Righting a blog on these #?s help many people. I for one no longer answer calls from #?s I don?t know. If it?s important they will leave a message.     But more importantly reporting these calls to the ? do not call ? is a waste of time. Call the FTC at 1-877-382-4357 there you can talk to a live person and report up to 5 numbers, or go on line to ftc.gov  ( federal trade commission) and file a complaint. If we ALL do this maybe it will get some attention.

Well Ronda,

If you are tired of spam on your cell phone, posting your cell number id a sure way to get more.  But then, I think maybe this is not YOUR cell phone number, or that you may be a scammer yourself.

I will report your post, but I also will tell you that you can get rid of spam on your cell phone.

Read this article to learn how: http://800notes.com/forum/ta-6dbfa49432dde2d/ ... xt-message-spam

Tired of spam on my cell phone!!!   [phone number removed]     March 7, 2013

The 703 number is from a credit card phishing scam. However, when you call it back, you get a conservative super PAC in Houston called Restore America's Voice -- complete with a message offering the "opportunity" to make a donation to them. Don't know if there's a connection between the credit card criminals and Restore, or if the scammers are just spoofing their number (though in my, by now extensive experience with phone scammers, dialling the numbers back always gets a "mailbox full" recording and not a connection to a semi-legit message). In any event, Restore America's Voice has a fair number of complaints about their telemarketing activities elsewhere on this site. (take a look at the page for 855-295-6020)

My number is on the National Do Not Call Registry. If you leave no message, I will assume they are a telemarketer. I will then report this number to the registry. I never answer or call back numbers I don't recognize or those that don't leave messages. Thank you, "get real", you have a point! The government Registry rarely enforces the do not call complaints!

Promoting political candidates

get real people bes thing to do is just block the number....if you think any gov't sectors will do what they are suppost to do think again they do not care.....you see what all agencys don't do what makes you think otherwise?

There was a voicemail left, but it was really loud static. Nothing else.

YOU ARE CORRECT SIR!
your AG can trace that call before lunch, but if it is true scammer it can be a challenge, it took me a while freakin day to trace the '202' robo-callers back to a company called political media, posted the companies info phone numbers, CEO, you get the idea

anyways...
tell AG to start with the ANI (SOMEONE SOMEWHERE IS PAYING FOR THE CONNECTION!)
ANI will probably lead to avoip account thats bought under a false corp. name, etc....

so what does your AG do? (the funny thing is, law enforcement really doesnt know 99% of the time, LOL! )
follow the money
the host is getting paid by someone, ok, its a fake corporation with a p.o.box, so someone pays for the p.o. box right?
oops its a nigerian illegal name moomfoosu mohamed, hrmmm
what now?
WATCH THE BOX!

point being, the one flaw in every illegal electronic activity is that at some point, someone, has to pysically either turn the electronic funds into cash or a physical commodity, or in our case, someone, somewhere has to initiate the payment that starts the whole chain of events.

sorry for the rant and grammar and spelling, i'm tired, long day, i just got one of these calls and it pissed me off!

if you want interesting readin and a little more detail see my posts about tracking "huckabee" robocalls, they pissed me off so bad i did track them!


cheers,
disco

Left no message on machine. Have been calling for days and not leaving any messages.
Probably hired to harass people who don't buy from them.

Owner of the company, Johan Hendrik Smit Duyzentkunst, denied any knowledge of this operation and claimed that someone was using his platform to place the calls without his knowledge. At the height of this telephone debacle it's been said that Rachel was making 27 calls a second, which is a whopping 2.4 million calls in a single day!
Read more at http://www.whycall.me/info/creditholderservices.php


This is an all out attack from these scum suckers! EVERYONE should be reporting them everywhere that they can. Since this is an obvious attempt at identity theft and is interstate, the FBI should be forced to get involved.

Advance Fee Fraud

http://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection ... -fee-fraud.html

Advance fee fraud, also called upfront fee fraud, is any scam that, in exchange for a fee,

   Promises to send you money, products, or services;
   Offers you the opportunity to participate in a special deal;
   Asks for your assistance in removing funds from a country in political turmoil; or
   Asks for your assistance to help law enforcement catch thieves.

Whatever the scammers call the upfront fees (membership fee, participation fee, administrative or handling fee, taxes) all have one thing in common: the victims never see their money, or the scammers, again. Advance fee schemes come in many forms. We have provided some examples here. For more information, you can also visit the Federal Trade Commission Web site and perform a key word search.

