WHY oh WHY if ya didn't bother to find out who this is -----do you post a response??? do you need to see your words online that bad? If you can't help us with WHO this is -JUST STAY OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This place called my moms and she told them that she did not smoke anymore is because she has cancer from smoking the guy on the other line laughed at her.  So I called them back and let them have it with both barrells told them if I find out that they call anymore that I would sue their company.  These places need to be repramanded for this kind of crap.

This place called my moms and she told them that she did not smoke anymore the guy on the other line laughed at her.  So I called them back and let them have it with both barrells told them if I find out that they call anymore that I would sue their company.  These places need to be repramanded for this kind of crap.

Just as an FYI, everyone, I have attempted something that you might find interesting:

I have been reading through these posts almost daily for over a year now.  This whole scam irritated me in a unique way for some reason, and I have been hell-bent to try anything and everything I can to help stop anyone else being a victim or give them any more funding for whatever ilicit purposes they are involved in.

I have chosen numbers from random posts on this forum from other people.  Keep in mind that none of these numbers had ever contacted me!  I called back and started asking questions, acted a little bit worried and when they asked my name, I gave them a fake one (said I was Chuck U. Farley, which the humor was completely lost on them).  I would then hang up.  LITERALLY WITHIN 30 MINUTES I started receiving calls for Chuck U. Farley about a warrant for my arrest, a huge bill for a payday loan that wasn't paid, check fraud charges, etc.  Chuck U. Farley doesn't even exist, the name was an invention of my imagination, but they sucked onto it like leaches thinking it was yet another person they could scam out of money.  As soon as they had a phone number & name, a bad debt of outrageous porportions "magically appeared".

On that note, I agree that we seem to be getting nowhere with assistance from our own government.  I have filed complaints with every branch I can think of (& some new ones I found online).  There has been no response, action or resolution.  I have resolved to just keep trying to help as many as I can from sending their hard earned money, and for myself start seeing the humorous side of it all.  Here is a previous post I listed.  It may give you some good ideas on how to deal with them, but at the very least it should add a little humor to your day:

"Here's some more ideas to add in there:

They have started in with a new number now (612-235-6132), so the game begins again!  This time when the guy identified himself as an "officer", I told him he has called a crime scene and I started interrogating him.  He hung up after some stuttering and stammering.  Anyone who did not see my last post, here it is again with some more creative ideas on how to deal with these idiots:

"OK, first off, everyone CALM DOWN and don?t freak out about these guys.  No matter what they say or what they threaten, they CAN?T do anything to you.  I know every one of us has tried filing reports with law enforcement, FTC, FBI, ic3, etc.  It doesn?t seem to work, because these guys aren?t even in the USA.  So take a deep breath, relax and don?t let them ruffle your feathers.

Now, I started getting these calls about a year ago.  I have personally used all of the tactics below, and they do stop calling me for about 6 months?so the way I figure it, a little time out of my day to give them back a taste of their own medicine is worth it for 6 months of peace and quiet.  Keep in mind, as well, every minute you spend screwing with them on the phone is a minute they are NOT able to scam someone else.  (And the only way they will ever stop is if nobody pays them any money ever again!)  And now for the fun part?how to screw with them back.  I will start with the easiest and move up the line with the more time consuming:

If you have no time to mess with them:
a.    Just don?t pick up the line.  Let it go to voicemail and delete the message.
b.    Pick up the line and immediately hang up.  Keep doing it until they stop.
c.    Pick up the line and use an air horn or police whistle blown straight into the mouthpiece of the phone.  (I personally like the canned airhorn the best.)
d.    If they call while you are driving, turn the radio up as loud as possible and answer the line on speakerphone.  Don?t say anything, just let them listen to the blasting music.  Heavy metal music works best, but I personally have a CD with Star Spangled Banner on it, so I play that as loud as I can.  Just leave the line open with the music blasting until they hang up.

