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Calling me too.

They have been calling and I never answer since I have no idea who they are.  I am also on the Do Not Call Registry so why does this keep happening???

Political survey

Good Job

You can add 360-529-6175
                   503-457-1350
                    971-220-1761

Apparently they are having a contest to see how many times they have to call to get me to answer my cell phone. I get a call every day including weekends. I have received as many as 5 calls in a day. This has been going on for more than a year. Since I never answer my phone unless I know exactly who it is they will never get to talk to me. The joke is on them.

PEOPLE. PLEASE READ THE COMMENTS BEFORE POSTING!!!

YOU MAY THINK THAT SOMEONE IS CALLING YOUR SPECIFIC PHONE NUMBER.

THEY DID NOT. THEY DID NOT CALL YOUR NUMBER SPECIFICALLY.

YOU WERE RANDOMALLY "ROBO" CALLED WITH A SPOOFED PHONE NUMBER ON A CALLER ID FOR A SCAM COMPANY.

Important message to all those that have received a call from this number:

There are several companies engaged in scam business using auto dialers. They are ALL scam outfits. They spoof phone numbers of victims all the time. Sometimes, they spoof non-working phone numbers. The phone number you searched for is just another victim of these scumbags. I've done a lot of research of these companies. Actually, there are several affiliated companies, that try to scam innocent victims. They are either owned by the same people, or they sell their business model to other crooks.

One scam is about auto warranties. The other is about credit card debt relief. They even have scams about dish television, home alarms, carpet cleaning, political surveys, free cruises, and more. Their MO is the same. The use an auto dialer, and call thousands of random numbers. They have no regard to the do not call lists. Your demands or complaints to them are worthless. They will continue to call you.

They will not remove you from their call lists. Why? BECAUSE THEY DO NOT MAINTAIN ANY. THEY ARE CROOKS. THEY HAVE NO REGARD TO THE MANY LAWS THEY BREAK.

BEING ROBO CALLED BY A COMPUTER IS A FEDERAL CRIME. NEED WE SAY MORE?

If they call about a car warranty, the message says something as "This is the second notice on your extended vehicle warranty. Press one now to speak to a representative..." The message about credit debt mentions "This is Account Services. We are calling to lower your credit card debt. Press one now to speak to a representative..." or "The is an important call from your cardmember services. This is your Final Notice. We have been trying to contact you?." The message about carpet cleaning begins "This is Diane, would like your carpet professionally steamed cleaned?"

These crooks can be beaten! Here is an example of what happens if ALL OF US contribute to taking them down by following the steps below:
http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2012/02-09-12.html

So, now you want to get these crooks. WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS? If you want to stop these crooks do the following:
:
1) You need to speak to one of their customer service representatives. Pretend to be interested in either lowering your credit card interest rate or a car warranty, having your carpets cleaned, etc. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY REAL INFORMATION. Do not ask how they "got" you number. (Remember, your number was randomly  dialed by a computer)

Tell them you have $20,000 in credit card debt. Give them a fake credit card number, a fake name, and a fake SS#. If the call is about the auto warranty scam, tell them you own a Ferrari, or a 1937 Dodge (however, if you really own one of those two, tell them you own a Buick). Give a made up VIN number. Or tell them you have 15 rooms of beautiful plush wall to wall carpet. If they ask for your name and phone number, give them the info for the person you hate the most.

Your goal is simple. You want to engage them in friendly conversation to keep them on the phone for as long as possible. Be nice and friendly. Your goal is twofold. You want to learn as much as possible about them. They will refuse to give you a website, phone number, or maybe even a real company name. They will attempt to give you a generic name such as "Account Services," "Financial Services," or "Dealer Services." This is done for a reason, to throw you and the government off their tracks. Do not accept this. Keep pressing for info during casual conversation. You will need this (see below). Often when pressed for questions, they will hang up on you. Remember, they are instructed to do this. That is why you must not be confrontational. Be friendly and act as if you are genuinely interested.

Get the name of the company, and if you can, the city where they are located. Most of these scam companies are either in Florida, or in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

EVEN BETTER IS IF YOU CAN RECORD THE CALL.

Also, the time you take from them means them have less time to steal from someone who is unknowledgeable about their scams. They get paid to rip people off. Take away their time, and they make no money! I have kept them on the phone for up to 20 minutes! I realize that many of you do not have the time. But do you appreciate being taken advantage of?

Ever hear of Scambaiting? That is what you are doing!!! There are many entertaining web sites on this topic. For example, see:
http://www.419eater.com.


