I received a call from 202-367-9133... but a number you do not have is 202-367-9134..
When the calls came in the caller ID said AIR ALERT.. seeing the 202- I know that
is Washington DC and why would I get Air Alerts?? I didn't answer but they called
many times before our Primary Vote on 5/29 ..
I have not received one since.. I thought it was political..
Third time they called I answered. Sounded like a call center. Was calling for someone specific but wasn't me. They said they would remove me from their list
Apparently this is MRS associates ... collections. Have been calling me for months trying to reach the person who foreclosed on the house I bought. I save all their number in my phone so I know to never answer. Word around the 'Net is they don't actually take your name off their list, but just keep calling.
I can confirm receiving calls from 3 of these numbers. Thanks for the fourth.
Everyone who is having this sort of problem should know about the "Advanced Call Forwarding" offered by Lingo and Vonage, and probably other VOIP providers as well. The feature may have different names with different providers, but it is absolutely beautiful at turning the tables on these phone harassment companies.
With Lingo you can set up multiple call forwarding numbers, and also set which numbers will get forwarded to which number. This allows you to enter any and all harassing call numbers and send them right back to their corporate office, or to whatever number they tell you to call. Any calls that come in after you set up the call forwarding rule will not ring on your phone at all, but instead will go straight back to the harassers so they end up harassing themselves. As an added bonus the caller ID information is passed through from the original phone number that called so your number is not shown. Not to say they can't figure out that the calls are being re-routed after a while, but there won't be anything they can do about it.
If they start calling from different numbers just add them to the list. You can use wildcards as well in case you encounter a company with a block of numbers. You could block (redirect) an entire area code by simply entering "202*", for example, or an entire prefix by using "202-555*" as another example.
I suggest just using a wildcard for the last two digits for any calls out of your area code that you think it unlikely you'll receive a legit call from. So in the case of the 202 number listed here I just entered "202-367-91*" and forwarded those calls back to MRS sales office number of 888-334-5677. Therefore if MRS has a block of numbers in the 202 area code with the 367 prefix and with the last four digits of 91xx, any calls from that block will be sent back to them.
It's worth the switch to VOIP even if you didn't save any money.