This telephone number belongs to Pacific Telecom Communications Group.  They are a public utility who's business involves facilitating illegal telemarketing calls in violation of 16 C.F.R. §310.3(b) of the Federal Telemarketing Sales Rule.

For more information about the people behind this unsolicited call, go here:  http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com



If you want to stop these unsolicited telemarketing calls, PLEASE send a complaint to Oregon State regulators about these illegal calls from Pacific Telecom's phone numbers:

Oregon Public Utilities Commission Online Complaints:  http://apps.puc.state.or.us/consumer/complaint.asp

Oregon Attorney General?s Office Online Complaints:  https://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer/complaint.shtml

Oregon Governor?s Office Online Complaints:  
http://governor.oregon.gov/Gov/contact.shtml

They're part of a larger scam going under the names of PacTel and Pacific Telecomm=both fake. They are already under investigation and the FTC can and will track where the calls are being generated from. Each report strengthems the case against these scumbags. Get even and turn them in!

And if you scumbags happen to be reading this- you can't violate international trade agreements and hide in India, pal. You're connecting through American communication systems that can track you down. For the right price someone is going to betray you.




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I have done exactly this! Given them fake credit number and other info, and kept them online for about 10 minutes.  When I finally revealed what I'd done, I suggested they quit calling or I'd keep wasting their time if they did.  I did this about 2 months ago.  I've only gotten 2 calls since then.  Before that I was getting 4-5 a week.

Got another anoying call from these people - 971-220-1966 and 305-304-9999. When I asked what credit card they were associated with - they hung up.

SCAM

Another lowerinterest offer . Left long message on machine.

I get this same caller only with different numbers once or twice a week. Clearly scammers. Reporting to DNC.

These are just annoying telemarketers who move around and use either bluff my call or use disposable/untraceable numbers, no use wasting your breath on the idiots, they just swear at you or hang up so just invest in a nice loud whistle or airhorn and see how their eardrum likes that! At least you'll have a nice laugh while their ears are ringing!

Sadly, nothing works other than paying extra to block specific numbers. NO NOT CALL is useless because breaking the law is not a problem for these bottom feeders.

I pressed one  to talk to a live operator.  When I asked to be taken from their call list, he hung up on me.  I incessantly get this call.  I do not have credit cards, and am on the National and State do not call list. GRRRRR...............

It won't work and all you did was confirm for them that they reached a "good" telephone number, ie a number connected to a live person who is also willing to fall for their tricks.

I received yet another call from these scam artists this morning (1138 hrs.) Prerecorded message from "Rachel of Card Holder Services" calling about my credit card but that there was nothing wrong with my account but I had to contact them about lowering my interest rate, yadda, yadda, yadda. In the past, I've pressed the number to be removed with no success. I've told them directly to remove my number because I'm on the DNC. They don't care. This time when I pushed the number to talk to someone I asked her why they persist in calling people who are on the do-not-call list. She was laughing and making some comment to someone other than me as she hung up the phone in my ear. I've reported these people to the FCC repeatedly and I never have any luck because the FCC is less than worthless when it comes to enforcing their own laws. By the way, if it isn't already obvious, these people are NOT from your credit card company and you'd be an idiot to give them ANY information about you, your credit cards, or your financial situation. Anyone who blatantly and repeatedly ignores the DNC is obviously NOT looking out for your best interest.

No one talked when I answered the phone.

I Have requested to not be contacted any further from this number. After about a dozen times, I spoke quite frankly about further calls, at which time, I was sworn at profusely by the person on the phone!!!

Hear about the people that protest over lost jobs and BAD THINGS THAT THE RICHS WANT TO GO AFTER FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT  TO GET THEIR HAND ON LIKE MONEY OR PLAY A DIRTY GAME ON POOR PEOPLE TO MAKE THIS STUPID CALLS,well if you want play those type of game on poor people so that the richs can stay healthy ,  so that the richs can keep their beautiful home in a nice areas with nice stuffs and want to look like big shot,like "The Richs and Famous".If you want to solve this problem to get the poor  people or people who protest for  jobs,do not let too many old people like Andy Rooney who hold the job too long,while there lot of people who are unemployed still looking for jobs in the line.Now you see what happen to Andy,he went to the hospital before his good time of  his retirement.Why do we have too many old people who have a salary like him holding a job? That why the President can't figure out why there too many OLD PEOPLE  STILL HOLDING THE JOB WITH A SALARY LIKE ANDY.I am glad that he retired at 92! That right,92! WOW!  Can he play tennis or boating like Walter right now? I feel bad that he miss his good retirement like Walter.  Walter did it before he passed away.There are too many old news reporters are still working.Are there many more like them in other jobs?Do you really want to keep these people unemployed,  no loan on colleges .I don't get it.Did you know that I have spoken to some people that came here ,got a job and don't pay a penny for colleges.Who right or wrong about this? Is this what this call about?

The DNC does not work. It's made to make us feel better, but they do nothing. This "Scam" has been calling for years now and thousands have complained. The DNC is a joke!

