800-200-6608  Automated telemarketers. F-U     FCC for not doing your job. I have been on the do not call list for years and I do not give out my number and these people call me a dozen times a month

I just got this call today.  I though I missed part of the message, but what you typed was exactly what was on my voicemail.  Ugh!

Love your post...you made me smile and laugh.  Thanks so much!  Keep up the great work.  A dose of their own medicine is perfect!!!  Have a great day!

So tired of continually receiving these same unwanted phone calls!

For each and every unwanted call, please report at both Federal Communications Commission (FCC) websites.  

'Squeaky wheel gets the grease.'  Please squeak loud!

www.fcc.gov/complaints

https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action

Are you kidding?
You can leave your ringer off for a thousand years and as soon as you put it back on, the calls will come through. It WILL NOT STOP!
DNC your salvation?????
They don't give a F**K about that. These are SCUM.

When I get a call that I don't recognize, I just don't answer it.
BUT...On occasion, I answer the phone and say  'McDonalds in (Say any city you want), may I help you?'
This really confuses them. They know they are not going to get any credit card info or google list or debt consolidation business from McDonalds. They usually just hang up and don't call again. At least for a while.
These are the scum of the scum. They are con artists. They are bamboozlers. They are liars. They are cheaters. They don't give a damn about the useless DNC list. They are NOT going to stop until our liars and cheaters in congress take up this cause. Don't hold your breath.
Get used to it. This, along with the Boston Marathon incident and 911 are part of life now.
You can thank muslims for these last two.

I regularly get calls from Rachael at Card Services. Pressing '3' to receive no further calls confirms that a person actually answered the phone and just inspires them to call more frequently.  This is SCAM operation out of Florida.  They violate the "Do Not Call List.  

The federal government who presumably enforces this law has hundred of complaints about it.  The Fed has done nothing to effectively shut these SCAMMERS down.  I have blocked their calling telephone numbers. I have done this to 12 different numbers they call from to date.  However, the "telephone numbers" are all fake numbers which they manipulate over VOIP.  This is another violation of the law.  

In the past, I have used forceful language to the people who answer the phone after pressing "1" to connect to their "agent".  At times, their vulgar language and insults ensue.  

A knowledgeable person I know from the telephone company suggested that I get a police whistle and blow it loudly when the call.  Apparently, the frequency of the whistle is between 300 and 3,000 cycles per second is right in the range of the telephone transmission spectrum.  In short, this very loud blast of energy to ?Rachel's? minion, with a headset clamped to their head, may be inspirational to complain on their end and get your number off their annoying calling list.  I'm going to try this next time they call after a visit to Walmart to get my whistle.

I've probably received 50 calls from that number and a host of others using the same message on robot dialers and  the same script if you get a live scammer after pressing the appropriate button. Being retired, I have plenty of time to waste their time. I string them along ("Wow! I'd LOVE to get a better rate! Tell me MORE!") until they request a valid credit card number so they can check my credit. I ask, "Have you ever heard about the FTC Do Not Call Registry, a**hole?" and hang up.

EXCELLENT ADVICE! THANKS FOR SHARING!

The worst thing that we can do when we receive these never ending calls is to answer them or to click on the call and off quickly, that just prompts them to try again later. Secound, when we file a DNC complaint, it's my personal belief that our name then goes to the top of the DNC list (that scammers can buy for a buck) then these unregulated, uncaring callers have a current new caller list to use and instead call us regardless of any law. I've stopped filing complaints, and as such my daily unwanted calls have dropped considerably. The ringer on my phone stays shut off and will stay that way until these calls are no longer a problem. Call ID is my salvation.

WHEN THEY CALL... TELL THEM "SURE, BUT PLEASE HOLD" THEN JUST LET THEM HANG. LOL

That's how it was for me, too.  Called it back, rang, then fax sounds.  Stupid robo-calls.

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calls me at 9 in morning and i work third shift ota usually right when i fell asleep i would love to s*** in these scanners mouth and watch them choke to death YES that's how much i hate being woke up f****rs be a real theif snatch a purse at least i could respect the balls of that low life

got a call from them last week... never left a message- but good to keep in mind that i dodged a scam!

