Would love to know how to get off this terrible list,,I have asked to be removed so many times it is frustrating,have told them I will report them,,,they hang up.This has been going on for months and months.

Yes. America is ruined because of telemarketer scams.

Drama queen.

Tired of receiving calls from this company everyday odd hours..

"and it gave me option to press 1 to be removed from list and not get any more calls so i did"

Won't work! Just like with all the other phone scams ... it only informs them they got a live number and two things will happen. 1) The calls not only will continue but increase, and 2) they will pass your number on to other scam artists and it will begin anew!

This is NOT a survey (3-4 questions/30 seconds? Not enough questions to actually collect data), it's a FAKE survey/a scam, this is NOT a political call, this is NOT about any real cruise ("free"? Come on now, it's never free.  You'll probably wind up paying MORE than you normally would if you got it!), what this is is a SCAM!!! These lowlifes are using the survey ploy to get around FTC/NDNC Registry laws to make their illegal calls!!!)

Thanks for the new number btw.  Although like this and all the others these scumbags use it's also most likely spoofed, so blocking it will do no good : (

They go by "Political Opinions of America"/"EFA Research" but they are nothing of the sort! They also have fraudulantly claimed to be an IT firm calling and also as EFG Research:

http://www.efgresearch.com/

"DISCLAIMER: ID THEFT & ROBO CALL SCAM "US DEBT SURVEY" - FBI CLAIM - 01/10/12"

http://www.enterprisestrategygroup.com/about-esg/

"About ESG
IMPORTANT NOTE: A company using the name ?ESG Research? is soliciting customers to take a phone survey to win a trip to the Bahamas. That is NOT Enterprise Strategy Group. We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced, but ESG does NOT engage in these practices.
Message from the Founder "

Please take note of the above.  Also ...pressing a number, returning or answering a 'call', asking to be taken off their 'list' only confirms they have an actual number; they have two practically identical fake sites up in order to make themselves look legit ... they are not.  The form on both sites to have them stop calling is also a ploy to confirm a live number!  There's even a lawsuit against them for another fraud attempt by them as well:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/77924456/FBI-Complaint-ID-Theft-US-Debt-Scam-EFG-Research-Group

and there's many other fake numbers they have used, including this one: 253-382-9076:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-253-382-9076/27

Good luck getting these sick a**holes to stop calling!!!

call back and sum survey that has expired.....  i hit *67 before calling and it gave me option to press 1 to be removed from list and not get any more calls so i did -- remember i hit *67 - and even tho they can't see my number i will be removed from list -- yeah right...    -- also same thing with 253-382-9904

More of the same from this number.  Call.  Answer.  No response.

please do not call me any longer!

Caller ID read: Pacifitel 360-474-3907. Recorded msg stated that this was a political survey and that I would receive a free cruise for participating. My answer was "CLICK."
This ain't the first time for this call.

So they are now using NCO Financial as part of their Caller ID?

Shows how really lacking in intelligence and how moronic these jerks truly are! NCO is one of the most nororious of that bunch! Numerous citings/fines etc. for repeatedly violating the FDCPA and FCRA laws right and left!!!

And like you said, NO one should give out any info to these scumbags or any of their ilk!!! They will just rob you of all they can ... especially if you have no debt or don't owe anyone!!!

These are junk debt collectors!!! They scoop up old debts that have either been paid off already, where the SOL has expired or call any number they think is attached to a debt regardless if that number has changed hands, call kids on the cell phones, senior citizens, businesses ... pretty much anybody in an effort to 'squeeze water fro a rock'!!!

Best thing to do if getting such harassing illegal calls is find an attorney who handles this kind of refuse and go after them!!!

THIS IS A DEBT COLLECTOR. THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET ANY INFO FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE STUPID ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM.
EVEN ANSWERING THE PHONE TELLS THEM THEY HAVE REACHED A GOOD NUMBER.

HOW TO THROTTLE BOGUS CALLS (updated 03/21/2012)

Ok, here's a solution if your phone has a contacts list--it works quite well on my iPhone, which allows unlimited phone numbers for any contact.

Step 1, create a contact named something like these names
            IGNORE JUNK CALL
            SCAMMING SCUMBAGS
            FRAUDSTERS LIST
                         ..... 
            
Step 2, select a SILENT ring type for this contact.  Or, select a distinctly unusual ring tone like
             CRICKETS or                              
             MOTORCYCLE  or
             RIFLE...

