I got this same caller ringing out house. I picked up as I do not have caller ID. There was no voice . . . and I said "Hello?" several times. I did the "last call" routine and entered the number here on Google and found all these postings.
Thanks for all the postings .. . this has been very helpful.
UNIT: CID Nortel PreviewDelux
NAME: Unknown name NUMB: 1 201 257 4026 DATE: Feb 4, 4:46pm
Yes everybody, you must be very careful with these type of calls!
The best thing to do is NOT ANSWER THEM. Reasons; 1. Some of these
calls will lock your line. Meaning that, you will not be able to hang-up
your phone until their TEL SYS releases the call. Sometimes up to
2 min. Bad if you need to use 911! 2. Once you answer you have acknowledged you presence on the callers computer network. Confirms
setup for another attack (another call soon rather than later).
3. These people share compiled info about "every easy hit", meaning
everbody that's eager to help out others, with other telemarketers
who run the same type of scams. 4. Many people are paying a big price
for a simple mistake, like answering a phone. The whole thing is
something to beware of! GOOD LUCK
I got this same caller ringing out house. I picked up as I do not have caller ID. There was no voice . . . and I said "Hello?" several times. I did the "last call" routine and entered the number here on Google and found all these postings.
Thanks for all the postings .. . this has been very helpful.
no caller id details on my phone and no message left. they called 6 time in the same day between 8pm to 12. they are located at Hasbrouck Heights NJ, i knew these information by tracking them from my phone company.
I put a manually operated switch on our main phone line so I can switch it over to a FAX machine when I see a tele-marketer's number on the caller ID (you can also make use of an old computer modem for this). That way all they get is the squeal of the FAX modem in their ear.
Seems to be somewhat effective at preventing on-going calls. They usually give up after a few squeals (presumably concluding there's no person at that number). Just to be sure, I switch the line back after it's squealed for 10 seconds or so ... don't want to let them think they can successfully send me junk FAXes. #;-))
The other things we do:
- NEVER answer any questions when you don't know who's calling and, if it's a tele-marketer, tell them to stop calling and hang up (no discussion, just inform then hang up)
- use caller ID and an answering machine to screen ALL calls ... set the answering machine to answer after a large number of rings (7 or more) as many tele-marketers won't wait through that many rings
- to combat the machine-driven "I'll play you a 3 minute ad" -- MACY's!!! -- strategy, if you're not sure, don't speak when you answer as these machines are voice-triggered ... if you don't get some talking from them after 5-10 seconds, just (note the number) then hang up -- from then on, give 'em the FAX treatment
- if you can ID the company they're calling for, phone/write the company (preferably an executive in marketing) and let them know that this kind of advertising has only lost them your business and that you'll NEVER react in any other way to tele-marketing
... and MOST OF ALL, vote with your dollars (don't deal with companies that use tele-marketers) and let them know that you're voting with your dollars!