Cardholder services, again.  3rd time today.  Only recording, no live iperson.  Says press 9 for live person, but they never come on.  This is getting too much.

The technology that facilitates use of these bogus numbers also facilitates calls from outside the U.S. Many telemarketers use internet-based calling systems (VOIP) that can display literally any number they want shown. It's generally referred to as Spoofing. If you haven't heard of it, check it out on Google or any other search engine. Spoofing is illegal and most of the major telephone carriers just say that it's not their problem and tell people to call the police, FBI, FTC or attorney general's office. There are numerous carriers that use pre-paid phone services, pre-paid calling cards, "throw away" phones, caller ID masking, and other technologies to make it impossible to trace. Many of these smaller carriers, usually a type of carrier called a CLEC, set it up so there are no subscriber or call records to provide, even with a court order.

Unfortunately, federal courts have said that telephone carriers aren't responsible for anything but completing the calls and agreed with the carriers that their primary responsibility is to the company's share holders, not the public or even their subscribers. That's what for-profit is all about-making the money and profit.

Much of the technology is developed to evade the law, not to help enforce it. Until the courts say that telephone carriers share some responsibility once they know about scam calls, it's not that easy.

These telemarketers want you to sign up for a type of insurance policy that will cover your credit card debt.  Each call received said that "This is our final call."  They have called more than a half dozen times.  I finally hit the 1 number to talk to someone.  A lady answered and said how could she help.  I said you can help by taking my name off of your "final call" list and she then hung up on me.

jerks!!!!jerks!!!!jerks!!!!! jerks!!!!!!!!!!!

I get calls from these "card member services" crap all the time, but tonight was a first.  After first catching him in the usual lie (oh, is this about by Citibank account, and his yes, this is about your citibank-- AH, I do not have an account with citibank) -- then I said "how many times do I have to tell you people to never call me again"  -- and I had a first -- this guy said "that is why we keep calling you every night -- who is the dumbass now?"  that is what he actually said, then he called me a stupid f***er -- yes, that was the best.  

So now, I am holding true on my threats -- not the dog whistle or ref's whistle, I am going the route of the air horns you see at football games.

I have received two calls from this number today - actually within 2 hours.  I pushed the 1 button to talk to someone and told him to get my number off his list - he hung up on me.  But then in an hour or so the same number called again.  Guess that was his way of getting back!!   I hate these credit card calls.

That is AWESOME!!! You're my hero!

Got a call today ( 2/27/12). It was some bogus offer to lower my interest rates on my credit cards. Told person I wanted them to remove my number from their calling list. They just hung up on me.

I get a call at least once a week.  They said my credit was good so they wanted to lower my interest rate ... I have no credit cards ........... when I started to tell them that they hung up on me.  I think they are phishing for information

recording says my last chance to reduce my credit card debt. When i pressed1 to speak to a real person,to be taken off call list..person got very nasty. and the calls continue ..

claimed to be my credit card company

well, according to my cell phone, I have received over 30 calls from this number since Jan. 2012.  like others, I have reported them to the Do not call list, but they continue

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 almost 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, "faith and family" scammers, political action committees and other low-life 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 date 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.

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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://www.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Battling-Consumer-Debt-Collectors-Part-2-I-Do-Not-Owe-This-Debt
http://www.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:
https://www.usps.com/send/insurance-and-extra-services.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
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Information for filing complaints against rogue telephone calls, telephone harassment, false "bill collector" harassment, etc., in the United States and Canada (pursue legal action only as a last resort):

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/

Usual "card services" scam.

If only one of you chumps did something tangible, other than bellyaching that's been going on for 10 pages.  Can't someone get their address info so that we can reply back to these a***oles in person?

They've been calling me for months, and the one time i picked up and asked to be taken off their list, i was told "It's not going to happen".  WHAT??

I am so appalled by the gall of these jerks, if they're not the Mafia, what the heck's going on with this "company"?