This lets you know if a repeat caller is on the line, but I prefer the silence myself.  My iPhone lights up showing the caller ID, even though I have a silent ring.

Step 3. Enable CALLER ID to be displayed for incoming calls that are made to your phone. It's a pity these stealth calls UNKNOWN, or OUT OF AREA, or their ilk, can't be blocked by any phone I know about. My iPhone won't let me put these names where the phone number field is entered.

So, what you do is to put the phone numbers of all bogus and scam callers that contact you, or try to call you, in this special contact. 

Also, unless you recognize a toll free number owner, let all calls of this type go unanswered, and if no 
voicemail is left, add the Caller ID (their  phone  number) into the                    IGNORE JUNK CALL contact.

Also add any other bogus calls
you get or know about, well they go in this contact too.

This may mean also all callers that don't leave a voice mail, or are soliciting you for services or products who you don't have a business relation with. And slime bags you don't want to talk to, like that jerk at the bar, or your ex.

For new toll free and also out of area calls: run these numbers
through Google search to see if they have been reported as junk or have been identified by others as scams.

Don't call an unsolicited  toll-free number back, it captures your own phone number, and you will get on other scam lists to call you.

Toll free numbers all have area codes from this list: codes 800, 888, 877, 866,  and codes reserved for future expansion include 844, 833, 822, 880 through 887, and 889. 

FURTHER: Don't take the default voice mail prompt that came with your phone, because it usually
speaks your phone number and indicates you aren't around to pick up the call and maybe even speaks your name as well.

Record a new one
like "Sorry I missed you, your message will be appreciated".
Friends will know your voice. Scammers, not so often.

My list is long now, my silent ring saves me from tons of spam and scam, and yes, the do not call list is worthless, and toothless as well.

Please feel free to copy this post anywhere, and to any forum. 

Consider writing a letter or email to your phone supplier, or your congressman to fix this awful state of affairs, and to put some teeth into the DO NOT  CALL law. Ask them to shut down the services that allow fake telephone numbers to be used as well.

Crafted by xyzzy

started calling about paying a hospital bill even though we were still in hsopital and no bill had  even been sent to insurance yet!

Looks like these criminal a&&holes are attempting another/new tactic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AavUN25HHUI

The 866-295-9370 number goes to a DRS, Dynamic Recovery Solutions (www.gotodrs.com) ... another bogus (read that illegal) harassing debt collector!
Folks, if this is indeed who is calling ... find an attorney who handles violators (like these) of the FDCPA and FCRA laws and go after them!!!

http://mrnumber.com/1-866-295/complaints

Take a look at all the varied tags associated with 866-295-3970!

http://www.mycallbot.com/numbers/8662959370

(and also the increase in complaints about them too)

http://www.collectorsexposed.com/collectors/index.php/topic/2538-dynamic-recovery-solutions-llc/

"Dynamic Recovery Solutions LLC
135 Interstate Blvd. Suite 6
Greenville, SC 29615

Phone: 866-295-9370
Fax: 864-371-6468

...

Owners:
Joseph Cagle,
Matthew Cagle
Pat Coleman, VP

Notes:
Junk debt collectors, some out of statute.
Small operation-licensed & bonded"

It's rather interesting that this seems to be connected with a number used by the scammers "Political Opinions of America"!!!
Yet another deceptive attempt at trying to scam innocent folk out of whatever they can!

360-474-3907 has called many times this month, April 2012. There is never a message left. The caller ID lists the caller as PacificTel.
The person I am reporting the calls for is elderly and is on the do not call registry. www.donotcall.gov/

Received a call from this number on April 28th, 10:09 AM.  I did not answer and they left no message.  Glad that I wasn't available to answer my cell!

We received a call from this number 4/28/2012 at 9 am. They left a message that went something like this  " This is Mr. Kent I have received as it is associated with a very important matter in our office. You need to call 866-295-9370. It is very important that you call us right away."  Guess what folks... I looked them up on the web, found this site, and now sharing my event with you.

My late father was correct, he lived his life in the "Better" times of our Nation and  The World, because it is all going down the crapper FAST!.

No message. Just hang up. I won't answer call unless I recognize the number. No 800 or toll free calls excepted.

