I'm just a high school student looking for college scholarships! Not scams! I get calls from this number and about four others every day just because I filled out a scholarship application! This needs to stop! They won't answer when I do pick up. The number is "out of service" when I call back, and there is no way to unsubscribe!

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ok wso this new york number 3477565059 keeps calling and i havent had the chance to answer and when i go to call back it says the number is not in service.. why are they calling me? anyone know whatthis is about?

Received a call from this number at 6:30 PM 11/16/2011. Asian sounding woman wanted to speak to me about my VISA card ending in a four-digit number that didn't match my card. Woman stated she was calling from USAA and offered me a $100 gift certificate. I advised her I wasn't interested, I was on the "do not call list" and not to call me again. I suspect the caller was a fraudster trying to get my correct credit card number and personal information.

I just recv'd a call from someone stating to be "College Finders". When i stated that i am already in college and didn't need their services the woman said "Alright" and hung up on me...before i could ask her to take me off her call  listing. I searched for the company online...thinking maybe I could find a website and remove MYSELF from the list, but it lists Anthem, Capella, and Kaplan colleges listed on the left hand side, and the screen asks for your zip code. There is nothing else to click on. (http://collegefinders.us/)

They have started in with a new number now (347-697-1454), so the game begins again!  Anyone who did not see my last post, here it is again with some creative ideas on how to deal with these idiots:

"OK, first off, everyone CALM DOWN and don?t freak out about these guys.  No matter what they say or what they threaten, they CAN?T do anything to you.  I know every one of us has tried filing reports with law enforcement, FTC, FBI, ic3, etc.  It doesn?t seem to work, because these guys aren?t even in the USA.  So take a deep breath, relax and don?t let them ruffle your feathers.

Now, I started getting these calls about a year ago.  I have personally used all of the tactics below, and they do stop calling me for about 6 months?so the way I figure it, a little time out of my day to give them back a taste of their own medicine is worth it for 6 months of peace and quiet.  Keep in mind, as well, every minute you spend screwing with them on the phone is a minute they are NOT able to scam someone else.  (And the only way they will ever stop is if nobody pays them any money ever again!)  And now for the fun part?how to screw with them back.  I will start with the easiest and move up the line with the more time consuming:

If you have no time to mess with them:
a.    Just don?t pick up the line.  Let it go to voicemail and delete the message.
b.    Pick up the line and immediately hang up.  Keep doing it until they stop.
c.    Pick up the line and use an air horn or police whistle blown straight into the mouthpiece of the phone.  (I personally like the canned airhorn the best.)
d.    If they call while you are driving, turn the radio up as loud as possible and answer the line on speakerphone.  Don?t say anything, just let them listen to the blasting music.  Heavy metal music works best, but I personally have a CD with Star Spangled Banner on it, so I play that as loud as I can.  Just leave the line open with the music blasting until they hang up.

If you have a little more time to mess with them:
a.    Ask if they are related to the deceased (insert your name here as the ?deceased?) or just a family friend, because ?the viewing of the body if for family only, but the memorial service is open to everyone.?  Ask if they would like directions to the funeral.
b.    Simply tell them that you have read all about their scam on the internet & seen it on the news on TV, so you aren?t paying anything.  Don?t listen to any response, just hang up on them after saying this.
c.    Use this one only if you are willing to be as crude as they are:  Using the name they gave you (i.e., ?Officer Mike Taylor? was the last one I got), say, ?Is the this THE Officer Mike Taylor I read about on the internet?  Is it true what the posts online say, that you have such a small d**k that even camels won?t have sex with you??  Then hang up on them.
d.    (For this one, I must first apologize to PETA and all vegans, but it highly offends the scammers because they consider cows to be divine beings.)  Tell them you don?t have time to speak with them, because you work at a slaughter house and you have over 100 cattle you need to ?kill off? before the end off the day.  Then hang up on them.
e.    Are you good with theatrics?  Then try this one?it was actually highly effective for me:  Put on your deepest, scariest, growliest voice and just whisper into the phone over and over, ?I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you, I command the demons to come for you??.  Just keep whispering it over and over until they hang up.  I think this one worked well because they are quite superstitious.
f.    If you know a foreign language, answer the phone in it and just keep talking in unintelligible phrases.  The more obscure the language, the better.  Don?t know a foreign language?  Pig Latin seems to work just as effectively.
g.    Ask if they are calling from the convenience store, and can they give you last night?s winning lottery numbers, because you are sure you have won.  For any response they give to it, just keep yelling over and over, ?I won! I won!?
h.    When you answer the phone, ask them where your pizza is and tell them because they didn?t get it to you in the ?30 minutes?, you?re not paying for it.  Hang up.
i.    Tell them you are at work right now, but to call you back on your ?home? phone, and give them this number: 202-835-0778.  (This is the scam and fraud reporting division number at the FBI.)  Hang up.

