forum posts that it attempts to collect your credit card number, phone number, home address, etc.

How do you avoid it? I've added the number to my scam contact and assigned it a silent ringtone. Yet I'm worried if I ever accidentally answer a call like this when I'm overseas. I wish AT&T wireless offered a system to report such numbers and block them. Even if the caller id number is a fake or some rendition of a number from overseas, there should be a way to stop this after enough complaints have been posted, right?

Ooops... here they go again... third time today.

June 3, 2009 Update

It turns out that this number is probably either the Macy's credit card or the Macy's store account calling. I just talked to them and they told me that they had been trying to reach me. About what? About the fact that when I opened the Macy's credit card I actually opened a store account AND a credit card. So when I pay my credit card bill for store purchases I am doing something really really bad. That money gets posted to the credit card and does not get applied to the store purchases which continue to remain unpaid and collect late fees while the credit card account shows a negative balance. I kid you not, this is for real. Enough to make me cringe and want to close the entire account.