855-814-9439
DaveB
DaveB
2012-03-25 17:53:59
Unknown
Received a call from this number- DIDN'T RECOGNIZE NAME OR NUMBER ON CALLER ID - DIDN'T ANSWER AS I KNOW IT'S AN ANNOYING/HARASSING CALL. Guess Best Solution is NOT TO ORDER ANYTHING ONLINE OR GIVE YOUR PHONE # OUT AS IT IS BEING SOLD TO EVERY TOM DICK AND HARRY ahem Spammer OR SOMEONE THAT HAS NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH THEIR LIFE OR BUSINESS, AS MANY TIMES  IT'S A ROBO CALL OR INFORMATION ON LOWERING INTEREST RATES. ***THE DO NOT CALL LIST SURE DOESN'T WORK - ESPECIALLY AROUND ELECTION TIME WHEN ONE GETS BOMBARDED WITH POLITICAL CALLS AKA ROBO CALLS THREE FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY.
hello
hello
2012-01-03 22:02:04
Unknown
Stop calling my number please
Fedup
Fedup
2011-12-26 23:33:45
Unknown
Did not answer this call as I no longer answer unidentifiable calls.  About two minutes later, I get a call from 1-303-374-0023 and did not answer.  The phone companies that sell our info and are providing rotating numbers to these scams really need to be fined-heavily as they are participating in these scams.  The DNCR is not working. Surveys, Credit Card Services and low life solictating/marketeering to private numbers need to be banned. Why would anyone want to deal with unknown people especially when their credit or personal info is at stake???
Jack Shitte
Jack Shitte
2011-12-26 22:06:37
Unknown
Hey Pete.....
Annoying calls ?
Fact 1 - The DNC list CLEARLY does not work, everyone should knows this by know!
Fact 2 - Filing a complaint with the FCC does not work, a total waste of time; done that.
Fact 3 - Having an unlisted phone will not help you.
Fact 4 - Asking/begging telemarketers to take you off their call list does not work!
Fact 5 - No "class action" suits are filed and certainly, this is not a remedy.   Many of these telemarketers are in other countries and out of the jurisdiction of the USA.
Fact 6 ?Complaining to the BBB is a corrupt organization that sells their ratings to the highest bidder.
QUIT BEING FRUSTRATED over Telemarketers-Scammers & Bill Collectors HOUNDING day after day!
*********DON'T GET MAD ? HIT BACK!
**********STOP BEING ANNOYED - STOP BEING A VICTIM
*************PURCHASE A CALL BLOCKING TELEPHONE!!!
Uniden and Panasonic make CALL BLOCKING telephones.  They?re cheap - $40-$60 and they usually come with a 2nd wireless handset, and they work beautifully!  These phones also block ?PRIVATE?, ?OUT OF AREA? and "UNKNOWN" calls!!!
Pete
Pete
2011-11-29 04:41:19
Unknown
I get callas on a daily basis from this number. I suggest you report this to the "Do-Not-Call-List", assuming your number already is on the Do-Not-Call-List. I know of no other recourse to make this stop.
DPaq
DPaq
2011-11-28 16:52:35
Unknown
Exactly what happens to me too! This is so very frustrating
DPaq
DPaq
2011-11-28 16:51:50
Unknown
This number calls every single day and hangs up. I have no debts outstanding so I have no clue who is doing this but I want it to stop!
jb
jb
2011-11-20 22:44:29
Unknown
this person calls and hangs up on a daily basis
X
X
2011-11-19 09:46:30
Unknown
Stop
Jay L
Jay L
2011-11-18 13:25:16
Unknown
You do NOT pay for 855 calls.
Robert E
Robert E
2011-11-10 02:16:14
Unknown
This nuber calls our home 2 to 4 times a day.  I do not answer numbers I do not recognize.  Getting very aggrivating.  I wish I knew how to stop them and a couple others.
trh
trh
2011-11-09 22:31:51
Unknown
tired of these unanswered calls at dinner time you would think the phone company could do something
EnglishSetter1
EnglishSetter1
2011-10-13 13:16:37
Unknown
We are continuously receiving calls from this number.  Never leaves a message and I never answer.  Very annoying as I work from home.
Jane
Jane
2011-10-06 18:49:47
Non-profit Organization
Received call on 10/4/11 at 1:49 pm.  When I answered, female speaker said her name was Lori and something about autism donations.  I immediately stopped her from talking and told her there was not to be any more calls to my number that I was going to report them.  She asked to confirm my number which she did, I reiterated to her no more calls and conversation ended.
Lynn
Lynn
2011-10-05 20:40:35
Non-profit Organization
This gets worse everyday.  I get about a dozen of these calls a day.  I never answer, as the previous post, i get calls from the same numbers.   I have friends who never get these calls.   I got one from FOP and I told them I couldn't give money at this time and the man said I hope you die in a car accident.
NC
NC
2011-10-04 22:03:34
Unknown
Phone number displayed with caller id appears to be a forged number (fake details). Answering machine picked up call, caller did not leave a message.
Kay
Kay
2011-10-04 16:56:20
Unknown
FOP has used questionable companies for years to raise donations.  They have tried to scam and threaten my elderly relatives, become hostile and threatening over the phone when we have either said no thanks or questioned.
They have argued with me saying I was not who I am because I had the audacity to ask who they were and why they were calling.  They refused to tell me until I told them who I was (the one they were calling) then one time telling me I was not a charitable person because I was UNABLE to donate.  My husband is now a disabled Veteran, I have my daughter, her husband and granddaughter staying with us due to job loss AND my son is ALSO in law enforcement.  The man said then I should understand about giving to others.  Excuse me, I will tell my family they can NOT eat because I should donate to their organization.  What a way to make some feel bad about not giving what little they have left during hard times.  I am better off than many however, due to this behavior I will never donate to the FOP even if they start doing the donation raising themselves.  Due to the organization they use I do not have anything positive to say about them and they are aware of it.  My only other child, my son is a Sheriff Deputy and they have done the same to him and his wife who is a fire fighter.  If it is an organization for the FOP I have already blocked 30 of their phone numbers.
Mike
Mike
2011-09-15 18:33:22
Unknown
Aboslutely FALSE. Please stop spreading misinformation. Like every other '800' number, the people being called (ie: the person that owns the number idiot) is who pays when YOU call them back.
Al-Attleboro, MA
Al-Attleboro, MA
2011-09-15 18:14:42
Unknown
I received a call from this number but didn't answer it as I did not recognize it. I am on the "Do not call list" for businesses but still get these kinds of calls. I called back and got a message "Your call cannot be completed". I redialed placing a 1 in front and got the same message that also stated this number is on hold and not yet activated.
mnav8tr
mnav8tr
2011-09-05 21:29:47
Unknown
We have received calls from the following numbers: 855-814-9439; 855-735-3532; 855-694-7180 and 855-714-4351, all indicating "toll-free" as the caller ID. The above numbers are "front numbers" hiding or blocking the real telephone number being used to call our phone number. When calling back the above numbers, a message is received stating these toll-free numbers are on-hold for future use.
Jake Jackson
Jake Jackson
2011-09-05 21:04:28
Unknown
I found the following information on this website concerning a/c 855 calls:

