We'd never had a call from this number in the past until yesterday. BUT on 5/1/17, 5/2/17 and 5/8/17 we had calls from 253-201-5560 with CID showing Marketing Sol (Solutions). Then on 5/5/17 and 5/8/17 we had calls from 253-201-5568 with CID showing Web Server Co. Since these companies usually buy banks of phone numbers I decided the very close number sequence must be the same place, and I blocked 253-201-5560 thru 253-201-5568. My hunch was right. On 5/9/17 we got a call from 253-201-5564 with CID showing local ranking (lower case letters). They called again this morning (5/10/17) before we got in at work.
So this shows that Marketing Solutions, Web Server Co and local ranking are all the same place. Marketing Solutions and local ranking have called repeatedly from other numbers as well, and a lot of calls from others I suspect are also related. These names are all ties to others: Better Merchant being the main one. This list is far from complete:
360-302-5481 – local ranking x 8 between 1/8/16-8/1/16 (CID on all calls: LOCAL)
360-763-4013 – local ranking x 3 in April 2017 (CID: Olympia Wa twice, and local ranking on last one)
360-896-8716 – Better Merchant?? - This was that robocall that says “This is an important message about your auto repair business!” We don’t have an auto repair business. Others have reported these calls from Auto Funding Group and Better Merchant. (CID: Vancouver Wa)
385-229-3335 – Afortus / IMS (Interactive Marketing Solutions) / Federal Finance / Ancora Financial
385-249-1222 – Afortus
385-249-1239 – Afortus
385-249-1264 – x 3 (CID: IMS x 2, Ancora Financial x 1)
385-249-1294 – Afortus (auto blocked by my software as a known telemarketer)
385-249-1870 – IMS
385-249-1873 – IMS x 2
401-298-2544 – Better Merchant (CID: Warwick RI)
406-797-5275 – Better Merchant (CID: Anaconda Mt)
415-534-9643 – Local
419-930-6189 – Live caller calling about our auto repair business (which we aren’t). (CID: Toledo, OH)
513-434-1901 – Better Merchant (CID: Oxford Oh)
517-343-3115 – Per online reports it’s local ranking (CID: Michigan)
816-800-7756 – CID when they called us was Kansas City, Mo. Online reports say they’ve shown Better Merchant, Merch Funding, Merchant Fund, Payment Systems, Economy Merchant, Fair Processing, Credit Services, etc.
859-203-0118 – Better Merchant (CID: Warsaw Ky)
903-686-9303 – CID when they call us was Unknown Name. Online reports say they’ve shown is ASSIST, Local Listing, Internet Local Listing ...
Another call from this number - third one in three days, seventh one from the series of number -5560 through -5568. The last two calls said "local ranking" but today's said "Tacoma WA". Yesterday I blocked all of them on my phone carrier's website, so when they called this morning it didn't even ring through to the office. Peace at last (at least from this bunch).