She recommended that people report the calls to the Federal Trade Commission.
Lawsuits target Missouri firm
Among the likely culprits are a group of auto-warranty service companies in Missouri, particularly National Auto Warranty Services, also known as Dealer Services, at 100 Mall Parkway in Wentzville, Mo., according to the Better Business Bureau.
The company was sued this year by Verizon Wireless for being behind an "an illegal telemarketing campaign," according to court documents. Florida-based Explicit Media Inc. was also named in the suit, filed July 14 in federal court in New Jersey.
Verizon said the companies are responsible for nearly 3 million unsolicited calls to Verizon subscribers throughout the country, made in violation of Federal Trade Commission telemarketing regulations as well as the Do Not Call registry law.
The companies used "spoofing," a method of masking information, to hide outgoing call numbers, a violation of the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, court documents said.
I received a call from this ph#, & I decided to answer the call & I heard a recording that said something about my credit card. I hung up. I tried to call them back & received an error message that told me that I had reached a ph# that had been disconnected or was no longer in service. I did a reverse look-up on this ph#, & it comes back to someone named "Charmaine L. Loncala", who lives at 135 Lucky Dr. in Ormond Beach, FL. 32176. I looked this address up on google maps & it comes back to what appears to be a residential house. Interesting, huh? The ph# appears to be a land line.
They call me about once a month with a recorded message, something about my credit being in serious trouble. Now that I just lift the phone up and put it down immediately they are calling more often. Once I pressed "one" to talk to a live rep and I asked him what I had to do to get them to stop calling. He laughed, called me an idiot and hung up. I have been online looking to see if there is anything I can do and that is how I found this site. I love all your comments. I have been reporting each and every call on the national DO NOT CALL list and of course nothing is done. It would be nice if some former disgruntled employee would come forward and expose this scam. Would 60 MINUTES be interested in a story like this? What about local Florida TV stations?