I got called 3 times today by this number and when i call back it goes straight to voicemail and it sounds like a cell number and it sounds like the guy is saying cole for the name and then it says the mailbox is full.
9/16/11 - Call went straight to vmail (I had the cell right next to me; it never rang). Sounded like "Carl" left a msg. When I called it back, I got "Mailbox is full".
Another in a continuing line of unwanted calls from an outfit that very carefully tries to conceal its identity and location. It is usually something like "Card Member Services" but whomever you talk to is deliberately vague about the exact name and address. The idea apparently is that they will somehow reduce your credit card interest rate provided you owe at least $3,000, although the amount seems to vary The pitch they give is also very specious. They suggest that they work with "Visa, Mastercard, etc." and they reported you have an excellent credit rating. But when I ask which of my banks (i.e., issuers of the credit cards) reported information about me the answer is, "It was not the banks but the merchants." When I asked which merchant or merchants, this nice lady hung up saying, "Have a nice day." The number changes with each call
Just go to your telephone company web site and BLOCK the offending number, so it will not be able to come thru.
But that's nothing permanent, because those Caller ID spoofers use a number for one day or so, then start to use some other number. The numbers they use are abandoned numbers, not yet reassigned by the telephone companies.
From Wikipedia:
Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient's Caller ID display which is not that of the actual originating station. The term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered malicious by the speaker or writer. Just as e-mail spoofing can make it appear that a message came from any e-mail address the sender chooses, Caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to have come from any phone number the caller wishes. Because of the high trust people tend to have in the Caller ID system, spoofing can call the system's value into question.
It is amazing that such a crooked practice is allowed to go on!
Where are the feds when I need them????? I wrote to my US Rep...no response!
Bottom line: IGNORE IT and never give the other side ANY information. PERIOD!
Just go to your telephone company web site and BLOCK the offending number, so it will not be able to come thru.
But that's nothing permanent, because those Caller ID spoofers use a number for one day or so, then start to use some other number. The numbers they use are abandoned numbers, not yet reassigned by the telephone companies.
From Wikipedia:
Caller ID spoofing is the practice of causing the telephone network to display a number on the recipient's Caller ID display which is not that of the actual originating station. The term is commonly used to describe situations in which the motivation is considered malicious by the speaker or writer. Just as e-mail spoofing can make it appear that a message came from any e-mail address the sender chooses, Caller ID spoofing can make a call appear to have come from any phone number the caller wishes. Because of the high trust people tend to have in the Caller ID system, spoofing can call the system's value into question.
It is amazing that such a crooked practice is allowed to go on!
Where are the feds when I need them????? I wrote to my US Rep...no response!
Bottom line: IGNORE IT and never give the other side ANY information. PERIOD!