CALLERID4U: Faces Class Action Over Automatic Telephone Dialers
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Kelly Holleran, writing for The Madison St. Clair Record, reports that ten days after an alleged violation of the Illinois Automatic Telephone Dialers Act, an Edwardsville law firm has filed a putative class action suit claiming a telemarketer thwarted a caller ID system by concealing its true identity.

The Law Office of Shari L. Murphy claims it received one or more prerecorded phone calls from defendant CallerID4U on Oct. 21. However, when the defendant called the law office, it failed to reveal its true identity on the caller ID screen, according to the complaint filed Oct. 31 in Madison County Circuit Court.

Peter J. Maag and Thomas G. Maag of Maag Law Firm in Wood River represents the plaintiff.

The action is in violation of a state statute which requires that all autodialers correctly identify themselves on caller IDs, the complaint says.

'As a direct and proximate result of Defendant's action, Plaintiff sustained damages, including but not limited to lost productivity time and wages paid to financially compensated employees who were diverted from being gainfully employed, and instead dealing with robotic telephone calls,' the suit states.

In its complaint, the law office seeks a judgment of more than $50,000, plus treble damages, costs and other relief the court deems just.

Madison County Circuit Court case number: 11-L-1128.


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Received a call from this number on 10-11-12 @3:57PM Pacific. Did not answer. A pre-recorded POLITICAL message was left, summarized as follows:  A person from the City of Irvine, California, USA Police Association wanted to express their support for a candidate in an election for the city list above.

I am on the do not call list.  We have an invalid in our home, and the phone's ring is very disturbing.

The number showing up on your caller ID is not the number they are calling from.  Programs can be downloaded from the internet that can make it appear that the call is coming from any number the caller wishes to use.  Therefore, it is of no use to report it as a violation of the Do Not Call list.  The call is untraceable and the caller knows it.  He/she is not going to abide by the Do Not Call list.  They are not going to be caught.

Any caller who does not abide by the Do Not Call list should be considered a probable scam artist, "phisher" or looking for "live ones" - suckers who will answer their phones.  If you do not recognize the caller on your caller ID, DON"T ANSWER!!!  If it is a legitimate call or really important, they will leave a message.  If you answer, you are a "live one".  I quit answering these calls several months ago, and the number I've been getting has started to drop off very markedly.  I do check the numbers that come up on caller ID by Googling them, just to be sure.

The number showing up on your caller ID is not the number they are calling from.  Programs can be downloaded from the internet that can make it appear that the call is coming from any number the caller wishes to use.  Therefore, it is of no use to report it as a violation of the Do Not Call list.  The call is untraceable and the caller knows it.  He/she is not going to abide by the Do Not Call list.  They are not going to be caught.

Any caller who does not abide by the Do Not Call list should be considered a probable scam artist, "phisher" or looking for "live ones" - suckers who will answer their phones.  If you do not recognize the caller on your caller ID, DON"T ANSWER!!!  If it is a legitimate call or really important, they will leave a message.  If you answer, you are a "live one".  I quit answering these calls several months ago, and the number I've been getting has started to drop off very markedly.  I do check the numbers that come up on caller ID by Googling them, just to be sure.

On my cell phone, when I get one of these calls, I assign it a name - DO NOT ANSWER - and a silent ringtone.  When my cell phone shows that Do Not Answer is calling me, I don't!

I get at least three calls a day, even on Sundays. It's always a political related call about different people every time. iPhone caller ID says it's from New Castle Deleware.

Pedro Rios for Assembly recorded message. Calls at least 3 times per day.

The caller ID said "Important" and I let my voice mail pick it up. This was a robo-call from the committee to re-elect Linda Sanchez to congress.

job interview offer

They are ignoring the Federal Do Not Call List which I have been on since Day 1.

They want to sell me on reducuing credit card interest.  My cards have a zero balance thus I have no connection to them.

I thought I waz getting. Job -________-

Even though they're using a Delaware phone number, this spam message was sent from the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs in California.

