Relax, people...

I just got a call from them, too - 4 days after I activated my prepaid phone.

It is a FREE Welcome Call from Verizon Wireless to make sure you had all you needed on your new account. If you had called the number back (which I did), you would have also received the Welcome Call...because it would have caller id'd your number. It is a FREE INCOMING or OUTGOING 888#. They don't leave a message because if you went to pick up the message, that looks like a normal call and charges would have been incurred if you have a pay by day phone. I have unlimited talk/text for $50 - can't beat it.

I'm using the call type 'unknown' because it's actually not any of the choices - it's  a FREE info call for prepaid customers so you can learn about your plan, etc.

Same here... I've had my phone 4 days! and I just got 3 calls from this number. NO ONE has my # yet, hell, I can't even remember what it is, lol.

see a thread here...new prepd phone from Verizon, 2 days old, then this 888 call comes.  So far 2 calls 4 hrs apart.  Seems like they have access to V's new service database.  Didn't answer will continue to ignore and save my minutes....what a nuisance!

Me too

I received 3 calls from this number on 12/26/08, at 9:20am, 12:06pm and 4:12pm -- I never answered.

Is this a scam to just use up my minutes? :/

YEP SAME THING HAPPEND TO MY

this person keeps calling me at 4:00 in the mornning and i have school at seven o'clock and Im always tired because the phone number keeps calling me so tell this person to stop calling me!!!!!!!!!!

I just got this phone to replace one for a few days til i get it...its from Verizon and they've called 3 times....

i CALLED THE NUMBER BACK AND SOMEONE ANSWERED DENYING THAT THEY EVER CALLED.

i just got my phone through verizon and haven't even given the number out yet... but this number called me.

We changed our service plan two days ago and right away this same number has been calling my phone. No name, just the number. I see they call everyone else, and it looks like something that happens when you change your type of service. Also, just the other day I re-signed up again with the Do Not Call list. Looks like they found a way around that, huh?

Maybe it has something to do with new cell service. Just got a new phone and this number has called me twice since then...which was only 2 days ago.

No message from this caller to my new cell phone number.

I got the same call (888) 602-2073 and I haven't given my number out to anyone.  WTF!

Somebody called on Jan 19, 2008 and I didn't answer because I just bought this phone and nobody has my number yet and yes, I want to save my daily fee for something important

3 calls from 888-602-2073
first 2 were 6 mins apart and the 3rd was 4 hrs later
do not answer if you want to save your daily fee for important calls

just got a new phone from verizon too, been called three times. didn't answer because it was an unfamiliar number, now i know just not to.

verizon call cell number 575-415-5121

how can i put money on my phone if i cant get into my account

maybe that person is stalking u.

I work graveyard shift, and these rectal cysts call me in the middle of the day.  Normally, I wouldn't care because the average person is up then, and I'm especially glad that it was Verizon, and that they don't charge for this call, but what ticks me off is that I was woken up after only an hour of sleep to answer the phone thinking it was an emergency at work, only to be hung up on as soon as I answered.  This makes me angry, and I start having thoughts that there is a conspiracy against sleep.

If I have the courtesy to wake up from a dead sleep and answer the phone, they should have the courtesy to stay on the line and tell me why they called.

This number called me 3 times today.  Read the posts from AnswerGirl so I called it back.  It does not trigger daily fee (it was the first # I called today, I didn't get a fee until I called someone else)  it is most likely airtime free as the message states, when I called it I didn't get the usual 'Your time remaining for this call is.....Unlimited' message that I usually get when calling any other number, it just straight up connected.  However this number is QUITE annoying.  After I called and listed to Verizon's 5 minute recording, I received a 3rd call AFTER calling them back.  I had to listen to another 5 minutes before I could hit the option for a rep.  Once I got the rep on the phone she asked for my 4 digit security code which authenticates that I am the owner of the prepaid phone.  I found this very annoying as the call was initiated by Verizon, NOT by me.  And who's to say people won't start using spoofcard.com or another Caller ID spoofing service and set up some fake verizon greeting when you answer and then try to Social Engineer you out of your 4 digit code?  When I explained to the rep I wasn't going to give it since SHE called me, not the other way around, she said there was nothing she could do if I didn't provide the code, I even asked her to just NOTE the account that I had received a call from them and will call back *611 directly and provide the 4 digit code when I call back but she refused to notate the account without the 4 digit code.. too me this is the same run-a-round ruse someone trying to obtain your information by posing as Verizon would actually say, I was very annoyed and upset with the poor customer service.  After I called *611 the rep took me off of verizon's solicitation, so HOPEFULLY they don't call again, we will see.

They only try to get you three times. If you answer or call the 888# back it automatically takes you off the list. The call is only queued up for one day, 3 times. So you are already done! :)

Was a FREE Welcome Call from Verizon Wireless to make sure you had all you needed on your new account. If you had called the number back you would have also received the Welcome Call...because it would have caller id your number. It is a completely FREE INCOMING or OUTGOING 888#. They don't leave a message because if you went to pick up the message that looks like a normal call and charges would have been incurred.

Hey..the only way a Telemarketer could have gotten your number is if it was someone else's number before..or they were doing random dialing. BTW I know for a fact that the 8886022073 number does NOT trigger your daily fee OR any charges. The reason they don't leave a message is because if you went to pick up their message that WOULD cause you to trigger your daily fee. on. Hope this makes sense. BTW you can register online at www.vzw.com/myprepay and your Balance Details expiration info etc..any time you want.

Hey there! I know for a fact that the 8886022073 number does NOT trigger your daily fee OR any charges. The reason they don't leave a message is because if you went to pick up their message that WOULD cause you to trigger your daily fee if that is the calling plan you were on. Hope this makes sense. Seriously, go online to www.vzw.com/myprepay and check under Balance Details on the day of that call you will see that it did not trigger unless you made another call that day.

VERIZON IS HERE TO RIP US UP!!!!!!!!!! SCAMMERS!!!!!

A few days ago I signed up for INpulse, Verizon's prepay plan, thinking I could save money by not using my cell phone for most days of the month. This is a new number that no one should know, but yesterday I got a call from a telemarketer, (310)212-0400, and today I got two calls from (888)602-2073, 30 minutes apart. I did not pick up on any of the three calls. It costs me a minimum $.99 each day that I use the phone, so if I get stuck with a daily charge because of a single incoming call from a telemarketer that I didn't pick up on, I am going to get mad and tell everyone that INpulse is a scam. (It's ridiculous that payments expire, too.) And how did that telemarketer get my number so soon anyway?

How did you get them to stop calling your number? They keep callint my several times a day.