Cell phone spam from 4015580022, Greenwich, Rhode Island. They are calling on behalf of 317-222-3395, Defender Security Company, an Indianapolis, Indiana corporation. They have a number of assumed business names. Here is their history:
6/22/2004 DSC ALARMS (Assumed))
6/22/2004 DEFENDER ALERT (Assumed))
6/29/2004 DISH PROGRAMMING (Assumed))
6/29/2004 DIRECTDISH SATELLITE TV (Assumed))
7/6/2004 SECURITY PROMOTIONS (Assumed))
10/5/2004 DIRECT ASAP (Assumed))
10/5/2004 PERSONAL ALARMS (Assumed))
9/14/2006 PROTECT YOUR HOME (Assumed))
10/24/2006 ENJOY BETTER TV (Assumed))
3/11/2008 DEFENDER DIRECT (Assumed))
5/20/2008 ADR SECURITY (Assumed))
5/23/2008 ADP SECURITY (Assumed))
6/26/2008 ADEX SECURITY (Assumed))
4/15/2010 WATER SYSTEMS TODAY (Assumed))
4/15/2010 WATER SYSTEMS NOW (Assumed))
4/15/2010 ENJOY BETTER VACATIONS (Assumed))
This is a real scam, as in trying to charge your credit card for things you never get. They employ EngageTel of Wyoming to manage their "do not call list", 307-223-0458. A lookup of that number gives you "TeleCall", but that is an illegal DBA name being used by EngageTel to confuse them with the defunct Intelecall Communications, Inc., DBA TeleCall Services. EngageTel supply "compliance services" to the phone spamming industry. The call that comes to your cell phone is placed by a 3rd company, PaeTec, which is hired to do the dirty deed for the scammers. Defender Security's web servers and their own telco systems are managed by SolveForce of Yorba Linda, California. SolveForce is not authorized to transact business by the California Secretary of State; contact person is Ron Legarski.
So, this is pretty typical. Layers of fraud. You can pick who to push back on. If you don't harass them back at least as much as they have you, you are asking for it. Defender Security is the No. 2 fastest-growing private company in the Indianapolis area. David Lindsey was the Ernst & Young Entrepeneur of the Year in 2009. Check out the donations databases. He gives generously to the Republican party. 41 year old with an $800,000 house, paid for by defrauding you.
Here's the data for all mentioned:
- Who paid to have you called -
Defender Security Company (call center)
3750 Priority Way South
Suite #200
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Voice toll free: (800) 860-0303
Voice local: (317) 810-4720
Fax: (317) 810-4723
[removed:home address]
- Who actually got on the phone and called your cell -
Paetec Communications, Inc.
600 Willowbrook Office Park
Fairport, New York, 14450
Phone: 877.472.3832
Fax: 585.340.2801
- Who manages the do not call list so they can claim to be in compliance -
Engagetel Inc. (Wyoming corp entity 2008-000555689)
Gerald Pitts, CEO
2710 Thomes Ave
Cheyenne, WY 82001
- Who manages their web servers and internal telecommunications infrastructure -
SolveForce
Ron Legarski
[email protected], 888-765-8301, 714-717-9673
17365 Ridgedale Lane
Yorba Linda, California 92886