http://areacode.org/855

Area Code 855 Detail

Area code 855 is a future area code reserved for toll-free calls in which the calling party is not charged. Instead, the telephone carrier charges the cost of the call to the called party. Toll-free numbers, such as 855 numbers, have applications such as technical support, customer service, and personal use.
Jeff Brogna
Jeff Brogna
2011-09-02 12:26:36
Non-profit Organization
This is a scam tele fundraiser for it would seem multiple charities that are questionable themselves. However, in most states they must start their pitch by saying

"Hello, my name is (full name of fundraiser registered with the SOS or AG) and I am a paid fundraiser with (full name of fundraising company registered with AG or SOS) and I am calling "on behalf" of (full name of charity registered with AG or SOS)

If they do not do this and they claim to be members of the group they are raising money for then they are committing fraud against the donor. It is considered in some States to be "Obtaining Money By False Pretenses" and in others it is considered "Theft By Deception" and still other States considered it to be "Larceny". But no matter what you call it it is stealing from the Donor. In some cases when they get caught they are fined as much as 40 grand per call. I read our States Charitable Solicitation's Act and it looks like very few of these companies are raising money according to the Law's of our State and I will bet that if you read your States Charitable Solicitation Act you will find the same to be true.

When they claim to be a member of the group they are raising money for, as this company is doing, it is damaging all other charities that do not use so called "Professional Fundraiser's" to raise money. They all know this but they continue to steal from "us" the donating public. Fundraiser's like this must be put out of business as they lie to the donor and they do this because some of these so called fundraisers get to keep as much as 99% of the money they collect and they use that money to call us over and over again to ask us for more money that they can use to call us over and over again. If you want to give money to charity then the best way is to hang up on the tele fundraiser committing fraud and search out the charity yourself.

This company seems to be calling for Police Fire and Veteran's groups as well as medical and children's groups. All of which are wasting the bulk of your donation on fundraising and administrative costs like salary's for the charity officials.

