It is a phishing robo call. They are trying to assess whether it is a real number, who is likely to pick up, and whether the person's number would call back (highly likely to have a student loan). The data is collected and sold to new telemarketers. There is no "opt out" feature, the machine has a list of numbers that calls automatically by the thousands a day, gathering data. The number has been reported to federal authorities. The machine has also been randomly calling federal employees in federal agencies.
It is a phishing robo call. They are trying to assess whether it is a real number, who is likely to pick up, and whether the person's number would call back (highly likely to have a student loan). The data is collected and sold to new telemarketers. There is no "opt out" feature, the machine has a list of numbers that calls automatically by the thousands a day, gathering data. The number has been reported to federal authorities. The machine has also been randomly calling federal employees in federal agencies.