These scammers are still trying to get me to give them my credit card number, claiming my credit card company requested they contact me to lower my interest rate. When I have asked them to stop calling me, they have gotten very rude.
They have been using the same phone number to harass many other people for many weeks now. The government should have been able to shut them down by now.
I am a disabled, low-income senior whose doctor advised me to get caller ID so I'd know when not to answer my phone, because these calls were putting me at risk of having another stroke. The caller ID is costing me $10 a month that I cannot afford without having to use my credit card to buy food. I know I could get free caller ID on a cellphone, but my hearing is poor so I need a special phone that allows me to greatly increase the volume.
Why is my government not bothering to shut these crooks down whenever they use the same phone number for longer than a week?
CONSUMER SVCS called from this number this morning at 10:37, and this time, they left a robo message, which began somewhere in the middle, with the words " as it relates to the financial stimulus." Then I was advised to press some number, and then it hung itself. Up. They only call about once a week. No one has ever picked up, no one ever will.
Meanwhile, my old friends at Portfoolio have fallen down on their job in a big way. Have not heard a peep out of them since Monday the 15th. Portfoolio, Portfoolio, wherefore art thou, Portfoolio? My point: is there a dime's worth of difference between these two? No, not really. The Best Congress Money Can Buy made Portfoolio's extortion scam legal, while these credit card thieves are operating in the shadows. Why not make them legal as well? Or, better yet, outlaw Portfoolio!
23 Dec 2014 1:25 Consumer SVCS Criminal Scammers - Call auto blocked by my call blockers. These criminals don't take the hint of every call being blocked. They prey on the uninformed and elderly. If someone gives them a credit card number and personal info, Consumer SVCS will spend all of their remaining credit balance.
I only know they call because their number is in my Caller ID recorder.
SINK THIS SCUM WITH A CALL BLOCKER!!!!
* HOW TO DEFEAT HARASSMENT/ROBO CALLS!! CALL BLOCKERS WORK!!
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I research a harassment/scam caller then post this msg every time a robo number calls. NEVER press X to opt out, and NEVER respond in any way because it just adds your name to multiple robo calling lists.
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The federal no-call list is a joke - the government does nothing. The phone company wants the money from robo companies and will do nothing to stop the harassment/robo calls. Local police do not have the manpower or technology to track/block these calls. Most robo callers are criminals/scammers. Here is a one-time relatively low cost way to beat those harassment/robo calls.
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I have now defeated >90% of harassment and robo calls. I went on-line to Amazon and purchased an in-line "CPR CALLBLOCKER"! It has an inventory of up to 1200 numbers in your call blocker list. Be careful in setting up the list or you get unexpected blockages of valid incoming calls. Start by blocking all calls using caller ID’s of UNAVAILABLE, PRIVATE, or WITHHELD. I have also blocked many robo area codes which have no friends or family – 201, 212, 231, 239, 303, 304, 305, 307, 312, 321, 323, 331, 347, 360, 401, 478, 502, 505 ,513, 516, 518, 605, 608, 620, 630, 646, 650, 701, 708, 734, 740, 757, 773, 810, 815, 952, and 970. ONLY use 3 digit area codes, OR full 10 digit phone numbers (area code with phone number). Never use 7 digit inputs to the blocking list or you WILL have problems! Keep a complete written list of area codes and individual blocking numbers. A small glitch when entering a number into the list can mess up your entire blocking list requiring a hardware reset and complete reprogramming of the list.
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Harassment/robo callers frequently use a spoofing APP to create phony incoming caller ID’s on your phone. Hidden characters in a spoofer Caller ID’s number can sneak the robo call past some blockers. I use a separate secondary SENTRY BLOCKER that ignores hidden characters and blocks/kills the call when it’s turned ON.
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There are many brands of call blockers other than the ones I have described. Choose yours and BLOCK THOSE HARASSMENT CALLS!!!!!
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It is really great fun watching my call blocker /Caller ID recorder light-up and then dump the call when the harassment/robo Caller ID matches the blocking list!!! I especially enjoy it when the call blocker hangs up on a persistent harassment caller!!! Take back your telephone from harassment/robo callers!!!!
CALL HISTORY
May – 37 harassment calls
Jun– 31 harassment calls –purchased call blocker. Installed blocker!
Jul– 26 harassment calls with 7 auto blocked.
Aug– 35 harassment calls with 23 auto blocked and 12 new numbers added to blocker list
Sep– 38 harassment calls with 26 auto blocked and 10 new numbers added to blocker list. 2 calls got past blocker list. Secondary blocker was turned off.
Oct – 53 harassment calls with 46 auto blocked and 4 new numbers added to blocking list. 3 calls got past blocker list because of illegal char in Caller ID number. Secondary Sentry Blocker that kills hidden characters was turned OFF pending completion of white list.
Nov – 31 harassment calls with 28 auto blocked, 3 new calls added to blocker list.
Dec – 14 harassment calls with 13 auto blocked, 1 new calls for blocker list. (Current as of 23 Dec)
CPR BLOCKER has blocker list of 1200 entries for area codes and/or phone numbers. On
detection of block listed numbers the blocker hangs up all lines. All other
callers are passed thru unless Sentry Blocker rejects/hangs up line.
SENTRY BLOCKER hangs up on all black listed phone numbers. White list numbers are ignored
or passed thru for phone/answering machine. Non-listed numbers have
British/Spanish/German msg for solicitors to hang up, and all other
unlisted callers to dial zero to leave msg on answering machine.
When Sentry Blocker is OFF, all calls pass thru to phone/answering machine
unless blocked by CPR BLOCKER.
CALL ZAPPER sends out a telephone office signal that the phone line is disconnected. Many
auto scanning robo sytems will then automatically remove the number from
their calling list
HOME PHONE rings once if CPR BLOCKER or SENTRY BLOCKER blocks call. Call rings
thru if blockers are OFF or call is passed by blockers.