2) Get the details of these scumbags and post it on this and every other website you can find. Use only the information you get from talking from their representatives and information you get from public sources. DO NOT POST THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON THAT OWNS THE PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR CALLER ID. Their numbers were spoofed and they are victims.


3) YOU MUST REPORT THEM TO THE AUTHORITIES:

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION!
Here is the link to file a complaint: http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION:
https://donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

You can also file a report with the Attorney General of your state. See the links below to see how effective this can be.

If everyone that received a call from these low-life scumbags does the same, then the combined action of thousands of us can stop these crooks from scamming innocent people out of money.


Additional information: This is what can happen if everyone were to complain!
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2009/AG_Koster_says_GA_telemarketers_will_pay/
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/TRO_again ... all_violations/

See the following press releases to see how effective your complaints can be:
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/030608.htm
http://ago.mo.gov/newsreleases/2008/National_ ... filed_by_Nixon/
http://ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/telephoney.shtm

Let me tell you how I helped defeat a former scam company. Versadebt, that changed its name to VP Marketing, was scamming victims for years. I found the name of their company through conversation with one of their stupid representatives. And not only did I report them to the FCC and FTC each time, I also posted their contact information on the internet to make it easier for everyone to report.

Here is a story from Fox 5 Atlanta - WAGA that tells how WE took down VP Marketing, just one scam operation. Over 100,000 complaints were received by the FTC:
http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/i-team:-vp-marketing-sued-021710

If you get the name of the company,  here is how you can find their information if located in Georgia, with the search engine of the Georgia Department of State:
http://corp.sos.state.ga.us/corp/soskb/CSearch.asp

For example looking up VP Marketing, the former scam outfit, we see that it is owned by Jason Eyer, the dirt bag shown in the Fox 5 video. Here is how you can contact this person, courtesy of public records filed with the Georgia Department of State:
Jason Eyer
1603 Mosaic Way
Smyrna, GA  30080
407-902-1950
407-902-9377

And here is the most satisfying evidence of how we can defeat and destroy these scumbag scammers:
JURY CONVICTS WOMAN IN $25 MILLION NATIONWIDE TELEMARKETING FRAUD SCHEME
http://www.justice.gov/usao/gan/press/2011/11-07-11.html


Remember:

1) Be friendly and pretend to be interested
2) Try to get the name of the company
3) Research the name of the company using public records
4) Post the name of the company everywhere on the internet
4) Report them to the FCC, the FTC, and the state Attorney General's office

Got calls from this number both land-line & cell.  Worst is that AT&T charges us $1.20 every time they call our GoPhone even if we don't answer!!!

Friend who works at AT&T said you can create a contact with that phone number called "blacklist" or somthing similar.  Some phones allow you to edit the contact and send it to voicemail immediately.  That way you don't even have to pick up the phone.

In Alabama, we get calls fron Ind Sur Group at 206-496-0957.  I've called back and requested to be taken off their list, but it did no good.

watch out...all these numbers belong to the same company.
(206)496-0948
(206)496-0950
(206)496-0953
(360)474-3915
(360)474-3921
(360)474-3939
(360)529-6912
(360)529-6963
(360)529-6981
(503)457-1368
(971)208-9939
(971)208-9955

My number is on the no-call list but Independent Survey Group continues to call.

called my cell; left no message. i am on the do not call list, to no avail.

Thanks for recapping all the numbers... I have received calls from 2 of them on both of my phone numbers... I am reporting them to the Do Not Call website now. They are violating a bunch of the rules...

https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2

Actually, I think they are using the cover of "Political Survey" to get around Do Not Call list rules. So they really deserved to be busted for this!

REMOVAL ADDRESS

http://www.independentsurveygroup.org/removal.aspx


aka: Independent Survey Group

Just got in from work and had fell into bed, I was almost asleep, the phone rang, it was 8:15a.m., the caller I.D. showed ?Unlisted incoming call? ?The B*****ds!

Caller; Good morning I?m calling for xxxx xxxx  (I him off mid sentence)

Me; did you say that you?re a (telephone) terrorist and you?re going to take down the nations communications networks by flooding phone company servers with annoying calls for killing Osama Bin Laden?

Caller; Umm, umm (confusion in his voice)

Me: What? America will fall and kneel to your extremist telephone terrorist group?

Caller (quivering voice) No sir ? (I cut him off mid sentence).

Me: What? You?re going to get 21 virgins?

Caller: totally silent

Me; You said Jihad now for virgins?