They are the people whose information took out the United States Navy Veterans Association that stole 99.6 million in donations last year. They were also behind the demise of Civic Development Group out of NJ and the FTC's Operation False Charity in 2009 Nationwide based on their book "The Fraud Happen's In The First 8 Word's" which was sent out to all AG's and SOS's. They say they have contacts with the AG's, SOS's ,DHS, FTC, DOJ, FCC and Secret Service across the Country and their tips have been used in some of the largest Charity Fraud investigation's Nationwide as well as other Countries.  You can also find their book called "What The Fundraiser's Say" at a link on their site. They say they are a Church Group and they say this is the Mission of this Church to protect donations going to Police Fire Veteran Medical and Children's Charities. That book is a real eye opener made up of comments by the people calling you. After reading it, I will sure never make a donation over the phone again to any group that use so called "Professional Fundraiser's" that operate outside of the law and use illegal techniques to steal money from little sick kids or cops or firefighters or anyone else who really needs it.

Anyway, the long and short of it is, GIVE DIRECTLY AND CUT OUT MIDDLEMAN COMPANIES THAT CALL YOU!

Oh btw, the do not call list DOES apply to Professional Fundraiser's. Now if the charity actually picked up the phone and called then, yes, they are exempt from the DNC, but that is not what is happening here with this caller. This caller is Corporations for Character out of Murry Utah calling on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police and the FTC just sued them for 26.4 billion dollars worth of DNC violations. That is 16 million violations at 16 thousand dollars each.

The FOP is a good group for the most part but they need to do their own fundraising instead of contracting a company like this one to raise money. So, if you want to help the cops or the FOP, dont do it over the phone and send your check right to your local lodge. They get every dollar of it that way, instead of some telemarketer taking 85% or more of every dollar.

Here is the FTC press release about this company

For Release: 05/09/2011
FTC Charges Utah Operation with Deceptive and Abusive Telemarketing
Defendants Allegedly Made 16 Million Calls to Numbers on the Do Not Call Registry; Misrepresented How Funds Would Be Used
At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint that charges three Utah-based firms and their owner with waging deceptive and illegal telemarketing campaigns pitching movies and soliciting for donations, including calls to more than 16 million phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry.

The FTC charged that the companies and their owner, Forrest S. Baker III, committed multiple violations of the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule, and deceived customers about where the proceeds from their purchases and their donations would go.

According to the FTC?s complaint, Baker controls a group of Utah-based companies that produce and market films and DVDs and solicit charitable contributions from consumers nationwide, including Feature Films for Families, Inc., Corporations for Character, L.C., and Family Films of Utah.

The complaint states that in 2008 and 2009 the defendants conducted a nationwide calling campaign under the name ?Kids First,? in which they offered to send two complimentary DVDs and requested feedback on whether the movies should be included on a list of recommended movies. However, the defendants did not disclose that consumers who agreed to participate would later receive calls pitching DVDs produced by the defendants.

Moreover, the defendants? telemarketers allegedly told consumers that ?all of the proceeds of this fundraiser will help us finish up creating this recommended viewing list to help parents and grandparents, like us, with a list we can trust.? In fact, the organization responsible for the Kids First recommended viewing list, the Coalition for Quality Children?s Media, did not receive all the proceeds. The complaint alleges that the defendants received at least 93 percent of the DVD sales proceeds.

The FTC also alleges that, between 2009 and 2010, the defendants conducted fundraising campaigns for organizations with names related to fraternal orders of police (FOPs) and firefighters. The defendants receive most of the donations raised by these campaigns, and the organizations retain only 15 to 33 percent.

The Commission alleges that, in order to persuade donors to give money, the defendants made multiple false and misleading misrepresentations about the nature or purpose of the organizations for which the defendants requested donations, the way in which charitable contributions will be used, and the percentage or amount of any charitable contribution that will go to an organization. For example, the complaint alleges that the defendants falsely represented to donors that administrative costs are a ?very minimal amount? and that contributions were used or would be used for safety-related officer training, bulletproof vests, or financial assistance to victims when, in fact, the organization for which the defendants were soliciting did not fund these activities, or used only an incidental amount of the contributions for such activities.

The FTC?s complaint also alleges that the defendants have repeatedly called numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry in their telemarketing campaigns. In calls made under the name Kids First, the FTC alleges, the defendants made more than five million calls to consumers whose numbers were on the Registry. The complaint further charges that, since June 2007, the defendants have made approximately nine million additional illegal telemarketing calls to phone numbers that are on the Do Not Call Registry to sell Feature Films for Families DVDs.