Fact 1 through 3: Why don't they work?
Answer: These lowlifes use Caller ID spoofing! THat means the numbers they use are spoofed (and not actual numbers). Simply blocking spoofed numbers won't work because they aren't the real numbers calling! Same applies regarding filing with the FCC/FTC or on the NDNC Registry site! You're only giving them fake numbers in those complaints!
Fact 4 - Correction: THESE PIGS ARE NOT, I repeat NOT, telemarketers. They are criminals out to get what they can off you! That's why pretty much everyone has said they are a SCAM!!! (I.E., illegal operators out to deceive whoever they can out of their personal info to all the way to their identities.  This particular scam is an old one!!!) So, NO. They won't stop calling! They'll increase in the number of harassing calls they make to you, pass your number onto other like minded pigs and it will just get worse from there!!!
Fact 5 - Enough join in. And yes, there are investigations under way (just like with several other well known phone scams recently). Failing to take any action only allows these criminals free reign to continue their scams and not receive any just penalty for commiting their crime! Would you do the same if someone made their way into your home or at least picked your pocket stealing your wallet with your DL, SS# and the like in it? Wouldn't you report such a crime to the proper authorities? No real difference with these phone scams! It's just that it's over the phone! And what about those who might not be so aware? Let these pigs scam them? I think not! Doing nothing about it is no solution!
Fact 6 - agreed! They are there more for businesses than for the consumer.

As to blocking them ... see my answer elsewhere here. Caller ID spoofed numbers aren't the real ones calling.  You can go ahead and block them but the real numbers making the call will still get through!

Many of us DO have call blocking phones btw.  Have tried that, been there done that. Has to be an actual live number for that feature to be effective! Myself, I have a panasonic phone with such a feature (that's the one these scum called me on earlier today.  And I had blocked their other spoofed number)! They still got through!!!

The problem isn't anyone being a victim! It's in stopping these type of calls!!! No one here is a victim, we're all doing all we can to AVOID that! NONE of us have fallen for their scam once!!! If we did THEN we'd be a victim!!!

Enough media coverage, enough filing and enough to wake up our elected officials (State and Federal) and it may well be enough to bring a halt to this reign of phone harassment and the scam artists behind them!!!

They use:
? Robo-dialers (now illegal to use)
? Caller ID spoofing (for malicious purposes)
? Repeatedly violate FTC/FCC/Do Not Call laws
? Refuse to stop calling when you tell them to stop (that's harassment right there, and a crime)
? Device a fake 30 second/3-4 question survey then switch to their so-called pitch about a fake cruise just to get around the Do Not Call/FTC laws to make their illegal calls
? They also use pre-recorded messages which are illegal for telemarketers to use

Right down the line there ... illegal activity!!!

Just got a call from this number, I live in the Chicago area.  It says from Pacifictel.

The first time I saw it I just turned my phone on and off fast to disconnect them  (I'm so so so sick of these calls).  They immediately called right back, so I did it again.  They called back a THIRD time right away, so I turned off the answering machine and just let it ring. It rang 9 times and stopped.

Remember when there was such an outcry about Spam? It went before Congress, there were laws passed, some major Spammers were hunted down, busted, and sent to jail?

So why isn't the FCC or SOMEONE doing it to these callers?  If we post on this site and others that it's the same numbers and the same scams, it's not a matter of the information not being out there or too time consuming to get.  The entire population of the U.S. is being harassed and stalked  via their phones every hour on the hour and no one seems to think this is an issue.

I know who they are and I'm going to their boiler room and kill all of them.  Nothing personal.  It's just the way I deal with scum.

Received a call on my home line 12:25pm, April 28, 2012.  No message was left.  They are now blocked.
PLEASE READ BELOW!
FACT 1 - the DNC list CLEARLY does not work!  Everyone knows this...or you should know this by now!
FACT 2 - filing a complaint with the FCC does not work!  A total and complete waste of time.  Been there.  Done that.
FACT 3 - having an unlisted phone will not help you.
FACT 4 - asking/begging telemarketers to take you off their call list ? you?ll get laughed at!
FACT 5 - no "class action" law suits are being filed and certainly, none are being LITIGATED.  
FACT 6 ? contacting the BBB ? LAUGHABLE!!!  The BBB and the National Chamber of Commerce are corrupt organizations that sell their ratings to the highest bidder.  You can forget them.

STOP BEING FRUSTRATED OVER TELEMARKETER CALLS!

STOP BEING A VICTIM!!!

