not sure who

This number called today. Caller id said TN Removal List. I didn't answer.

Some people have asked for more information about who these guys are.  Here is the information I was able to extract out of them and where it leads...

I was contacted by someone who appeared to be a 702 area code number (Las Vegas, NV).  They offered me an extended warranty on my car that at the end of the warranty would have exceeded the residual price of the car.  Clearly a scam.  I was able to get them to email some information to me (which looked pretty shady) and it was sent from mail@directprotectwarranty.com.

Browsing the website directprotectwarranty.com gets you a site with no addresses and only a toll-free number.  Any reputable company would have more contact information on it.  A whois lookup of the domain shows it to be 'privacy blocked', reputable companies wouldn't do this either.

A Google search of directprotectwarranty.com showed me a listing on Monster for telemarketing reps, but were listed under a local hospital (yep, they want us to believe that hospitals sell extended warranties).  I contacted Monster's fraud department and had the listing taken down.  In the listing, they had the number 714-415-7500.

Googling this number showed all kinds of telemarketing referral companies.  I called this number pretending to be a wrong number and the receptionist told me they are C1F Marketing.

http://www.c1fmarketing.com/index.html styles themselves as a marketing company specializing in 'voice broadcasting' (Read: RoboCallers).

Ordinarily, when I post to forums like this, I stop with the above information, but I am sick and tired of these guys harrassing people, so here is a little more digging...

A Google search of c1fmarketing shows a lot of entries for Bill will the address of c1fmarketing@gmail.com and phone number of (714)625-8460 offering 'live transfers' of calls (which is the point of all of these robocalls, find a victim, transfer them to someone willing to sell them junk.)

Searching this number reveals that this person is Bill Mariner.  He apparently has sold a lot of these 'Voice Boradcasting' and 'Business to Business Telemarketing' services along with hosting a number of 'Gold and Jewelry' parties and selling questionable 2% loans at http://www.websitetoolbox.com/tool/post/sdcia ... highlight=japan

I can't say what Bill Mariner's association is with this company, but my guess is that he is the company.  If you want these people to stop calling, press the number to get a live agent, ask them to call you right back on your 'other line', and give them the number(714)625-8460.  I haven't gotten a call since.

These guys have called me a number of times and I wanted to play with them a little bit. Usually if you ask a few questions, they hang up on you.

First, this block of phone numbers comes from Digicom Services, which provides 'disposable' phone numbers to scam artists like these guys.  Their information is:

12923 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90066
Phone  (310) 358-7000
(800) 464-5446
Fax  (310) 437-4105  

I spoke with Chris Georger.  They were good enough to offer me a three year extended warranty on my (make-beleive) car (2003 Chevy Impala LS) for $2995 ($495 of it up front, 208.33 a month).  Even if they weren't in a boiler room somewhere in Orange County, CA, that is about half the trade-in value of the car today, much less in three years when the warranty is supposed to end.  He told me that I could find the contract information at www.royaladmin.com but none of the information emailed to me has Royal Admin on it anywhere, which makes me question whether or not they are actually affiliated.  

The email they sent me comes from mail@directprotectwarranty.com.  There is a website for directprotectwarranty.com,  I tried calling the toll-free that is on the website (which is differnt than the number Chris gave me)  When I asked for Chris Georger, I did get connected, so at least they are keeping that part of their story straight.  Nowhere on the website is there any location information - no names, no addresses...  a Whois search of the domain is privacy protected.

A Google search of directprotectwarranty is kinda interesting:  There is a Google posting for MemorialCare Health Centers looking for Extended Warranty Reps.  I am afraid to ask what kind of extended warranty a hospital would be trying to sell, but my guess is that someone posted the job using a hacked Monster account.  
http://jobview.monster.com/GetJob.aspx?JobID=71344192&WT.mc_n=jobscomview
The posting had a phone number 714-415-7500 - Googling this number comes back with a number of interesting businesses in Orange County, CA like 'Morgage Bang' (really).  Calling this number gets you a very helpful receptionist at C1F Marketing, another one of these awesome virtual companies with a website and a phone number, but no contact information, no street address, and a privacy hidden.  C1F Marketing styles itself as a 'Voice Broadcasting' company (read: 'Robo-Telemarketing').  The receptionist didn't know who Chris Georger was.

Okay, seriously, if this didn't look like a scam before, it really does now.  This information will go to the appropriate consumer protection agencies of my home state and California.

And yes, I really did give them the name Bartholomew Simpson - maybe they can sell me a warranty on my skateboard...  !Ay Carrumba!  It was hard not to giggle when they kept calling me Mr. Simpson.

They called me at like 8:30 but I missed the call.... I have no idea who it would have been!

Got a phone call from this number also - didn't answer it - probably the car warranty people since I have been getting notices in my mail box

I got a call on my cell phone from this number, and when I answered there was some recorded message stating that the factory warranty of my car was about to expire. I drive a 1989 buick, and trust me - I have no warranty on it.

got a call, but did not answer

I just now recently received a call from this number of my cell phone. I didn't answer it.