The number has been calling daily for a couple of weeks at about the same time of day.  I have a wire phone and my friend has a cell,  a couple of days ago I received the call and my friend the same call about 30 seconds later.  We don't answer unknown callers and no messages were left.  This scam has a big computer and database.  Check you financial accounts.

They claimed to be the Republican Party raising money for the Romney campaign. The caller transferred me to his "supervisor." His irritation with me for not wanting to give him credit card information was the tip off. I hung up and reported the number to the FTC.

People-don't fall for this. This is a total scam. This Indian guy has somehow gotten a hold of personal information
and is now trying to exploit people into believing he is a debt collector. Personally, I simply do not answer the call.
He tries five times or so and then stops. A couple of months later he does another round of attempted calls.This is so bogus it is hilarious. I never did a payday loan nor any other loan for that matter. Be smart. Do not give this person any of your personal information and tell him, if you pick up the call, that you will be reporting him.

got a call from this number, did not answer and no voicemail was left...just as well, after reading the horror stories in all these posts...

They've called me 4-6 times per day for the last week.  I finally blocked them using selective call blocking (*60).

Calling the number back, I get "The Republican National Committee."  These calls should stop after the election.