If you have a little more time to mess with them:
a.    Ask if they are related to the deceased (insert your name here as the ?deceased?) or just a family friend, because ?the viewing of the body if for family only, but the memorial service is open to everyone.?  Ask if they would like directions to the funeral.
b.    Simply tell them that you have read all about their scam on the internet & seen it on the news on TV, so you aren?t paying anything.  Don?t listen to any response, just hang up on them after saying this.
c.    Use this one only if you are willing to be as crude as they are:  Using the name they gave you (i.e., ?Officer Mike Taylor? was the last one I got), say, ?Is the this THE Officer Mike Taylor I read about on the internet?  Is it true what the posts online say, that you have such a small d**k that even camels won?t have sex with you??  Then hang up on them.
d.    (For this one, I must first apologize to PETA and all vegans, but it highly offends the scammers because they consider cows to be divine beings.)  Tell them you don?t have time to speak with them, because you work at a slaughter house and you have over 100 cattle you need to ?kill off? before the end off the day.  Then hang up on them.
e.    Are you good with theatrics?  Then try this one?it was actually highly effective for me:  Put on your deepest, scariest, growliest voice and just whisper into the phone over and over, ?I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you??.  Just keep whispering it over and over until they hang up.  I think this one worked well because they are quite superstitious.
f.    If you know a foreign language, answer the phone in it and just keep talking in unintelligible phrases.  The more obscure the language, the better.  Don?t know a foreign language?  Pig Latin seems to work just as effectively.
g.    Ask if they are calling from the convenience store, and can they give you last night?s winning lottery numbers, because you are sure you have won.  For any response they give to it, just keep yelling over and over, ?I won! I won!?
h.    When you answer the phone, ask them where your pizza is and tell them because they didn?t get it to you in the ?30 minutes?, you?re not paying for it.  Hang up.
i.    Tell them you are at work right now, but to call you back on your ?home? phone, and give them this number: 202-835-0778.  (This is the scam and fraud reporting division number at the FBI.)  Hang up.

If you are REALLY p***ed off, and have plenty of time to screw with them:

a.    Go on to Craig?s List and post an ad in the wanted section or services section  saying you are looking for a payday loan company because you need a loan.  Ask they call you right away.  List the scammer?s name and phone number as the contact information.  (This sends the scum-sucking bottom feeders off to call the other scum sucking bottom feeders?LOL)
b.    Go online and look for every free daily horoscope, free insurance quote, free mortgage lending, etc., and click on the ?have an agent contact me? link.  Type in the scammer?s name and phone number.  Viola!  Now they will get flooded with telemarketers as well.
c.    If you would like to blow off steam, and have no problem with swearing, just keep calling them over and over pretending you have Tourette?s Syndrome by just screaming obscenities in the phone until they hang up.  This works pretty good in the car, because no one else can hear you and it is a good tension reliever.
d.    Log onto these payday loan sites and enter all of the scammers? information on it.  This way they might even wind up on their own list!
e.    (Do NOT attempt this one unless you have state of the art spyware & virus protection, and even then, you still are taking a risk):  Go into your spam folder on your computer.  Find every email you can about ?you won millions of dollars? or ?the Nigerian lottery? or something to that effect.  Send it back with all of the scammers? contact information.
f.    Research for the phone numbers to both local and national TV news stations ?breaking news desk?.  Again, tell the scammer on the phone to call you at your ?work number? and give the number to the news station?s phone number.  (Hopefully, if the news stations get enough of these calls, they will start airing more stories about it, reaching more people and reduce the number of victims that fall for this.)

Again, before sending money to ANYONE, stop. Think.  Do you have any paperwork showing you owe money?  If not, ask for paperwork.  If they refuse to send it, they are scammers.  A real collection agency will always: 1. provide paperwork; 2. never yell or cuss at you; 3. never require you to pay first before receiving paperwork; 4. never identify themselves as an officer of law enforcement; 5. never threaten you with jail, arrest or physical harm.

they have called me 4 times within the last 20 minutes, with no message left.  Next time I'll answer and tell them to quit calling me.

Called at 9:19,  10:08,  10;35,  10:52,  11:07,  11:16 so far today.  Total invasion of privacy!
Unwanted telemarketer calls and I am on the Govt Do Not Call List!

Unwanted telemarketer calls and I am on the Govt Do Not Call List!

Please please tell me how you can make your phone not ring when they call.  Telemarketers are driving me crazy and I am on the GOVT DO NOT CALL LIST!  grrr

This 775-241-4638 called. I don't answer any numbers I don't recognize. I get plenty of calls from various
area codes. On my house phone I let the answering machine pick up but they leave no message. ONe number that calls frequently and did leave a message was from Las Vegas saying I signed up to be in commercials etc. Yea right I am 66 years old. Since I can't stop the calls, I just don't answer them.

