I get calls on my business phone at least twice a day despite the fact that I am on a do not call list They are a disruption at my job. I have complained to no avail.
Same old scam. These a$$holes prey on the fears of senior citizens. Blocked this number on my phone, but they'll just switch to another. Stay away from them like the poison they are.
This is just the surface of a bigger illegal scheme propagated by those who make money with every single phone call made by the autodialers. Here is the best information gathered that I have seen thus far:
https://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com/
It's a very detailed expose, but knowing this, we as the recipients of their illegal activity can help the feds in catching and stopping them.
At the crux of these years worth of billions of phone calls is Pacific Telecom Communications, owned and operated by Fred Accuardi, his son and lawyer F Antone Accuardi, Steve Hamilton and several other Accuardi family members, using a Belize-registered shell company called International Telephone Corporation. The URL provided above will provide the details of how these guys have engineered, promoted and profited from the illegal telemarketing calls that we have had to suffer through.
It's interesting to note that these people, including the lawyer son, live and work in Oregon, where so many of the telephone number exchanges originate from.
The FCC, other federal entities and some state governments are trying to stop them, but they are limited by the law that burdens the government with having to overcome the subterfuge and obfuscation erected by these people to cover up their illegal activity. We can help. It requires that every number gets reported every time a call is made and it requires that we contact our own state agencies. It takes a mass of reports to show the pattern and magnitude of the illegal scheme.
Re-posted info:
What To Do When You Get an Illegal Robocall; http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls
1. Do Not Pick Up. If you do, hang up. Do not press 1 or any other numbers to get off the list.
2. Consider blocking the number
3. Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
4. Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
Register your phone numbers online at http://www.donotcall.gov or call (888) 382-1222 (must call from # you want removed).
The person named "Nobody" posted several URLs that contain information that are parts of the bigger scheme:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-701-671-9447/3
And, spread the information, because that is how we can help each other fight back, even though it will take time and persistence to stop these perpetrators.
Called twice in a row, rang once and hung up. I have been getting 3-6 calls from random numbers everyday for the past week. Blocking each on my cell phone
This number calls me any number of calls per day, even on weekends. I tried calling back but it just says that this mailbox is full. I'm on a do not call list. Please tell me what to do.Thank you, Peggy Nevill