Debt Elimination Fraud

Unlike legitimate companies who work with debtors to help them responsibly repay their debts, debt elimination scammers promise to make you debt free in exchange for a modest upfront or membership fee that they simply pocket. Victims pulled in by these schemes will certainly lose that fee, but they may also lose property, incur additional debt, damage their credit rating, risk identity theft, or face legal action. To learn more, read Answers about Debt Elimination and Fraudulent Schemes or visit the Bureau of Consumer Protection on the Federal Trade Commission Web site.

Nigerian Fraud

This fraud combines identify theft and advance fee fraud. Scammers posing as government officials contact victims asking for help in transferring millions of dollars out of Nigeria in exchange for a percentage of the funds. They convince victims to provide their bank name and account numbers and other identifying information and to send checks to pay for bribes or legal fees. Perpetrators may also use the personal information received to drain victims' accounts and credit cards. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims who, by participating in this scheme, violate both Nigerian and U.S. law. Read more about this and other common fraud schemes on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Web site.

From the FBI website:
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publication ... -2010-2011#Mass

Mass Marketing Fraud
General Overview
Mass marketing fraud is a general term for frauds which exploit mass-communication media, such as telemarketing, mass mailings, and the Internet. Since the 1930s, mass marketing has been a widely accepted and exercised practice. Advances in telecommunications and financial services technologies have further served to spur growth in mass marketing, both for legitimate business purposes as well as for the perpetration of consumer frauds. They share a common theme: the use of false and/or deceptive representations to induce potential victims to make advance fee-type payments to fraud perpetrators. Although there are no comprehensive statistics on the subject, it is estimated mass marketing frauds victimize millions of Americans each year and generate losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The following is a brief description of some of the key concepts and schemes associated with the mass marketing/advance fee fraud crime problem.

Advance Fee Fraud: This category of fraud encompasses a broad variety of schemes which are designed to induce their victims into remitting upfront payments in exchange for the promise of goods, services, and/or prizes.

The predominantly transnational nature of the mass marketing fraud crime problem presents significant impediments to effective investigation by any single agency or national jurisdiction. Typically, victims will reside in one or more countries, perpetrators will operate from another, and the financial/money services infrastructure of numerous additional countries are utilized for the rapid movement and laundering of funds. For these reasons, the FBI is uniquely positioned to assist in the investigation of these frauds through its network of legal attaché (legat) offices located in over 60 U.S. Embassies around the world. By leveraging its global presence and network of liaison contacts, the FBI has successfully cooperated with other domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies to combat, disrupt, and dismantle international mass marketing fraud groups. The FBI participates in the International Mass Marketing Fraud Working Group (IMMFWG), a multi-agency working group established to facilitate the multi-national exchange of information and intelligence, the coordination of cross-border operational matters, and the enhancement of public awareness of international mass marketing fraud schemes. The current membership of the IMMFWG consists of law enforcement, regulatory, and consumer protection agencies from seven countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Despite the best interagency enforcement efforts to combat mass marketing fraud, the FBI remains cognizant of the fact that the only enduring remedy for this crime problem lies in consumer education and fraud prevention programs. Toward this end, the FBI has not only produced its own mass marketing fraud prevention materials, but coordinates on other public information efforts with the DOJ, FTC, and the USPIS, among others. The FBI also supports a consumer fraud prevention website in conjunction with the USPIS which can be located on the web at: Additionally, further information on mass marketing fraud schemes can be found at www.fbi.gov, www.ftc.gov, www.ic3.gov, and www.stopfraud.gov.

Any criminal activity can be reported to the FBI here:  https://tips.fbi.gov
Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office.

Many of these calls are coming from Costa Rica and India and they are using spoofed (false) numbers, which in itself is illegal. They do cold calling for or sell the leads to numerous companies in this country and they all know that what they are doing is illegal. Tomorrow this same number may be selling Cruises, Timeshares or Security Systems but if you follow the money it usually ends up in the hands of an American LLC.
Most of the inbound robo call numbers are spoofed, as most of the bolierhouses, both off and on shore, are using Voip SIP Trunks services. Throwaway DID numbers are also used. Some of the robocalling is operated by the end use scammers directly. Others are contract services who earn a referral fee once you are transferred to the scammers.

The criminals behind this operation aren't going to pay attention to you asking to be removed from their list. Their calls cost them almost nothing and they make millions of them so they have no intention of ever removing someone. When you press a key to talk to them all that is accomplished is to verify that they have a working number.
Unfortunately blowing an air horn or whistle doesn't work either. Their headset have noise dampeners plus they are expecting it. However with that said if it makes you feel better then by all means give it a shot.

