this 206 exchange is located in seatle there is a company that spoofs caller id in area code 206 it is a scam they are trying to get your cc #'s dont answer them
calls my house 3 or 4 times a day. no one says hello and then hangs up...it is very annoying and i wonder if something legal can be done to stop it. I am on a no call list.
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I was called by this company several times the last few days. I told the caller to "remove my name from the calling list". I currently work for a Telemarking Company in Omaha, and know the laws regulating these sort of companies. To provoke an agent is not a good solution, so I tried the "MR NICE GUY" approach. I figured the calls would stop. Turns out any FTC FCC regulation is thrown out the window with this group. I found it even more disturbing that they called back several times after the initial request. .
My father in law , who is the CEO of the company (who also owns the phone line) I work for answered in one occasion and the guy started yelling back at him and told he would keep calling back.
Through our local Police Dept and the Nebraska Attorney General's office we are "nailing" this group. The Police Dept and Attorney Gen' recorded the number and called it themselves. Aparently no one in this state, till now, has turned in the number. Jon Brunning , our Attorney General is one tough cookie and trust me, this company will pay, whoever they are.
A word to the wise, our State Gov't says this is a scam and TO NOT GIVE OUT ANY CREDIT CARD INFO!!! They will steal your info and attempt to gain access to any account you may have.
The State of Nebraska is filing a lawsuit and attempting to gain the feds assistance in going after this company.
*****THEIR TIME HAS COME!! WE SHALL SEE AN END TO THIS GROUP! ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT GIVE OUT ANY CARD INFO!*****
I just wrote to Time Warner Telecom, (see their web site) and will continue to do so until the calls stop. Since the phone line is linked to them. Perhaps if enough of us do that the telemarketing company may get the message that this needs to stop.
If your are registered on the "do not call" list then just go into their website www.donotcall.gov and file a complaint with them that is what we do and within a day or so the calls will stop. Got one this morning from the same number, and filed a complaint.