FAQ's about SUNY NY-ALERT
***NOTICE***

If you are currently receiving calls with caller ID of NY-Alert (518) 292-6634, please know these calls are not originating from our Emergency System.

Caller ID spoofing is being used to display NY-Alert on the telephone display. The reason for the spoofing is unknown. Our Emergency number was randomly chosen to be displayed on the Caller ID, however it?s not originating from our Emergency System.

Please also see this General Press release about the Unsolicited Phone Calls from NY-Alert.

If for some reason you feel that you might be within our real data repository please forward your phone number that?s being solicited and I will reach out to our campuses to have it removed.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

from: http://www.suny.edu/launchnyalert/FAQNYAlert.cfm

Got the call from this number, asked for a 10 digit ID for some allert, have no clue who this is or why they are calling.  What happened to the DO NOT CALL list.  What a joke that list is.

Not only is my number on the Do Not Call Registry, it is a TWC Business Class Service (all activity monitored) through Cisco Systems.  These guys CONTINUE to call, and when I try to call back and enter number to "verify" it and remove it, they claim they never called it.  Bull!  They call several times A DAY and leave messages.  It's a scam spoofer of Alert NY.  No idea who REAL company is...Caller ID spoof number: 518-292-6634...

It's called a scam to bypass Do Not Call Registry.

The call is from a complete SCAM that tries to get your information by claiming to sell a home security system.  They call constantly no matter how many times you tell them to remove your number.  They hang up on you immediately if you dare to ask the name of the company or what company actually sells the home security system, so i doubt they really sell anything.  The number is set up so that you can not reach anyone when you return the call.

YOU ARE WRONG THE NY ALERT WEBSITE SAYS IT IS A SCAM. STOP CALLING PEOPLE YOU SCAMMER

Robo call received 8 May 2013 ("Free Alarm...")
Caller ID: "Alert NY"

What a shame, scamming telemarketers are spoofing a valid phone number ( belonging to NYAlert.gov ) to sneak their phone spam through to innocent telephone customers.

Transcript of spam call:

"<female voice>The FBI reports there was a home break in every 15 seconds. Your local police recommend you protect your home....if you will allow us to place a small sign in your yard, we will install a new security system at absolutely no cost to you whatsoever. There is no cost for the system or the installation whatsoever. To hear more, press 1 now. To be placed on our Do Not Call list, press 9. <male voice> If you would like your phone number removed, press 2 now, otherwise press 1 to speak to a representative. Thank you." (repeated 2 more times)

I was too slow to record this call but thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear the same call but from a different phone number recorded on 29 April 2013 on my Spam Calls web page:

http://home.comcast.net/~achx88a/spam/spamcalls.htm


Signup for your own free Google Voice account at www.google.com/voice and avoid telephone call spam

It has come to our attention that individuals in numerous states are receiving solicitation phone calls with a caller ID of NY-Alert (518) 292-6634.  Please know these calls are not originating from NY-Alert.  Caller ID spoofing is being used to display NY-Alert on the telephone display. Please visit www.nyalert.gov if you wish additional information regarding NY-Alert.

I live in Alabama; how would they get my # and why would they be alerting someone here

I got this call this morning and got worried cause we have family in NY. I'm in MA. I looked it up on BING and found out it's the University alert system. So why am I getting called. No one in school there!

recieved a call from 518-292-6634, no message. I called back as I have an elderly mother that does wear a life line. This #  didn't recognize my # as I was asked to enter it. Who ever this is doesn't understand the questions one has when no messasge is left. RUDE!

Robo call recorded 29 April 2013 ("Free" Alarm system and small sign)
Caller ID: "Alert NY"

These people aren't even consistent with their instructions, one place it's "press 2 for Do Not Call" elsewhere it's "press 9 for do not call"...no matter what you press, a live person comes on and asks if you're interested in getting their "free" alarm.

"<female voice>The FBI reports there was a home break in every 15 seconds. Your local police recommend you protect your home. If you will allow us to place a small sign in your yard, we will install a new security system at absolutely no cost to you whatsoever. There is no cost for the system or the installation whatsoever. To hear more, press 1 now. To be placed on our Do Not Call list, press 9. <male voice> If you would like your phone number removed, press 2 now, otherwise press 1 to speak to a representative. Thank you." (repeated 2 more times)

Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear our conversation on my Spam Calls web page:

http://home.comcast.net/~achx88a/spam/spamcalls.htm


Signup for your own free Google Voice account at www.google.com/voice and avoid telephone call spam

Just got a call about a free security system for placing a sign in my yard. and when I asked to have my name removed from the list was told, "Nope."  Scam.

What a pest.  I don't even live in NY nor do I know anyone at that school.

This number called we did not answer, Alert NY, check out this http://www.nyalert.gov/, do not answer

If 292-987-5239 is a New York alert system, why are they calling Massachusetts numbers..I don't answer any calls that I do Know..If they are calling here it's a scam...I read all the complaints, thanks for that input...

NY Alert is the emergency site for the State of New York. (http://www.nyalert.gov). They have issued a press release  dated 4/23/2013 regarding these telemarketer calls spoofing their caller id and telephone number.

Why would they be calling me? I live in the SE and have nothing to do with NY. It's a scam. Someone is spoofing the NY Alert system.

It seems that lately, 518-292-6634 is being spoofed by a telemarketing scam.  The call left a message, which is rare indeed, about the offer of a free home security system if we let them place a sign in our yard.  The message did not identify a company or what the sign would say.  A New York alert surely wouldn't be calling a number in Maryland that has no ties to New York or the NY university system.

Caller left a message today asking to install a free security system if I allow them to place their sign in my yard.

This NY Alert showed on our caller I.D. (landline).  First we do not live in NY (we live in a state far south) and second, our only child is 38, does not, nor ever have attended ANY university.  Why are they calling us???

On 4/19/2013, I had a voicemail message from NY Alert  and telephone # 5182926634 offering me free Home Security System. I  did some research  and called NY Alert -a state emergency agency that works with Homeland Security. The person I spoke to assured me they did not call me. These telemarketers are using fake caller ids and telephone numbers. I am reporting this matter to my congressman.
I live in Kentucky.

Just got a call from 518 292 6634.  It came up alert ny.  Called back but said my number was not in their system.  Hope I don't get charged $200 like someone else did.

Left me message offering me free home security system, if they could place a small sign in my yard. If this telephone number is for a NY emergency alert system why are they calling me in Kentucky? This is a scam.

Caller ID says "NY Alert" However, I got a recorded message advertising a drug and alcohol rehab center. They ask if you or a loved one have a drug or alcohol problem and that their program has a great success rate....

They must be hitting a new area code - got a call in Oronoco, MN 4/17/13 at 8:47 am. VM left to call back. Yeah - not going there.

I am in Rochester as well.. Got the same message on my work voicemail?

If its a safety alert why am I getting calls in Rochester, MN?

If this number is for an emergency alert, why do they ask you to call back?  Daahh!!!

Someone is calling me from this # saying it is NY notification