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.
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.
If You Don't Hang Up They Can't Disconnect You it Drives Them Nuts. They will try everything to make you hang up.
Good for Hours of Fun. Turn the Tables on them. Press 1 Or 6 WhatEver and Don'T Hang Up Just Listen and Laugh While they try to make you hang Up. As long as you stay on You Keep Calling THEM Back,
recorded message. Pressed one. They said they were "credit services". Kept fking around with them. I figure if they are going to waste my time, I will do the same. Just talk with an accent and pretend you need their services. Lead them on and then just start fking the [***] out their mind till they hang up
Just had a call from this number. I let the answering machine pick up the call and they just hung up, no message was left.
I'm on the national do not call list so I'd really like to find out who these folks are so I can report them.