They do not need your number.  One method  that they use is a numerical scan and call every number in numerical sequence reaching you eventually, whether you are unlisted or not.  They call everyone, even police department main numbers, church rectories, hospitals, etc...

This number calls me at least twice or three times every day. Each time it is from 612-808...followed by a new final 4 digits.  I have reported this to the "Do Not Call Registry.gov" but no action has been taken.

Robo-dialer - WCA subscriber services.  I get 3-4 calls a week from this outfit, numbers from California to Maine!  Never answer since I don't answer numbers I don't recognize.  If you call back, they will not accept calls from blocked numbers (yeah, right!).  Go to their website, and to remove your number from their "SOS list," you have to ENTER YOUR NUMBER(!) and then receive one additional call verifying removal.  What a crock!  How can we put them out of business?

Received a voice mail from this number.  Something about winning 2500 towards a vacation.  total scam.

The national pandemic of telephone terrorism perpetrated by desperate criminal collection agencies is because they are trying to terrorize people who are naive enough to answer and submit to unsolicited telephone calls or written "collection" letters that have no legitimate legal debt associated with them or any of the companies, universities, or whomever else they claim to represent. Because most "little guys" were bankrupted by the criminal Wall St/Congress/Big Oil/Big Bankers/Big Business/Military/Robber Barons, so the desperate collection agencies are attempting to collect unpaid debts from innocent people by terrorizing them into submission.

Word of advice. NEVER answer any calls you don't recognize or are not expecting. Use selective call rejection service if available, or switch to an Internet-based telephone service which provides comprehensive call rejection options. If rogue calls become chronic, turn off all the ringers on all of your phones except one, and set its volume to the minimum setting. If you don't answer the call and the caller is legitimate, they will usually leave a voicemail after the first or second try. Rogue callers never leave voicemail messages because that could be used as evidence against them if it came to a lawsuit. If you receive a rogue letter in the mail warning you of some "collection" action against you, if you don't actually owe it, reply with a short letter stating that you don't owe it. Or if you do owe all or part of it, reply with something like "You claim I owe you a debt. Under §809 FDCPA, I request validation of this debt."

Only give them your name as THEY have written it to you (e.g. ?John Doe? not ?Jonathon Q. Doe? or however you normally sign your own name), address, and the account number they report. But if you do not owe the debt (zombie debt, aged debt, mistaken or stolen identity, forgery, etc.) state that you have never done any business with them or with the (alleged) original creditor of any kind and you expect the collection agency to close the matter, stop harassing you and take any bad credit marks they've caused off of your credit rating, and furthermore, that any further contact from them must be in writing on their official business correspondence letterhead. Send your letter to them a.s.a.p., always within thirty days, first class certified mail return receipt requested. If they refuse it and you get the letter back unopened, leave it unopened and save it in your files as evidence against them should they pursue legal action against you. If they did receive it and continue to pursue action against you, let them. The judge will throw it out of court. If the rogue collection agency sells your account to another rogue collection agency just tell them the claim has been proven invalid and offer to send them a copy of your letter to the previous rogue collection agency. Warn all your friends about this rash of desperate collection agency terrorism, and how to combat it. Knowledge is power. The more you learn how to combat rogue collection agencies, back-taxes scammers, phishing scammers, and other flimflammers, the more you will learn how easy it is to do.

Above all, keep a record of everything, of every rogue call w/ caller ID information displayed including time and day of each call. Maintain a complete file on any snail-mailed intimidation from rogue collection agencies, including copies of all correspondences and postal receipts. Reporting rogue calls on sites like
800notes.com, whocallsme.com, phoneowner.info is a great idea too, because many people find these sites by googling for the rogue number(s) after receiving calls from them.

--

Start Here:
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs3-hrs2.htm
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=%C2%A7809+FDCPA
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=zombie-debt
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=slander-of-credit
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=limited-liability-company+collection-agency
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htm
http://www.ehow.com/way_5849463_do-up-certified-dispute-letter.html
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://hubpages.com/hub/Battling-Consumer-Debt-Collectors-Part-2-I-Do-Not-Owe-This-Debt
http://hubpages.com/hub/Sample-letters-for-disputes-to-creditors--collectors-and-credit-bureaus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDCPA
http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/Disputing ... ute-letter.html
(most say the above sample letter is too long and should be much shorter)
http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/statue-limitations.html
http://www.spooftel.com/  <= !