If you are REALLY p***ed off, and have plenty of time to screw with them:

a.    Go on to Craig?s List and post an ad in the wanted section or services section  saying you are looking for a payday loan company because you need a loan.  Ask they call you right away.  List the scammer?s name and phone number as the contact information.  (This sends the scum-sucking bottom feeders off to call the other scum sucking bottom feeders?LOL)
b.    Go online and look for every free daily horoscope, free insurance quote, free mortgage lending, etc., and click on the ?have an agent contact me? link.  Type in the scammer?s name and phone number.  Viola!  Now they will get flooded with telemarketers as well.
c.    If you would like to blow off steam, and have no problem with swearing, just keep calling them over and over pretending you have Tourette?s Syndrome by just screaming obscenities in the phone until they hang up.  This works pretty good in the car, because no one else can hear you and it is a good tension reliever.
d.    Log onto these payday loan sites and enter all of the scammers? information on it.  This way they might even wind up on their own list!
e.    (Do NOT attempt this one unless you have state of the art spyware & virus protection, and even then, you still are taking a risk):  Go into your spam folder on your computer.  Find every email you can about ?you won millions of dollars? or ?the Nigerian lottery? or something to that effect.  Send it back with all of the scammers? contact information.
f.    Research for the phone numbers to both local and national TV news stations ?breaking news desk?.  Again, tell the scammer on the phone to call you at your ?work number? and give the number to the news station?s phone number.  (Hopefully, if the news stations get enough of these calls, they will start airing more stories about it, reaching more people and reduce the number of victims that fall for this.)

Again, before sending money to ANYONE, stop. Think.  Do you have any paperwork showing you owe money?  If not, ask for paperwork.  If they refuse to send it, they are scammers.  A real collection agency will always: 1. provide paperwork; 2. never yell or cuss at you; 3. never require you to pay first before receiving paperwork; 4. never identify themselves as an officer of law enforcement; 5. never threaten you with jail, arrest or physical harm.

Good luck everyone, and if you need any help or suggestions, feel free to email me at rockk9s@aol.com."

I just answered the phone at work even though the full # did not show up. They claimed to be calling from the US State Department. Claimed his name was Justin Wright. Had THICK Pakistani/Indian accent and there was a terrible echo and static on the line. I asked to confirm name, number and badge number. He claimed he could not give out badge # on a recorded line. I asked him to confirm the phone number and he provided this: (347) 342-1768. I said I would call back to confirm that it was indeed the US Justice Department and hung up. They have not called back yet. Hopefully they won't call back.

Has called at least 6 times in the last two days, first a woman answered and spoke, I told her to take me off the list. From then on, no one speaks when I answer the phone

they call over and over...i picked up once and told them to stop calling they said they're from an online school returning on info i requested when i never did! i told them to take me off their list and they said they would , but keep calling..i get a call every 3-4 hours this is ridiculous so i reported them to the do not call registry @ donotcall.gov and you can file a complaint, enough complaints might get them into trouble.

keeps calling -- i am on do not call list (which it wont do anything other than pad the feds spending) Will not leave any info or stop calling

Same number as the rest of you.  They must be busy calling everyone out there from that number... 1-347-342-0340 Sunrocket DID.  They called several times today and no one is on the other end.  It's like they are just listening to me say "hello...hello... HELLO!!!"  After the first call, I stopped answering the number, but after that first call, I immediately got a call from a telemarketer.

Constantly calls throughout the day while I'm working and at home. They hang up when I call or they ask my name and when I say this is she... They hang up. It's driving me nuts. I don't have time to be bothered by people who are wasting my time.

This person calls me 5 times a day and never says anything and when I call the number back it says it is out of service this has got to stop

I keep getting calls all day long and when i answer, no one says anything then it disconnects. when I call the number back it says it's not a working number. What is this? What company? Does anyone know?

I get calls from this number several times a day.  Hang up no msgs.  Irritated.

You all are idiots. You obviously entered your number into some freebie scam site. The little box you checked (or failed to uncheck) basically gave them permission to do what they're doing, regardless of any do-not-call list. Now you learned your lesson. Nothing is free, so good luck having every scam vendor in the country call you, text you, and send you spam until you change your email and phone. Don't fall into the trap again. Morons.

These ppl need to stop calling my number. Its so annoying....

Do Not Call this number back. I just talked to a guy at the abuse center at Time Warner (my provider) and he said that it's a masked number. People in other countries are calling using this disconnected number as a "mask". When you call back there is the possibility of incurring charges that can not be removed from your phone bill. He said that you can change your number or file a legal police report. They are working on technology to make it possible for customers to block such number, but it's not there yet.

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They called twice with in a matter of hours.  They never leave a message.

I have gotten aprox 5-8 calls per day for the last week +.  When I do answer, the phone stays connected, but no one will answer. This is getting annoying, how do I stop it?

They've called me 3 times and when I call back it says: "The number you have reached is not in service. This is a recording." THIS is driving me NUTS!

keep getting calls, did google search and found nothing, i never answer calls from anyone not in my contact list

Did an online survey and 8:30pm about 1 hr later began receiving calls.  He asked if I was looking for any local colleges. Upon rejection he said he would remove my number.  Call comes in around 9am, noon, and 8pm. Did not answer until checking here.

caller keep calling and when answered no say anything and when i reture the call it say's it's a none working number

Yeah they just called me...who is this?

they call me all the time.
usually i dont answer but when i do they dont say anything.
a few of these numbers call me saying things about college finder.
i just say the person they are calling for is not here. i am not sure how to get on the do not call list.

Me too. I started receiving calls today. Some of you mentioned college finder? I actually signed up for a couple scholarship sights today. I wonder if there is any correlation?

I've gotten 5 or 6 calls from this number in the last 3 or 4 days.  They are asking for my sister, who died 2+ years ago.  Today, when they called and asked for her, I asked who was calling and they hung up.  When I try to call the number back I get a recording saying the number is not in service.  They don't leave a message when they call either. ARRRRRGH!!!!!!!

I just got a call from them not 30 minutes ago. It's the first time for me they called, and a lady from College Finder asked for me- getting my email and name right. After looking the number up, I came across this and I immediatly called back only to hear that the number I called is no longer in service. Can anybody help me?