Apparently there is nothing that can be done to stop these annoying calls. Why aren't the state's attorney generals or the federal government doing anything to avoid "wire fraud" and or mail fraud? These calls keep coming at all times of the day and night. How can they be stopped?
18 Nov 2008
When we started 800Notes.com we had no idea that telemarketing fraud comes in so many flavors. The variations include 'cramming', 'slamming', credit card scams, calls from telemarketers pretending to be IRS, sweepstakes and lotteries scams, advance fee loan scams, phone toner scams, fat finger dialing scams, and area code phone scams.
Typically the goal is to get you to reveal personal, bank account information, or to make you do something that will result in unwanted charges on your account. Individuals and businesses are equally affected by these scams although the schemes might be different.
In this article I will outline the 16 most popular phone scams. I am sure there are more, so if you have been a victim of a phone scam, or you know of a phone scam not mentioned here, please share it with me and the readers in the comments.
Send this article to your family members, co-workers, and employees. Give it to your teenage kids and elderly parents (studies show they are the most vulnerable to the scams). As the old saying goes, "Forewarned is Forearmed".
2. Another phone scam involves calls from “Prize Distribution Centers” that claim that you are the winner in sweepstakes or a lottery. Of course, you are not the only “winner” in the lottery and tens of thousands of people received the same call. The goal of the scheme is to entice you to make a relatively small payment (for example, shipping and handling fee, a sales tax) promising that a much bigger prize will be sent your way. Once the payment is sent, you will most likely not hear from the company again, and a promised “Lincoln Navigator” will not find its way to your driveway.
I also received a phone message from the Prize Distribution Center hinting that I had won a Lincoln Navigator. My voice mail identified the caller's number as 312-963-0079, although his message was to call 1-800-301-3436 (so watch out for that number, too). Lucky me -- thanks to this website's info, I'm NOT going to be calling him back! Thank you!
i am constantly getting calls from this number. if you pick up they hang up and if you dont they never leave a message. annoying if someone knows how to stop this please help