PLEASE DO THIS!  PURCHASE A CALL BLOCKING TELEPHONE!!!

Call blocking phones are very inexpensive $40-$60 and they come with, at least, one wireless handset.  Very, very convenient.

BUY A CALL BLOCKING PHONE!

Uniden and Panasonic make CALL BLOCKING telephones.  They?re cheap - $40-$60 and they usually come with a 2nd wireless handset.  
COSTCO & AMAZON SELL THEM.

                     They work beautifully!  These phones also block
                  ?PRIVATE,? ?OUT OF AREA? and "UNKNOWN" calls!!!

I have had the same home number and the same business phone number for over 15 years and my home and my business lines (both published) seem to be on every call list imaginable.  I bought a Panasonic call blocking phone for my home and I bought a Uniden call blocking telephone for my business.

NO MORE PROBLEMS WITH TELEMARKETERS.   THEY CAN?T GET THROUGH!

We can stop these telemarketers IF we all buy a call blocking phone!

5:24est got the call from PACIFICTEL...hung up before answering machine could click on.

What good is the DO NOT call list if you register including cell numbers if it's not going to stop them. We've received more telemarketer and scam calls in the last several months than EVER before. There are several different locations and numbers they are coming from.

MY TIME IS WORTH SOMETHING--CAN WE COLLECT FROM THESE ASSH----FOR AOUR TIME AND INCONVENIENCE????

Ok, that first link about the class action didn't quite work.  Here's another thry at it ...

http://www.shulaw.com/About-Us/Investigations ... ons-of-America/

If this doesn't ... the last half is " / Unsolicited-Telephone-Calls-From-Political-Opinions-of-America / "
(Just add that and close the "/")

Let's nail these pigs!!!

I'd also like to add:

Exact same bottom feeders as here:

http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-253-382-9076/28

Also have previously used this #: 843-619-7688

Some other important info (that I, again, am going to apply):

http://www.shulaw.com/About-Us/Investigations ... ons-of-America/

"We are currently investigating The Berkley Group, Inc.?s violation of the Federal Communications Commission?s Do Not Call List, which prohibits unsolicited commercial phone calls to any number that is on the Do Not Call List.  We are conducting this investigation with the aim of potentially bringing a class action against this company and some of its affiliated companies.  We believe these companies make unsolicited calls, purportedly as a political opinion poll being conducted by ?Political Opinions of America.?  Then, one is offered a ?free? cruise, which is really designed to expose people to sales pitches for vacation timeshares.  If you received such a call, you may have a claim against these companies, whether or not you paid them any money. "

http://www.shulaw.com/submit.php

I already filed this against these pigs before.  Perhaps another complaint might do more, go farther.  Although it's a class action... it's the principle here that matters! Getting these sick b*st*rds to stop calling us!!!

Not a survey, it's ploy to exploit those loopholes.  But your right, since surveys (including political) are allowed with the Do Not Call list ... it's basically useless.  As evidenced by these criminals ability to exploit that.  The loophole needs to either be tightened somehow or closed so this load of BS we're all having to put up with won't be allowed!!!

Damn POA (Political Opinions of America) scammers!!! Yet, another new number but same stupid spiel of same stupid age-old scam!!!

FYI:  NO real survey (only 3-4 questions), no real free 2 day bahamas cruise about either Carnival or Royal Caribbean Cruise lines.  It's a sick ploy to steal your personal info.  DO NOT FALL FOR IT AT ALL!!!! Report these pigs to local and national media, your States (and Florida's, where they are located) AG!, your States Reps and Senators in D.C. FTC, FCC and IC3.gov and any other agency and let's bring these a**holes down BIG TIME!!!!

NO new spoofed caller ID name and number is going to fool anyone! These idiots have a lack of sufficient gray matter to figure it out! Changing those but same scam verbatim and no one will either fall for it and repeatedly making illegal harassing calls to everyone will only bring their wrath down hard on these scumbags!!!

POA/EFA ROT IN HELL!!! Your lives are a waste of needed space and are totally useless!!!

*Sigh* Yet, one more number to add to my log from these scam artists!!!

Same call 4/28 14:30 CDT. Called my cellphone. Govt. DONOTCALL list is worthless. Govt. still allows calls from telemarketers and survey people, regardless of being on the list. What's the point? Very bothersome when they call the cellphone.

Just received this call a minute ago.