I received a call that only had six digits showing... 234-567-892
That's it. However, I am using this number to report because it is the only one someone else has reported with those digits (and the additional digit "3" makes it a proper phone number)
This number just called my cell phone AND my direct work line several times each, leaving no messages. VERY few people have both of my phone numbers, there's no way a scammer could have both of those! What is going on?!
Scorpio Telemarketers Stung with Court Order for Do Not Call Violations
Defendants Were First to be Charged with Transmitting False Caller ID to Consumers
Under the terms of a court order announced by the Federal Trade Commission today, two individuals and one corporate defendant have been barred from violating the agency’s Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) and its Do Not Call (DNC) provisions arising from a telemarketing scheme designed to sell mortgage loans, refinancing services, and other products to U.S. consumers. They were also found liable for $530,000 in damages.
In addition to charging the defendants with calling consumers on the National DNC Registry and failing to pay for access to the list, the case was the first brought by the Commission alleging the transmission of phony caller ID information or none at all. Under the DNC provisions of the TSR telemarketers are required to transmit accurate caller ID information so consumers who do not want to be called in the future can contact them and tell them so.
The Commission’s Complaint
According to the FTC’s complaint, announced in May 2006, Srikanth Venkataraman, formerly of New Jersey and doing business as Scorpio Systems, Ltd., sold mortgage loans, refinancing, and other products and services to U.S. consumers via outbound telemarketing. Scorpio allegedly called numbers on the Do Not Call Registry, failed to transmit its telephone number and name to consumers’ caller identification service, and failed to pay the fee required to access the Registry. The telemarketer transmitted either no caller ID or a phony caller ID number – 234-567-8923 – and, as a result, consumers were unable to contact the telemarketer to stop unwanted calls.
I received the same message today and several other days. I wish they would leave me alone. Is there anything to do to stop them or find out who they are?
I continue to get calls from this number on my cell and work number. Always a very heavily accented (Indian) male, today his name is "Steve Hill". Yeah, whatever. I can barely understand but it's some blurb about a "time sensitive matter" and he is requesting an immediate call back from me or my attorney, and if we don't call him back all he can do is wish me well as the situation unfolds around me. I have both my numbers set to not leave a voice message; not sure how he got through. The call back number is 347-578-8520.
I got the same voivemail, a woman heavy Indian accent, can barely understand her or what she's talking about. Reception is horrible on the phone, sounds like she's calling from a cell phone while waiting on a train station its so bad. No idea who the company is.