This is an automated calling system that keeps calling trying to sell some type of credit card consolidation. If you press the prompt and try and talk to a real person, they hang up on you as soon as they here you do not have over $3000 on credit card debt that you want to consolidate. They call several times a week.

Another call today regarding lower interest rates from 971-220-1966.  I listened long enough to hear that by pressing "3" I can remove my phone # from future calls.  We'll see if that works.............

Received the call, answered this time, dialed 3 to opt out of future calls, nothing happened, dialed 1, got a live agent to reduce my credit card balances, blah blah blah.  I asked her to remove my number from their call list, she hung up on me.  I turned around and filled out a complaint form on the Do Not Call website with the information they ask for on these computer generated calls, which are not legal regardless whether you are on the DNC list or not.  Complaint forms have to be filled out in order to stop these unwanted calls.

Someone actually interested in catching these cooks, should create a site with lists of completely fake ids to deliberately supply these scammers with misinformation, that when used will report these operations directly to the authorities.  Problem is once put online, the crooks will also know which numbers to not call back.

So, if all else fails, supply the id of your local police chief.  Seriously, well not really*.

Since you must identify yourself when reporting any sort of crime, or potential crime, only the authorities would know who blew whistle, and it will prevent fraudulent whistle blowers from overloading their resources.

*Hopefully you'd furnish a fake id, not your chief's real info, one your local law enforcement agency supplies to you personally, to use on next spam caller.  Once used, the location and id of the crook is easy for them to determine.

Really want to stop cybercrime? Make it worthwhile.  Heck if got $10 everytime I reported a phony phisher call - either the government would go broke, and i'd get rich, or they'd seriously find the outlaws.

Face it, the real victims are not one reading these web sites, or even well connected beyond their land lines.

I received a call from this number on 10/27 at 10:30 AM. I didn't answer when I saw the number on the Caller ID display. As others have posted - this is highly likely a scam...

I'm a retired Police Officer, and as such let me advise readers - NEVER give any personal and/or financial information to someone like these people. No matter how hard they press you to do so. They use smoke & mirrors, and whatever they think will get information out of you - don't fall for it!

And to those of you who don't have Caller ID, let me suggest you get it ASAP! It's worth the price...

Please do not call my phone any more. I am not interested

ditto !...Ditto !!...DITTO !!!              
 The SAME Credit Crap pitch!  And I, like a stupid idiot, have done all others have done to get them                
 to STOP CALLING...INCLUDING, of course, reporting it to the Federal Do Not Call List (on which ALL      
 of our phones are registered)  AND, the menus which you must wade through to make a complaint        
 along with the extra 30 seconds they give you to add details. And, which, I'm always cut off with the
 anger and frustration that nothing ever comes of my efforts.  I think the Do Not Call List is a JOKE...
 a bureaucratic response to a P.O.'d Public!  I think maybe it's time to find out HOW MUCH $$$$$        
 does the Federal Trade Commission get? HOW MANY cases have they successfully prosecuted?
 AND...WHY haven't we seen or heard anything to deter--at ALL--the scum that keep calling?????!!!!!!!!

Wanting to lower my interest rates. Scammers. I get these calls on a regular basis despite the fact I've got a non-published number, and have given serious consideration to dumping my landline altogether. Except NOW I'm starting to get telemarketing calls on my cell. WHY can't something be done about these companies? We have laws that state they shouldn't be calling if we're on the DNC list, but we get these calls anyway. So incredibly annoying . . .

I revived two separate calls from these jokers on 10/18/2011.
I filled a formal complaint with the Do Not Call Registry here: https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2

People need to use this. As started here: http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2007/11/07 ... call-violations ...there HAVE been some successful prosecutions, INCLUDING the FTC's present pursuit of a company soliciting "lower Mortgages": Global Mortgage Funding

"Since the advent of the Do Not Call list in 2003, the FTC and the Department of Justice have brought 34 law enforcement actions against violators and collected $16 million in penalties."

Let's add these scammers to that list!

Same thing here. Scam/phishing phone calls. It showed on the caller id as Gresham.

1-971-220-1966 is a SCAM.  I bet they are trying to get personal financial information.  The best route is the Federal Trade Commission to report a scam.  When people work so hard to hide their identity, they are not a legitimate business.  File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission by calling 1-877-382-4357.  They have jurisdiction over scammers and will be glad to take your complaint.  The more they get, the more likely they will take action.

We have gotten SOOOO many of these calls.  I'm really tired of their spiel--Especially since we never pay credit card interest anyway.  I, too, have tried to get them to stop calling by pressing the proper number, but have gotten nowhere.  It is so frustrating.  I wish someone with authority would get them to stop.

Keep getting calls from these numbers, 971-220-1966 is just the latest.  don't bother talking to someone, if you press the number to be taken off their call list - they transfer you to some poor b*****d's phone that pissed them off.

Receiving calls from this number, even late at night.  Selected the stop calling option but it continues.  Some type of credit card scam.

I did the same thing, asked them directly to remove my name and she hung up without saying a word.