The banking system is also at fault here, without merchant accounts and ACH processing these criminals could not collect the scammed funds. Though the criminals use obfuscation, layered corporations, multiple bank accounts and offshore stashing, patterns of obvious fraudulent activity become apparent after a very short time.

This is an all out attack from these scum suckers! EVERYONE should be reporting them everywhere that they can. Since this is an obvious attempt at identity theft the FBI should be forced to get involved. (Prosecute them in criminal court instead of civil penalties).

If you want to stop these calls then you need to dry up their revenue source. Your phone company is charging you a fee for Caller ID. Your phone company pays the scammer for sending their Caller ID information. Your phone company pays only a fraction of a cent per call and you pay your phone company to have the Caller ID displayed. The scammers send out millions of calls which amounts to a significant amount of money however your phone company is charging a large amount to millions of customers. This may have something to do with the phone companies inability to stop these calls.
In order to stop this we need legislation making it illegal to charge for caller ID. If a phone service wishes to operate it would need to provide the Caller ID at no charge as part of the service. Here is the $50,000 solution that the FCC is looking for and it doesn't cost anything.

There is an excellent blog site that I found that explains how one company is getting away with this activity.
http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com

The FCC has temporarily halted 7 minor unprofitable boiler rooms who will receive a slap on the wrist and be back at it within a few days. In the meantime the calls will continue since they are making money with what is called a CNAM revenue-sharing program through companies like http://www.telephonemanagement.net and http://www.CallerID4U.com

In their own words:  'Every day your company makes thousands of outbound phone calls. Every one of those calls generates revenue for many companies, why not yours? Our CNAM revenue-sharing program helps you make money every time a Caller ID request is made by a phone carrier. A high-traffic call center can lose hundreds to thousands of dollars a day to phone carriers by allowing them to charge for access to your own data.'

You can now see why the criminals keep calling even though they know you won't fall for their scam. They are making money even if you don't answer the phone. If someone does make the mistake of answering the phone and falling for their scam then it is just icing on the cake for them. These people are the lowest form of filth on this planet.

What To Do When You Get an Illegal Robocall; http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls
1.    Hang Up. Do not press 1 or any other numbers to get off the list and NEVER call them back
2.    Consider blocking the number or on a cell phone add it to a contact list and assign NO ring tone
3.    Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
4.    Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
5.    People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office
6.     Report any criminal activity to the FBI here:    https://tips.fbi.gov

This is an all out attack from these scum suckers! EVERYONE should be reporting them everywhere that they can. Since this is an obvious attempt at identity theft the FBI should be forced to get involved. (Prosecute them in criminal court instead of civil penalties).

Register your phone numbers online at http://www.donotcall.gov or call (888) 382-1222 (must call from # you want removed).

There is a blog site that has information on one of these operations:     http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com
Please read the blog and report violations to the proper authorities.
http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/callerid4u-inc-moves-to-silence-critics-of-illicit-robocalls

Owner of the company, Johan Hendrik Smit Duyzentkunst, denied any knowledge of this operation and claimed that someone was using his platform to place the calls without his knowledge. At the height of this telephone debacle it's been said that Rachel was making 27 calls a second, which is a whopping 2.4 million calls in a single day!
Read more at http://www.whycall.me/info/creditholderservices.php

This is an all out attack from these scum suckers! EVERYONE should be reporting them everywhere that they can. Since this is an obvious attempt at identity theft and is interstate, the FBI should be forced to get involved.

Advance Fee Fraud

http://www.occ.gov/topics/consumer-protection ... -fee-fraud.html

Advance fee fraud, also called upfront fee fraud, is any scam that, in exchange for a fee,

   Promises to send you money, products, or services;
   Offers you the opportunity to participate in a special deal;
   Asks for your assistance in removing funds from a country in political turmoil; or
   Asks for your assistance to help law enforcement catch thieves.

Whatever the scammers call the upfront fees (membership fee, participation fee, administrative or handling fee, taxes) all have one thing in common: the victims never see their money, or the scammers, again. Advance fee schemes come in many forms. We have provided some examples here. For more information, you can also visit the Federal Trade Commission Web site and perform a key word search.

Debt Elimination Fraud

Unlike legitimate companies who work with debtors to help them responsibly repay their debts, debt elimination scammers promise to make you debt free in exchange for a modest upfront or membership fee that they simply pocket. Victims pulled in by these schemes will certainly lose that fee, but they may also lose property, incur additional debt, damage their credit rating, risk identity theft, or face legal action. To learn more, read Answers about Debt Elimination and Fraudulent Schemes or visit the Bureau of Consumer Protection on the Federal Trade Commission Web site.

