Yep...scammers...call back and get your number removed...do not accept, confirm, say yes or talk to anyone from this number...think of it as phone virus
I called the number back from my house phone but the call came thru on my cell, they say press any digit to be taken off the list, what list? Afraid to call from my cell to be removed they may charge me.
This board is simply a sounding board for people to vent and inform others of scam telemarketing calls they receive. There is no authority associated with the 800notes site to stop these callers. In order for people to collectively stop these type calls they must act together - and TAKE ACTION! It doesn’t do any good to complain about a caller on this board unless you then take the next step and do something about it! The caller ID number is usually a ‘Spoof Number” – A Fake! Never, never, ever engage the caller or call back the number. The false robocallers will then capture your number as a ‘live one’ and use it over and over and sell it to other scammers. The same goes if it prompts you to ‘press a key’ to ‘opt out’ of their calling lists, or be transferred to someone, as this will only ‘log’ your number as a working one and make it ripe for future calls and to be sold to other scam companies as well.
The best option is simply to hang up, keep your own list of calling numbers with dates and times and report them to the FCC below. There is space on their complaint form to list several calling dates and times of a repeat caller.
The DO NOT CALL list is worthless, they do not act on anything, just build a database of numbers.
In order to do something to help stop these type calls, everyone - EVERYONE needs to file an online complaint directly with the FCC. If they receive enough complaints about a particular number - they will act on it. Do it today and pass along the info:
Surprised there are so few complaints here if this number has been calling since April 2014. Caller ID said "Benefits Dept" which I highly suspected as SPAM, but 'just for fun' I let it go to ans. machine, which probably means I'll get even MORE calls. The '209' exchange tells me that this is PROBABLY SPOOFED; I'm not sure zeros are allowed in the middle of exchanges per the phone system set up.
Anyway, this number will now be BLOCKED, although its highly unlikely that they'll call a second time from this fake number.