I called this number back because they kept calling me 3 or 4 times a day. They said they was a cigarette company.. I chewed the man out on the phone & demanded him to take me off their list. I have received in the past 2 days calls from 3 different numbers about every couple hours. Enough is enough!!!!!

This company is Cheap Cigarettes Club, among many, many other tobacco shop guises (just one of their many names).  They are most likely based in India.

Some time ago, I was looking into ordering a carton of smokes online.  I do not remember giving them my phone number, but I must have.  Recently, they have started calling me.  It used to just be once a day (I rarely answered because they always call when I am at work), but the other day, they called me eight times within an hour.  I called them back and wanted to tell them that it is a bit excessive calling me that often.  I spoke with a lady and I told her I wanted them to take my phone number out of their records.  She said, "Okay, thank you, have a nice day." and hung up.  I tried to call them back a few times but they never answered (their answering machine says "Duty Free Shop" or something similar).

Then, they called me back 5 times in quick succession, NEVER saying anything when I'd answer.

Additionally, they called me from another number:  503-457-1034.  I looked this up, and it is a pharmaceutical company (online pills).  I never looked into purchasing pharmaceuticals, but did remember getting an e-mail from a company thanking me for my order (which contained someone else's personal details in it).  So, they are the same company.

So what did I do?  I put them on redial.  I would call them, let it ring, and not say anything.  If they want to waste my time, I decided I would waste theirs.  I called them over, and over, and over -- and guess what?  After my assault of calls on them, I haven't heard from them.

That's what I recommend everyone here do:  Jam their lines.  See how they like it.

Fight fire with fire.

I am sick of these people calling me, it has been a few weeks and ive requested to the person calling to remove my name and yet they still call...

They've called for me about 20 times today alone! It shows up Nevada call on my caller id. The first time they called I answered, said I wasn't interested but they keep calling back. Now whenever I answer it the other line just hangs up. Made it so my phone wouldn't ring when they call. What do***ebags.

they are calling from Discountcigarettes24.org its a website where you can order cigars/cigarettes for a discount with free shipping.  I was on there site before just checking out the price for backwoods cigars, i set up an order just to see what the final cost would be on the site.  I didn't finish the order cause i was just interested to see the final price. The company saw this and called me from 775-241-4638 to see what had happened in the order process and why it didn't go through.  I just said i didn't remember why and then they said that they would give me an extra discount if i wanted to order right now.  Hahahhahahaha, i'm in Canada and they're still calling me from the states for my business.  The price was decent tho....

I have gotten a call from this number every 30 minutes for last 4 hours!  I tried answering...NO ONE responded...I could tell it was an open line, but no one answered!  UUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHH

called me twice in the last hour didn't answer either time...I don't answer any number I don't recognize without checking this site first

I got a call last night at 742PM from 775-241-4638, I did not answer it and no message either.

I just got a call, they hung up before voice mail picked up. It was at almost 10pm, I was in bed, have to be up early for work. I called it back and they answered wanting me to buy cheap cigarettes. They said I filled out a survey (which i have not). I asked them if they knew what state I was in, she told me yes, I then asked her if she knew what time it was here. She asked me what state i was in. some people are stupid lol. I told them to remove me from the list, we'll see if they do.

Calls me every day 3-4 times/day and they are very annoying!!!

They claim to be a duty free company from the Phillipines. Total fraud.

Well, i finally blocked these d*** people lets see if they find a way around it! i think its a phone virus lol

this number is calling and I don't know who or why they call also they don't leave a message please block my

So far I have received only 3 calls today and I have not answered the first one.  I have been receiving a lot of these types of calls and everyone of them can barely speak English, yet they all have american names.

they keep calling me

with you telling them to stop and they don't you can actually sue them big time each time they call since they are portraying themselves as a business.

Please stop calling me.  I have asked you to stop calling adn you still do!

Got one today.  Didn't know the number, so didn't answer.

OMG.....how can you get this to stop. I guess adding my number to the do not call list doesn't work.  I wont answer because you know the number is bogus but I am tired of getting these calls.

I just received 2 calls from this number in a matter of 45 seconds... he hung up mid-sentence during the first one and then hung up before I could say hello the second time... prompting me to look the number up.  And well, here I am.  OH!  And apparently, Indian people name their kids Jonathan James now... my pale white Irish a** that's his real name.

Yes got this call and they also mentioned something about cigarettes...said not interested and hung up...said they were looking for someone named rosen