Credit Report:
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

USPS:
http://www.usps.com/send/waystosendmail/extra ... mailservice.htm
http://www.usps.com/send/waystosendmail/extra ... eiptservice.htm

Other links:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/29 ... tors/index.html
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/12/103/358/
http://clarkhoward.com/topics/drop_dead_letter.html
--
Information for filing complaints against rogue telephone calls,
telephone harassment, false "bill collector" harassment, etc.,
in the United States and Canada:

UNITED STATES

US National Do Not Call Registry, file complaint: https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov 1-877-382-4357
File complaint online: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
that is at www.ftc.gov

Federal Communications Commission
Telephone toll free:  1-888-225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html
File complaint online: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.html
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

FCC Abandoned Calls Complaint form:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/1088D-R.pdf
email:  fccinfo@fcc.gov

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/us/


INTERNET CRIME:
File report for Internet Crime at:
Internet Crime Complaint Centre
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx


CANADA

RCMP Phone busters
Telephone toll free: 1-888-495-8501
Mon-Fri 8:30-5:20 pm (Eastern Time)
E-mail: info@phonebusters.com
RCMP Website is at: http://www.phonebusters.com  
File complaint online:  https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx?lang=en
(Register with a password and then can continually file complaints)

Canada National Do Not Call Registry:
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Telephone toll free to File A Complaint: 1-866-580-3625
(to withdraw a complaint is 877-249-2782)
CRTC online complaints form: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/pfplin-fccoin-eng
that is at  www.crtc.gc.ca

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/canada/

I have had several calls from this number.
When I call it back it has a loud bip and saiys it is ouit of order

When I answered, nobody replied.

I have received two calls in two days from this number.  I haven't answered and after reading the other posts, I am NOT going to

no one answers.  DISCONNECT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also just got a call from this number on my unlisted cell while at work.  Must be an "auto-dial" computer system that just keeps dialing the next number then the next, and so on.  Thank goodness for caller ID on my end.  If I don't know who it is, I don't answer it.

Three calls in two days...never going to answer an unrecognized number as I assume it's telemarketing or scam of some sort. If it's somebody I know or need to talk to, they'll leave a message. This number hasn't yet.

this number calls once or twice in a row...and never replies. I am filing a report elsewhere.

I had miss call from +01612-808-5691, I called back answering machine gives this message  "the box does not accept any new messages at this time"

When i answered no reply and then they hung up

They called and asked for my credit card information so they could lower and when they asked for my credit card information and i didnt have it they hung up on me! SCAM and FRAUDS!!!

Their recorded message was still running by the time voicemail started recording.  It was my "last chance" to lower my interst rates.  How do marketing firms get an unlisted, private cell phone number anyway?

Received multiple unanswered calls from this number emanating from the US and abroad.

Said that my credit card was in good standing but if I chose to speak with the customer service rep they could lower my interest rate.

Received a cell phone call from this number today. I answered and there was no reply. It's an unpublished landline number based in Twin Cities, Minnesota.

so what do we do

I have no idea who this was but I don't answer it if I don't recognize the number

Have received several calls from this number. Mostly with cut-off voice messages. The recording says that I  am eligible for a reduced credit card interest rate based on new federal law.

Caller ID on my cell says "Minnesota" and the number 612-808-5691. Answered and no rsponse so I hung up.

I don't know anyone with that number so I didn't answer it.  Now I believe it is a scam.  Thanks.

Pricks keep calling without answering

?

call back the number, was told number was no longer in service

This number keeps calling my cell. ive learned not to answer it. cause it takes my mins.
When i call it from a landline it says its nolonger in service..

Someone at this number keep calling me. Never anyone on the other end. Got my last call on 2/19/2010. I wish they would give it up!

Called, 2:59pm EDT.