Found it interesting that this number starts calling after I got a set of calls from 510-943-3040. This particular number called roughly an hour apart three times.
Interspersed was a number from 613-907-2516
Thinking of using a mega phone, but the people at the other end might just be a hapless flunky doing their job.
I just received a call from this exact phone number today as well but they hung up before I could say hello...I also live in Canada...has to be a scam of some sort. But how do they have all this information if I don't fill out any forms on the internet or anything else? That's the only way I can see them having access to it
so after reading three pages of people saying they got a call form 704307498 we learn nothing.
let start a list of things that are common. like:
was it on your cell or home phone.
is your no. listed.
do you have a visa or a master card
are you with rogers or telus ect.
that might shed some light on who gave our no. out to them cus i know i dont give it out.
so insted of reporting the same thing, that someone infact called you from that number lets compile new information.
callers says her name is megan.
she says shes calling from Quebec, Canada but it clearly stats that the numbrer is from North Carolina, USA.
calling people in winnipeg and ontario
tell people they won something or has a magazine subscription
call reciever finds out she already has some of your info like home address and DOB
is asking for your Credit Card.
she has an indian accent.
personaly i got the call on my unlisted cell phone that is carried by fido (rogers).
i didnt answer.
there is no ring tone on call back.
Please copy, paste and process this post so we can get to the bottom of this (at the end of the day if this person gets cought and they are in NC, USA and have to pay a fine it would be to the state)
In May, I wrote about how easy it is to find online consumers' mobile phone numbers at websites like Intelius. A natural question from that blog post: how do these data-mining websites and telemarketers obtain consumers mobile phone numbers? That's a relevant question, since consumers have reportedly registered about 200 million phone numbers with the Do Not Call registry since 2004.
There is a good article at TMC.net that answers this question. First some surprising statistics:
"... despite the registry, an estimated 150 million telemarketing calls are made each day in the United States, an estimated 20 percent, or 30 million, of which are potential violations..."
So, a lot of the calls you receive at home are potential violations if you have registered at the Do Not call registry. Many are not violations since there are a multitude of ways your mobile phone number can leak out to telemarketers and data brokerage companies:
1.Debt Collection Agencies: will contact you whether or not your phone is listed in the Do Not Call registry. Debt collectors will contact you directly or will contact a family member to find your address and phone number.
2.The United States Post Office: will sell for a small fee a box holder's residential address, if available.
3.Social media sites: will display your phone number and e-mail, especially where many consumers haven't made their profile page private and accessible only by friends.
4.Product warranty cards: when you register online or via snail mail that new product you've purchased, you have helped the manufacturer assemble a database of names, addresses, e-mails, and phone numbers that can be sold to marketers and data brokers
5.Data brokers: regularly sell consumer information, including residential addresses, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers to telemarketers
What consumers can do to minimize this leakage of your mobile phone number:
•Don't be so quick to disclose your mobile phone number. Ask yourself if you really want this company to know your mobile phone number. Maybe your-email address or landline phone number is enough
•Register your mobile phone number at the Do Not Call registry, if you haven't already
•Be careful about the sweepstakes and contests you enter. Read the fine print or contest terms closely, as that document will indicate whether the contest operators will sell your information to other companies
•Read the privacy policy at websites you visit and have registered at. This document will indicate whether the website operator will sell your personal information to other companies
•Read the privacy policy for mobile phone apps before you install the app. If the app developer does not have a privacy policy, then that should be a strong clue
•If you owe money, know your rights regarding debt collection
•You can file a complaint at the Do Not Call website
To read the full list of ways your mobile phone number can leak out to telemarketers and data brokers, see the TMC.net article.
The author of the TMC.net article suggested that consumers with the Droid and Blackberry brand smart phones use the PrivacyStar app to block and report unwanted telemarketing calls. I have not used this app and cannot verify its accuracy. If you use PrivacyStar app, let us know what you think of it.