Nigerian Fraud

This fraud combines identify theft and advance fee fraud. Scammers posing as government officials contact victims asking for help in transferring millions of dollars out of Nigeria in exchange for a percentage of the funds. They convince victims to provide their bank name and account numbers and other identifying information and to send checks to pay for bribes or legal fees. Perpetrators may also use the personal information received to drain victims' accounts and credit cards. The Nigerian government is not sympathetic to victims who, by participating in this scheme, violate both Nigerian and U.S. law. Read more about this and other common fraud schemes on the Federal Bureau of Investigation Web site.

From the FBI website:
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publication ... -2010-2011#Mass

Mass Marketing Fraud
General Overview
Mass marketing fraud is a general term for frauds which exploit mass-communication media, such as telemarketing, mass mailings, and the Internet. Since the 1930s, mass marketing has been a widely accepted and exercised practice. Advances in telecommunications and financial services technologies have further served to spur growth in mass marketing, both for legitimate business purposes as well as for the perpetration of consumer frauds. They share a common theme: the use of false and/or deceptive representations to induce potential victims to make advance fee-type payments to fraud perpetrators. Although there are no comprehensive statistics on the subject, it is estimated mass marketing frauds victimize millions of Americans each year and generate losses in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The following is a brief description of some of the key concepts and schemes associated with the mass marketing/advance fee fraud crime problem.

Advance Fee Fraud: This category of fraud encompasses a broad variety of schemes which are designed to induce their victims into remitting upfront payments in exchange for the promise of goods, services, and/or prizes.

The predominantly transnational nature of the mass marketing fraud crime problem presents significant impediments to effective investigation by any single agency or national jurisdiction. Typically, victims will reside in one or more countries, perpetrators will operate from another, and the financial/money services infrastructure of numerous additional countries are utilized for the rapid movement and laundering of funds. For these reasons, the FBI is uniquely positioned to assist in the investigation of these frauds through its network of legal attaché (legat) offices located in over 60 U.S. Embassies around the world. By leveraging its global presence and network of liaison contacts, the FBI has successfully cooperated with other domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies to combat, disrupt, and dismantle international mass marketing fraud groups. The FBI participates in the International Mass Marketing Fraud Working Group (IMMFWG), a multi-agency working group established to facilitate the multi-national exchange of information and intelligence, the coordination of cross-border operational matters, and the enhancement of public awareness of international mass marketing fraud schemes. The current membership of the IMMFWG consists of law enforcement, regulatory, and consumer protection agencies from seven countries, including Australia, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Despite the best interagency enforcement efforts to combat mass marketing fraud, the FBI remains cognizant of the fact that the only enduring remedy for this crime problem lies in consumer education and fraud prevention programs. Toward this end, the FBI has not only produced its own mass marketing fraud prevention materials, but coordinates on other public information efforts with the DOJ, FTC, and the USPIS, among others. The FBI also supports a consumer fraud prevention website in conjunction with the USPIS which can be located on the web at: Additionally, further information on mass marketing fraud schemes can be found at www.fbi.gov, www.ftc.gov, www.ic3.gov, and www.stopfraud.gov.

Any criminal activity can be reported to the FBI here:  https://tips.fbi.gov
Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office.

I have been getting calls like this for 5 years now on my business phone and I can't just change my number all the time.
Almost always, in one way or the other, from credit card services. I would say 1-5 a day.  Almost always a different number.  From what I have seen.  These scams come up as a lot of different things from magazines to a someone trying to sale you a website but they are all the same scammers.  They want company or individual information to rip you off.
That's somewhere between 1800-9100 calls in a five year period.  If that is not harassment then I don't know what is.
There is nothing anybody can do it seems.  Thanks to the government agencies for not busting these dirt bags.
"It's just a phone call don't answer it."  Ya, only a couple of thousand calls.

I am on the do not call list, if I get a "real" person, it usually (after 6-8 weeks) goes away...with this number it is a weekly occurrence. Ahh so much for living in a "cloudy" world of techno solicitations..I forsee it only getting worse as time goes on

Stop calling me.

Secur2wire called   and i didnt ans

I get the same types of calls from the same number and others as well (e.g. 978-275-8891).  I used 'Resigned' strategy.  I don't answer the land line phone.  I use the cell phone.  At least, we are somewhat protected by law. But I don't answer any calls on my cell phone either, unless I recognize the number. Sleaze balls are also sneaky.

Until the law protects us from these extortionists and low-life criminals, the minor stress will continue.   I laugh at 'em.

