I have recieved several calls from this number. I too was interested in who was calling so I called the number back and yep...I got the monkey noises. I have been just ignoring the calls when I see the number come up on my caller id.
These fools have a series of numbers as the "caller name" displayed on my screen.
It is exacty like I typed it, with a colon in the middle.
Note that the last 7 digits are part of the phone number.
We've been receiving a call from this number for the past 2 weeks. I answered today and a woman, with a strong Spanish-type accent said she was calling from ING Direct. The number on call display shows up as "California". She wouldn't give me any further information other than she was calling from customer service of ING Direct and repeated often "thees is no sales call". I've reported it to ING Direct.
nothing on other end when picked-up phone. When I said Hello, the pitch of the static on the other side went up a little bit. Looks like a telemarketer looking for fresh telephone numbers to call. I added it to my telephone caller ID as "spam" so that next time they call, I could ignore them when caller ID says "spam"
I answered the phone and was connected to a gentleman that asked if I had a few moments to answer a survey from ING DIRECT and that I should get a pen and paper ready. I asked why I needed paper and pen to answer a survey? he said that I would be asked to write down some things at one point in the survey. So..I told him that I would be prepared to proceed but made it known that I would not have any paper with with which to write anything down as I was out in the yard working.(I only said I would proceed to see where the line of questioning went--I was prepared to cut it off anytime) He asked if it would be better to call back another time. My call display now shows that this number has called back 7 additional times.
Today I emailed ING DIRECT to ask if they are actively having a survey conducted. When they respond I will ask ING to put a "do not telemarket" flag on my number.
When will companies "get it"? People do not like to be hounded by telemarketers