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Great info--thanks again!
Too bad I happen to be silly and absent-minded....LOL.

Put a bunch of evidence together. There was enough mentions of Crossfire with this number throughout the web. Lots of mentions of this number and people's hometown newspapers. Same number called us and it was our "hometown" newspaper. Crossfire is the largest telemarketer for newspapers. Crossfire is based in Rancho Cucamonga. Etc... Not an eyewitness to the crime but good enough circumstantial evidence for me. http://www.crossfire1.com/newspaper.html Note they have a toll-free number that on off-business hours goes to "Mickey's" voice mail. I've heard of "absent-minded" people calling toll-free voice mails and forgetting what they were doing and leaving the phone next to a radio that keeps the message, and thus the toll-free call, going, which unfortunately might rack up some charges for the company that has that toll-free number. Silly absent-minded people....

It's a national newspaper subscription company trying to get you

to subscribe to your local newspaper.
The caller ID states UNKNOWN NAME, and the phone number shown

(877-944-8544) is a dead number.
When they call, you answer, and they don't speak--it's called

"war dialing."
Whenever you folks get calls from this number--PLEASE FILE AN

FCC COMPLAINT!  If you don't--they will not be stopped.
Just go to the FCC Don't Call website, register your phone

numbers on the national list if you haven't yet, then report

them EVERY time they call you.
Another tip--keep a log of each time they call noting the date

and time.  If you have to file repeat complaints--you can

reference the previous calls.
The FCC Don't Call Registry website is here:
http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

Select: Telemarketing calls (including Do-Not-Call) and

prerecorded messages received on a wired phone

On the next page, select: Abandoned Calls' ('Silent Calls,'

'Dead Air Calls' from a telemarketer) and 'War Dialing' received

on your residential or business telephone

Then, select the link: Complete the form and fill out the info.

Everyone who receives calls from this number MUST join together

to stop these idiots!

UPDATED INFO from a friend on another forum:
From what I can find out, Crossfire Marketing in Rancho

Cucamonga is responsible for this. If you call their toll-free

line you get a voicemail for a "Mickey Gross". A search of

California business licenses reveals that the agent for

Crossfire is a Stephen Rudnicki. A little further digging gets

business associates of Stephen Rudnicki and Crossfire, one of

which is a Michael Gross. A number for Michael Gross in Rancho

Cucamonga is 909-483-9966. I'm sure he'd love to hear from his

fans.

Great info--thanks for sharing!
How did you end up with those names and organization?  I know you did some Google research, but what led you to that company name and those individual's names?  When researching the phone number, I never found anything beyond these "Who Calls Me" websites.
I'd love to read how you managed to get this info!  Besides my daily FCC complaint filing--I'm going to apply my own pressure now.

From what I can find out, Crossfire Marketing in Rancho Cucamonga is responsible for this. If you call their toll-free line you get a voicemail for a "Mickey Gross". A search of California business licenses reveals that the agent for Crossfire is a Stephen Rudnicki. A little further digging gets business associates of Stephen Rudnicki and Crossfire, one of which is a Michael Gross. A number for Michael Gross in Rancho Cucamonga is 909-483-9966. I'm sure he'd love to hear from his fans.

It's a national newspaper subscription company trying to get you to subscribe to your local newspaper.
The caller ID states UNKNOWN NAME, and the phone number shown (877-944-8544) is a dead number.
When they call, you answer, and they don't speak--it's called "war dialing."
Whenever you folks get calls from this number--PLEASE FILE AN FCC COMPLAINT!  If you don't--they will not be stopped.
Just go to the FCC Don't Call website, register your phone numbers on the national list if you haven't yet, then report them EVERY time they call you.
Another tip--keep a log of each time they call noting the date and time.  If you have to file repeat complaints--you can reference the previous calls.
The FCC Don't Call Registry website is here:
http://www.fcc.gov/complaints

Select: Telemarketing calls (including Do-Not-Call) and prerecorded messages received on a wired phone

On the next page, select: Abandoned Calls' ('Silent Calls,' 'Dead Air Calls' from a telemarketer) and 'War Dialing' received on your residential or business telephone

Then, select the link: Complete the form and fill out the info.

Everyone who receives calls from this number MUST join together to stop these idiots!

Same thing here. Just silenced.

This phone number has called me repeatedly and no one EVER picks up.  MONTHS this has been going on.

They call all the time, no message. Nobody there if I answer & can't call back because the # does not work from where I live.

Mallory & others--it's a national newspaper subscription telemarketing firm.
They call "representing" your local newspaper with subscription discounts and try to get you signed up.
As always, the best advice is to get on the FCC Don't Call register.  If they call again, tell them you're on the list and they will stop calling.
It's great to have websites like this to find out who's calling you, but I just can't believe people take the time to come here and post that they have no idea who's calling from these numbers.
A quick Google search of the numbers reveal full details--please use it!
It takes less time than coming here all aloof and dumbfounded.

They called a bunch, and keep asking for my dad. Im getting a little freaked out.

203-130-9833 Phishing Scammers attempting to take advantage of a vulnerable elderly friend of mine. Scam pretends to be someone from Microsoft forcefully insisting that they are trying to help the user make changes to the computer. They Left a callback number of (877) 944-8544

Calling all the time,  No one on line when answered.

criminal

Got a call from this number. It was the Bergen Record in NJ. So based on the other feedback I assume this is a company that solicits newspaper subscriptions for newspapers around the country. Hope this helps.

I've been receiving calls from this number several times a day for the past few days. After reading the posts here I called the number back and it was some publishing group related to my local newspaper. I asked them to put me on their do not call list and they said they'd take care of it. Keeping my fingers crossed that this will stop further calls.

I received a call this afternoon from this number. We are on the Do Not Call Registry so I turned them in.
I called 411,but cannot get a company for this toll free number.

This # called & then left a voicemail of a few seconds of silence.  Tried calling back the # but the business is not identified and the message just says that they're helping others. After waiting for a few minutes through terrible music, I hung up.
Reported to DONOTCALL.

i do not have a phone plan yet they get thru.  Also on Do Not Call list.

Called the number back and it was the Pantagraph Newspaper

WE keep getting calls through out the day for the past two weeks from the above number. We are being interrupted constrantly and pick the phone up but no one is there. They call back a few hours later. We will be contacting the police soon if it does not stop.

Call them back, wait til you get an answer...you have to get an answer from them. It may take a few trys, but if you call them back, eventually you get them. I got them first try, told them I want off the list, and the guy took care of it...hopefully it works for you..and me for that matter

Still don't know who they are. Just said "hello", but they did remove my number. Even if you are on the "Do Not Call" list, it is a good idea to update it - especially if it is your cell like mine!!!!!

I've got five calls in the past two days, thats rediculous.

I am deaf and on a Do Not Call list.  I have no way to find out who these ppl are or what they want.

Calls daily and when u answer no one picks up - heard it is possibly a newspaper subscription call...st paul pioneer press???

Calls daily and when u answer no one picks up - heard it is possibly a newspaper subscription call...st paul pioneer press???

it was for our local paper, and eventually they did answer

No one is there when I pick-up phone