I received a call from this number telling me that they wanted to send me Police decals for my front window from my Police Dept. I hung up & called my Police Dept. & found out that they weren't solicitating at the time. Don't give money or info!
Called, I saw on caller ID, didn't answer. They hung up after four rings when answering machine kicks in - left no message. The same number hs called before. would love to block a list of numbers but the phone company will not allow!
This activity has not stopped. My elderly father (age 91, nearly blind, living alone) received one of these calls shortly before 5:30 p.m. today (1-21-09). He tried to answer on his portable phone but, when no one responded, I tried to help him by answering on his other extension. There was no one on the other end, no dial tone, nothing. After we hung up, we tried to call the number back and got the same "voice mail full" response that others have reported here.
I also did a reverse-phone lookup on switchboard.com, and found the phone line listed to an "Amanda Davenport" in Lincoln, IL. Entering those search terms into Google brought me to this page, and I also phoned in a report of this incident to the Lincoln, IL police department to let them know that this
fraud?/harassment? is still happening.
I also intend to report the incident this week to the consumer fraud division in the office of IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan. If they do not already have a file on this individual(s), I will encourage them to open one.
I find this kind of practice detestable, and those who target the elderly with their frauds to be especially odious . . and obscene! If you have any more information about this, please forward it to the Lincoln IL Police Department and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan for their further investigation.