And the laws as they exist now only force us to go through some waste of time reporting them.  And if you ever answer a call or return the call, they start asking personal questions.  If you do not give them information, they say, "You are being uncooperative" and hurl all kinds of vile threats and insults.

Since they are probably a network of slime dwellers with some final motive other than just harassment, I do not respond.  The delete button is easily accessible on my answer machine.

The one time I returned the call, a young woman took my call, but didn't know who she was looking for.  She took a guess at who I was, and I just told her that she reached my phone number and repeated the number.  That's when she said I was being uncooperative.

I told her tha uncoopertive was when I drive up there and tear her face off.  Then I asked if she'd ever heard of the Federal Trade Commission, or a person called a lawyer.  She hung up.

My case was then elevated to one of their polyester supervisors.  The next call told me to call him at 978-275-8891.  He was two chances of my calling that number: fat and slim.

I think one must reach the point that this life in America.   We're sitting ducks.

I try to sympathy.  Just imagine what it must be like doing that for minimum wage while some sleaze ball with his fat a** seated in a cubicle looks over your calling records.

When we elect politicains who'll put some teeth into laws that protect our peace and serenity, we'll be able answer the phone again.

Remember, with these lawless scum, Ignore-ance is onle the first counter-attack.

Bless all these contributors who are for real.

i do exactly the same thing, press 1 and say absolutely nothing. really seems to piss them off!  YAY!

Spam

It seems no matter how one handles these calls it seems they are relentless in their pursuit to aggravate.  It you call them back and tell them to DC your # and/or calls they hang up!  How rude is that when they call at all hours of day and evening.  I do not answer any calls now if I do not recognize the number.  The only calls I will return are the ones where a message has been left! It seems to have discouraged some of them.  In a few instances where I did pick up the phone I caught myself and informed the caller that we do not take solicitations and to please take our # off their list and do not call again.  Try that; it has also discouraged callers.

Got call on landline at 10:01 am.  ID said Sterling, VA.  Since I didn't recognize the number I let it ring. Left no message. Figured it was "scam" call and checking this site verified this. I have set our phone with distinctive ring for friends, family, etc. that I want to answer.  Only answer "regular ring" calls when I can get my aging bones to the phone and then only after checking ID. If it is something important they can leave a message.

Just got a call from this number, they just hung up when I answered the phone.   Probably a telemarketer because I just answered an email from Dunkin' Donuts for a free $25 card for taking a survey which linked me to all sorts of telemarketing surveys and bottom line is never got to the end to confirm receipt of card, instead it diverted me to a free ipad which is never free and asking for bank info so I just ended it. Thank you DD!  Thats when I got this phone call from this number.  I'll never do that again.

Caller ID "Virginia" 7036651999 wanting to lower interest rate. Two minutes later Caller ID
"Secure2wire" from 4582010235 wanting to place security sign in yard. 3:46 and 3:48 pm
Feb. 22, 2013.

These calls used to really raise my blood pressure, but in the interest of my health, I now just keep a log of the calls I no longer answer, and periodically send it to our State Attorney General. I know the problem is bigger than they are, but at least I feel like I'm doing something. I also inform my friends that I am now screening calls and not to expect me to answer. If they (friends) leave a message, I will call back. I NEVER CALL the unknown number as this just insures that they will continue to call and they may sell it to another scammer. This is my OGM on my answering machine. Telemarketers be gone: friends stay tuned. Please leave a message and we'll call you back soon. I hope a little humor will keep me sane. On the other hand, my husband amuses himself by stringing them along as long as he can without giving any real info----just that he banks with First National Bank of Outer Mongolia.
The callers who still irritate me are the ones who are trying to raise $ for some police group. Often the police get VERY LITTLE  of the money raised. Most goes to "overhead".

I got two calls today.  1151 hrs and at 1549 hrs.

The first call I called back and I got the so-called Restore America PAC crap.  But when I got the second call it was a RoboCall for "Discover Account Services" and that statdard credit card reduction fraud thatg has become an epidemic.  They are USING that Restore America PAC to seem legitimate 'cause political calls are exempt from from the FTC DNC.

File your complaint !
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

Please see my earlier message that a LEGITIMATE organization has had their telephone number spoofed. I spoke personally with the leader of the group David Crowe and his organization has been totally ruined by these telemarketing scammers.

These calls come from a right-wing PAC and are completely unsolicited. Presumably, you need to stay on the line to opt out of their diatribe. I did that, and I am now hoping their annoying calls stop.

It's a legitmate organization whose phone number has been spoofed by the scammers. I almost feel bad for the organization but since they are a bunch of right wingers I really don't. lol