they keep calling  every day, saying that want t buy our business and they don't even  know what are business is. its 818-201-3358

Got another phone call (10:01am) from an out-of-state number
that I didn't "know" or recognize.  
I didn't answer, but looked up the number here.
They left no message.  

I am on the National Do-Not-Call List,
and have been for over a year now.  
(I guess this is our government at work for us.)  

I'm going to
http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
AND to
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx
and see if that can get the government
to work for me, and stop these calls.  
(Yes I will again go through all those steps.)  
We should all pile on.  
[I have also bookmarked these URL's.]

I received a call from this number telling me I'd won $5 million dollars in a lottery. Could barely understand the guy. And, yes, I'm on the DNC list

http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

Keep filing complaints

Surprise, surprise, it was my friend Rachel yet again, with my final offer yet again. Oh how I wish that could be my final offer. Can't somebody please wipe these fungi off the face of the earth?

Got a phone call from a number I don't "know" or recognize.
They left no message.
I am on the National Do Not Call List.
(I guess this is our government at work for us.)
I'm going to http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
and see if that can get the government
to work for me.
(Yes I will go through all those steps.)

Got a phone call from a number I don't "know".
They left no message.
I am on the National Do Not Call List.
(I guess this is our government at work for us.)
I'm going to http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
and see if that can get the government
to work for me.
(Yes I will go through all those steps.)

i just dont answer numbers I dont know. If its important they'd leave a message. They never do.

Unprofessional dolts who told me that [sniff] I was a "cosmo" and would "never be a star." Alas! I am all choked up! Boo-hoo! He also asked if I was drunk or what was I on...

I always ask to be removed from the caller's "call  list." If they do not respond professionally, I mess with them until they hang up on me.

If this had been a professional company rather than (I suspect) a bunch of acammers, the call would go a lot differently.

They called my cell phone and my boss took it away because we can't have calls at work

This same thing happened to me. Pretty disturbing. Nothing like someone burping in your ear!

It's a great idea to waste their time, how about making them have to deal with the FCC?  The calls are illegal and you can report them at fcc.gov/complaints.  After a week or two the calls seem to magically stop, maybe they are busy trying to come up with the $1500 per instance fine.

I've got Ooma and their 'community blacklist' feature really works.  Once they are flagged as a telemarketer, they can't get through to anyone with Ooma.

Hi people, I too have been getting harassed. I am trying to organize a way to stop these unscrupulous people from calling our "do not call" registered phones day and night. It costs us money, time, and energy at a time that we as a nation have little or none of to spare. We have to raise awareness of what's going on and stop them.

1) The reason that these people can call you while you're on the DO NOT CALL registry is straight forward.  These people harassing you aren't in America and aren't subject to any do not call regulations!  Well if they aren't in America, how are they calling with domestic phone numbers you ask?  Major USA telecom companies have reseller businesses where they resell VoiP phone services to consumers all over the world and they use virtual phone numbers that have american phone number exchanges.

Why then are these American Telecom companies providing these foreign people with phone services to harass American consumers and use the services for illicit activities?  The truth is they're not, in fact most of the major American Telecom companies aren't even aware of who is using the services and what they're being used for as they're reselling them to different foreign vendors who then sell the service to foreign consumers.

So the question then becomes, what are my options and what can I do to prevent this?  The best thing to do is contact your STATE Attorney's Office with the phone number harassing you.  Be very specific about what these illicit individuals are doing with these phone numbers and what information they are trying to obtain from you.  What will your local STATE's Attorney's Office do about it?  They will subpoena the carrier who actually provisioned these telephone numbers from the national pool.  If these numbers are operated by another carrier, the carrier who owns the number will contact their reseller and will hopefully comply with terminating the number or potentially face legal action from the STATE.

Contacting the FCC won't do anything, trust me.  Contact your local STATE's Attorney's Office and complain, complain, complain but be very specific about who called you, what they wanted and exact timestamps of calls.  The more information the better.

2) Answering the phone, calling them back and pressing "1" to be removed only confirms that they have a real person on the phone. I believe they have "war dialed" to find your number and if you've answered or called back, they now know they have a real phone number and it only makes you get targeted for more calls, I've managed to get a second phone on their list via calling back from another line.

3) Here is a growing list of the numbers they have used (spoofed), note that this list is from places that have a very light  population density and therefore lots of free and unused or available numbers, places like North Dakota, New Mexico and Iowa among many others. When I get another call from an unfamiliar number, I google that number and usually it is here on this web site. I then now that I got called by another scam/telemarketer scum bag.

714-209-8684
801-533-9777
800-463-3339
603-214-3668
701-625-5008
701-625-5758
216-501-2998
901-268-4934
302-394-6888
810-232-0555
810-715-1369
810-238-6889
701-920-9647
701-920-9732
701-920-9871
701-920-9939
912-447-3244
865-292-0385
515-989-9889
438-876-4557
316-789-1356
731-256-3580
631-291-4014
505-369-1289
876-587-9183
702-418-1175
876-290-2766
865-291-1569
818-201-6758 (their new number as of today)

As they add new numbers, I'll update this list.