The clown who called left the following message that was also transcribed by my voice mail. As the message notes, this spam concerns something in Yorba Linda (in Orange County) - I don't live anywhere near there! Here's the message:

"Date: Apr 17 2012 [redacted] PM
From    : IMPORTANT (13023279010)
To     : [redacted] ([redacted])

Hi, this is Tom Dominguez president of AOCDS [Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs]. I'm calling you today because your association urgently needs your help. The sheriff's department and two other agencies have submitted proposals for police services for the city of Yorba Linda. The Yorba Linda City Council is holding a meeting next week Tuesday, April 24 at 6:00 PM to decide who should police Yorba Linda. Unfortunately, certain Yorba Linda city council members, along with a small anti-sheriff department faction, has spent the last several months bad mouthing the sheriff's department. We've had enough. The sheriff's department bid provides the most comprehensive services at the most affordable price. We need you to attend this very important meeting and support the sheriff's department's proposal. We will not stand idly by and let politicians malign the fine work our men and women do for our communities. We need you to attend April 24th Yorba Linda City Council meeting at 6:00PM at the Yorba Linda community Center and show your support for our great department. Get there early and make sure your voice is heard. I will be calling you again soon with more details. Thank you for your valuable support and I'll see you on the 24th."

Want to call THEM and demand to be taken off their spam list (after you first report them to Do Not Call? Here's their contact info:

Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs
1314 West Fifth St, Suite A
Santa Ana, California 92703
(714) 285-2800
(714) 954-1156 FAX
Web Site: www.aocds.org

The clown who left this message is Tom Dominguez, he's listed on their web site at: http://www.aocds.org/presidents_message

find the company and cut their wires, or maybe our great government should start enforcing the no call lists and fine these jerks out of business.  I have a sick wife and these calls really upset her. I would say much worse but then I would get censored.

Don't worry;  I've put a contract out on these people.  There won't be anymore calls.

As someone here suggested I am now going to report every one of these to the Do Not Call registry. If we flood the system with complaints maybe they will do more to stop some of these abuses. If we only complain to one another then nothing will change.

Called me on my cell and no message left.  I see that it is a number from Delaware.

Just redial their number & press 1 over & over for about 30 minutes. If everyone did this all day long, maybe they would get the hint!

I received a call from IMPORTANT 302-327-9010 AT 4:24 P.M. today.
Just got home and dialed their number. Answered right away and said if I wanted to
be removed from their list to press 1. I did, and she said I would be removed in 72 hrs.
We'll see.

They have started calling my number again. I have reported before and i guess it does no good to report or put your number on any no call list.

I have no credit card - so why would they be calling me? They're just trying to solicit new business and the monitoring agency for the Do Not Call list should be notified of this.

caller didn't say anything and hang up.

I would like to know who is calling from this number.

The number belongs to Luis Martinez. to be removed from his telemarketers call him at 949 422 7677. this is from the FCC. It took me weeks to find him and he removed me!
If you dont believe it see the following:
http://apps.fcc.gov/cgb/form499/499detail.cfm?FilerNum=828189
he is big telemarketr that does not stop

I called the FCC. The owner of callerid4u is Luis Martinez. call him to  [removed].

Keep calling even though i put myself on their own "do not call list"....

Don't call me ever again!

Annoying call from unknown caller with a pre-recorded message.  They keep calling back.

I keep getting these calls also. I finally got one of the operators to talk to me rather than hang up. I recorded the call successfully. I have to subpeana verizon for their records and add them to my lawsuit just to get this company. After all is said and done I will be out a lot of time but my hopes are after I get judgment in my local court I will get a certificate of judgment that the clerk sends to their bank. All their accounts are frozen temporarily until they pay what the judge orders. Min $500.00 for first offense, reasonable compensation for my time and my legal expenses. After all this I will continue as it will be easier to show their pattern of violations. They will end up with multiple $200,000.00 fines and legal expenses.

I bought a whistle.....I blew it into the phone.....haven't received a call in a few days.  Very satifying:-)