Caller; totally silent (dumbstruck)

Me: I?m sorry did you just say that you planted a (stink) bomb in a public place?

Caller: totally silent and sweating bullets

Me; what are you laughing about?

Caller: I?m not laughing Sir

Me:  You?re laughing because your call is untraceable, you?ll never be found?

Caller; No, no!!!!

Me; F#ck the Department of Homeland Security? Al Kaeda is coming for us all?

Caller; I didn?t say that (sheer terror in his voice)

Me; well Mr. Al Kaeda you?ll be bomping your baloney while fantasizing about your 21 virgins in prison for the next 40 years  while you?re waitng for your (telephone) terrorism trial to go forward. I then promised that I am going to use *57 (call tracing) and reporting his call to the State Police and sending an email to report his terrorist threats (made to my telephone number/ date & time) to the F.B I. and Department of Homeland Security.  After a moment of silence;

Me; you?re going down like Osama!  ... you're going to do what to our President???

Caller: CLICK (hung up)
Of course, that caller doesn?t know if I was bluffing or not ?or- if the next person who responds in a similar manner that will or won?t actually report his calling their residence as a terrorist threat to ?The Feds? (being on the D.N.C. List). ? now the shoe is on the other foot; when he hung up filled with fear and apprehension of what I might do but there?s one thing that the caller can absolutely sure of; I can honestly say that I?ve never known one those scam artist/ collections agents (with the wrong number) or sales reps to hang up as fast as he did ? that?s a fact!

Lure them in, get the callers name, get the name of thier company, mention the date/ time that they called you and promise to email; the FBI, Dept. of Homeland Security and the Secret Service after the call --- better yet, don't just threaten them ... do it!

Aren't you just setting yourself up for another scam (from thier partners or others) if you put your telephone there on the W.W.W., to opt out: being removed from thier list????

I hope it helps you because it didn't help me.  They continue to call and call and call.  I'm going to try reporting them to the FCC.  Someone must have some control over these idiots.

Constant, annoying, almost daily calls from this obnoxious group (Ind. survey group) with no "human", only recorded voice.  I am furious, thought we had laws against citizen harassment!!

Melvin F. Rosenbaum

Found this number on my cell phone missed call area.  Appears to be related to these two numbers that also show up on my cell and which are in Washington:

425 390 7819  Answered once, a robo "survey" call.  
206 496 0950

I'm on the no call list on my land line and believe cell phones are excluded from cold calls.  My cell plan charges for both incoming and outgoing calls.

THEY HAVE BEEN CALLING ME EVERY EVENING.  I DO NOT ANSWER A CALL IF I DO NOT KNOW WHO IT  IS ON THE CALLER ID.  BUT I A,M GETTING A LOT OF OTHER STRANGE NUMBERS, FROM DIFFERENT STATES.  BUT....I AM ON THE CALLER NATIONAL NO CALL REGISTRY!

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO THEY ARE OR WHAT THEY WANT???

I get the same crap from (360) 474-3921 (WA) and (425) 390-8919 (WA). I also get hit from OR and MA. I have never answered and they never leave a message. Called back from my office land line, and I get the UK accented "temporarily unavailable". Any advice on how to get to stop appreciated. I'm on the do not call lists.....

please stop these calls

have had continual calls from this number in one day over 21 as of today 6/13/3921-do not wish to have these continual calls without any one saying anything. It happens daily.

DON'T give them your phone number or email address on their website!  The website looks FAKE, just to get identity and contact information.  This is some kind of scam.

All the call blockers in the world are not gonna help because this company is using an auto dialer that Spoofs the number the call is from.  It is made up and only used for one set of calls.  Until someone figures a way to shut this company down, we are just screwed!

I also have one of the Panasonic home phones and can Block #'s with it.  Also have Century Link as the Home phone carrier.  They allow you to BLOCK 25 #'s, either by just Area Code, or Area Code & next 3 digits , or entire # specifically.  So if they call you from 360-474-3915 and then try calling from 360-474-3262 (which they ARE doing), then you can Block the entire 360-474 series of numbers.

Thank You CENTURY LINK!!!!!!!!!

By the way, you can't tell ANY of these ILLEGAL callers to stop calling you and think it will work.  They're calling ILLEGALLY in the first place, so why do you think they'd care???

No you can't.

EVERY time they call I opt out.  And block them.

They just call me back with another number.


So the whole "you can tell them stop" thing... isn't true.

thats the exactly same thing i got when i called

Independent Survey Group:  claim to want a political *survey*.  Reality: A marketing company. SCAM. Block them and do not respond.