5) The companies that purchase this illegal service include a credit reduction scam ("Card Services" who try to get you to give a credit card number, a home security system provider. I have also been called by folks telling me that I've won a prize and can I give them a credit card number to pay for taxes. Recently the National Diabetic Association, fishing for more identity and Medicare related information. This morning, it was "Card Member Services", and Jessica Morgan was what the caller told me was her name. I asked her where her call center was located, and she told me it was against the law to tell me that, when I mentioned that I was on the do not call list and her call was against the law, she promptly hung up, (although she at least said have a good day). As I we hear of other companies, I'll update this list.

Actions we can take:

1) To help on my phone, I've created a trash contact which has a silent ring tone and each time they change their spoofed number to a new one, I add them to this contact so at least I can continue my meetings and meals without interruption once I have their new spoofed Caller ID number. It helps, a little.

2) Find the link to your STATE Attorney General's office, bookmark it. You'll be using it frequently to report these calls. Take note of as much detail as possible, pretend to be a fool and not on to them to gather as much information as possible to give to the STATE AG office, include the number and exact time and date and any other information. I'd waste their money by trying to see how long I can keep them on the phone, I talk *very* slowly to give them the impression that I am a potential victim. Once they realize that you're not a legitimate target, they'll hang up, usually I never get a call from the same number after this treatment of their call. There are others who've been called who report that by screaming, whistling, or making other loud noises into the phone, gives them some kind of satisfaction, but your miles may vary. If you're interested have a loud whistle handy, some measure of satisfaction can be garnered from knowing that their ears will ring for the rest of the day. To do this, they have to (usually), wear a headset, if you speak softly to them so they raise the volume, you'll get better results.

3) Register your phone at donotcall.gov. After that you should file a complaint each and every time they call. I have never had anything happen as a result of this, but I did feel a little better by doing it. Senator Hatch's office most recent letter indicated they have serious funding issues, (no surprise here) and do very little, but at least you have  the information filed.

5) I recently complained to both of my senators and my representative, I have gotten a letter from the FCC noting my complaint, giving me a case number and a phone number to call to complain, that number is: 888-225-5322
Call that number and complain when you get one of these unwanted calls and you're on the "do no call" list. The telemarketer has to try to sell you something. So when they call press 1 to get to a live person then let them go through their whole sales pitch before telling them you're on the do not call list.

Then when they hang up on you, call the FCC and file your complaint. Ultimately, we can find the companies that enable this behavior and get the feds to help curtail it by bringing them to justice for using illegal telemarketers. There are now several cases of successful prosecution of companies that enable this behavior.

Together we can stop these illegal people from calling night and day, and moving to new numbers. The businesses that purchase this company's product, their telemarketing services without regard to the do not call list. They've messed with the wrong nest of people, the hornet's nest.

Thank you everybody who has helped to contribute to this document.

...this number continues to call me even after being asked to be pulled from their call list... it is clearly a scam, when you call it back the persons message is a burp and a very rude comment.

This calls come every day--they don't get the message to please stop calling--to take me off their calling list.

Been calling me for over a month.. tried every approach.. just got another call.. reported on FCC website this time.. I am on national do not call list.. got "burp" message.. can we call the phone system owner?? SOMETHING... UGH!

Stop Calling

Don't ever answer this scam caller! just ignore or shut off your ring! it's scam

sick of these callers

Yup a loud burping when I try to call back tell these scammers to get a real job. F&$&&*% Loser

u r a woamn after my own heart... i keep a air horn next to my phones.... love it !!!!

They keep calling and I ask politely for them to stop. They go right in to their script. Then become rude & hang up!! If you dial back you get a big burp!

Called my cell, looked up number as I do w/ all non-recognized numbers, duh I have caller I D!! Moron!

"Time is running out to lower your interest rate this is your second and final notice to speak with an operator press 1."  Looks like scammers are looking to do their Christmas shopping, eh.

Keeps calling every 5 minutes.

Received a call from this number - but hung up when I answered.  When I dialed it back with a 1 in front of the number, there is a huge "belch" with a message that the number cannot receive calls.  I assume it is a "prank call" since they hang up when I answer then I cannot call them back.

Doesn't do a bit of good to ask to be put on their Do Not Call list. They hang up on you. But a whistle blown at strategic times seems to be effective.

Received a call from this number today 11/4/2011 at 10:24 AM, but missed the call.  After reading these posts, if he calls back I plan to pick up the phone, BELCH in his ear and hang up.  A dose of his own medicine!

PS - I just filed a complaint with the FCC.

I just got a recorded call.  They try to scare you into thinking it is your credit card company and then they make comments about lowering your interest and the stimulus plan.  When I called the number I also got the obnoxious belch.  It states press 0 to speak to an operator and when I did nothing happened.  When I called again it states press 1 to leave your number and when I pressed 1 it states
"a** hole".