The FTC alleges that in another calling campaign in 2009, the defendants called consumers to urge them to buy tickets to see ?The Velveteen Rabbit,? a film produced by Baker and released in theaters before going to DVD. The FTC complaint alleges that the defendants? telemarketers made no effort to avoid calling consumers on the Do Not Call Registry. During this two-week campaign, the defendants called more than two-and-a-half-million consumers whose numbers were on the Do Not Call Registry.

In addition, the complaint charges that the defendants violated the Telemarketing Sales Rule by:

calling consumers who have previously asked that the defendants stop calling them;
failing to provide the name of the telemarketer or seller making the call to Caller ID devices and, instead, providing names such as ?CUSTOMER SVC,? ?FAMILY VALUE CB? or ?VELVETEEN?;
failing to orally identify the seller, the purpose of the call, and the nature of the goods or services when making telemarketing calls; and
abandoning calls to consumers by failing to connect consumers to live representatives when they answer the phone. In many cases, such abandoned calls lead to the recipients listening to ?dead air? when they answer the call.
The Commission vote referring the complaint to the Department of Justice was 5-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District for the Northern District of Florida. It names as defendants Feature Films for Families, Inc.; Corporations for Character, L.C.; Family Films of Utah, Inc.; and Forrest Sandusky Baker III, individually and as an owner and principal of Feature Films for Families, Inc., Corporations for Character, L.C., and Family Films of Utah, Inc.

The complaint, filed by the Department of Justice at the request of the FTC, seeks a court order to permanently bar the defendants from violating the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule, as well as civil penalties, and disgorgement of their ill-gotten gains.

NOTE: The Commission approves a complaint when it has ?reason to believe? that the law has been or is being violated and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The complaint is not a finding or ruling that the defendant has actually violated the law. The case will be decided by the court.
The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTC?s online Complaint Assistant or call
1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 2,000 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTC?s website provides free information on a variety of consumer topics. ?Like? the FTC on Facebook and ?follow? us on Twitter.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Mitchell J. Katz,
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-2161
STAFF CONTACT:
Michael Tankersley,
Bureau of Consumer Protection
202-326-2991
(FTC File No. 1023023; Civ. No. 11-197)
(Feature Films.final.wpd)

And here is the case link
http://www.ftc.gov/os/caselist/1023023/110506featurefilmscmpt.pdf
Barbra
Barbra
2011-09-01 13:11:03
Unknown
Please remove
Taylor
Taylor
2011-08-26 16:06:24
Unknown
855-814-9439         TOLL FREE id NO message        AUTISM ??    August 26, 2011

855-660-8906        TOLL CALL id  NO message        AUTISM ??    August 19, 2011    

855-694-7180        TOLL FREE id  NO message        AUTISM ??    August 22, 2011

WHAT A DRAG to receive these unsolicited calls!
Barb
Barb
2011-08-26 14:26:46
Unknown
I get calls from 855-814-9439. They either leave no message or if I call back, I get a message that the number is on hold and not activated. Can't figure out the purpose. If solicitation, why don't they do a sales pitch when I answer?
ed
ed
2011-08-26 14:17:06
Unknown
855 numbers are just another area code for toll-free calls, so that by itself isn't a problem.  They just started assigning those recently, so you will see few of them.  These came out as the 800, 888, 877, and 866 area codes got used up.  You will NOT be charged if you dial them or answer calls from them, just like you wouldn't for 800, 888 or any other toll-free area code calls.
Joe
Joe
2011-08-17 23:40:59
Unknown
The call showed up as a "Toll Free Call" on my caller ID.  They asked for my roommate by name, I told them he wasn't here and that I was his roommate.  Then they asked for "Mrs. __________" so I figured they were clueless as to someone being married and having a roommate.  So I told them that there was no Mrs. and that I was it.  The woman said ok, we'll call back another time, and hung up.
Herbster.org
Herbster.org
2011-08-17 15:23:17
Non-profit Organization
Many calls, hang ups, messages, Bogus Autism "Collection Fund"
chris
chris
2011-08-16 21:20:53
Unknown
Same as above posts,recorded message says that the number isn't activated yet.I just got the call 15 mins. ago so I will not see a potential charge until my bill arrives.Thanks for the heads up about never answering an 855 number.
Jake LaMotta
Jake LaMotta
2011-08-07 00:41:23
Unknown
I have never answered the 855 call and no one has ever left a message on my answering machine since the caller is told "if I don't get back to you, figure it out".  However, I wonder if there is a charge since the call does go through to my answering machine.
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