I have received several phone calls from a company that claims to be able to lower the interest rates on my credit cards. Since I don’t have any credit cards, I pressed 1 to speak to someone to get my name taken off the calling list. When I got in touch with someone I spoke to a man and explained to him that I don’t have credit cards and want to first off make sure that no one else has a credit card under my name and also get my name taken off whatever calling list they have. Once I explained this, the man promptly hung up on me. I tried to call the number back and it was disconnected. I got this call from two different numbers on two different days. One of them was 321-779-3962 and the other was 954-535-9912. Also today (3-13-2008) I got a call where the number came up as all 0’s (000-000-0000) and the name came up as unavailable. I didn’t reach the phone in time but I know it’s got to be the same scam. When I did a search for the first two numbers back on 3-6-2008, I realized that there were way more than these 2 numbers associated with this scam and I started reading through the blogs and collecting information.
This is what I've gathered so far by looking at the websites that pertain to these scams. Just so we're clear, I'm only reposting information from other posts I've seen regarding these scams. I've filed a complaint on the Do Not Call list website. The information to do that is posted below. If someone knows a better way to report this please take the information that I've posted here and any additional information that I might have missed and include it with the report. I will be posting this message on all the websites I can find that have to do with this scam and as I find more information I will add it to the post so it won’t necessarily be exactly the same each time. As far as I’m concerned you can copy and paste this on another site to warn others.
There are far too many numbers associated with these scams than can be listed. They come from numbers from almost every area code and some erroneous ones I am listing some of them in order to create a cross reference for when a search is made for one or more of these numbers:
207-439-9039
207-498-0741 (this one has also been noted with the international code 44-207-498-0741)
207-512-2178
207-512-2186
207-989-6079
239-263-5860
239-658-0747
270-922-2017
303-280-8689
321-207-0023
321-779-3962
352-357-4151
850-271-8240
850-475-5122
888-226-5185
904-779-8982
954-535-9912
954-623-4620
954-752-3816
954-920-5550
In some cases the call may come through as Unavailable and the number will be all zeros (000-000-0000).
This is the info I've gathered so far regarding these scams, if I’ve missed anything please post it. I will be posting this message on all the boards I can find that report on this scam. I will change and up date the message as I gather more info.
Update: I just saw a post that states that there is a link you can go to and record your own phony “This number is disconnected recording” so that pretty much answers how they did that. Here’s the link:
www.payphone-directory.org/sounds.htmlThat some or all the numbers are possibly listed with Bell South and an e-mail can be sent to Bell South regarding this to info@connectbellsouth.com . Some of the numbers may be listed with Verizon.
The people who call go by several names:
1. Heather
2. Shantel
3. Jessica
4. Jerry (a female)
5. Angel (also female)
6. Thomas Ellis
7. Dana
Again these are the one's I've collected. If anyone has recieved one of these calls from someone giving a name different than the one's above on the list please post it.
They are running at least 4 different scams:
1. Offering to lower APR on credit card
2. Offering to extend car warranty
3. Offering free vacations
4. Confirm delivery of telephone directories
5. Selling pills
Same as above if you got a call with a different scam please list it.
They are claiming to be from different companies, or at least that is what some people are reporting. I contacted 2 of these companies and spoke to someone at
http://www.allaboutu-vacations.com/ and First Investors Svcs
https://www.fifsg.com/default.aspx they both claim to not have anything to do with this scam. I don’t have anyway to verify it or not.
1. Southern Warranty Trust
Website & Domain Name: SOUTHERNWARRANTYTRUST.COM
phone: 866-713-1203
contact rep name and extension: David – 3511
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL:
http://registrar.godaddy.com520 NW 165th st suite 111
Miami, Fl
2.
http://www.allaboutu-vacations.com/3. United
(888) 382-1222 (is actually the Do Not Call registry phone number)
4. Financial Services, Inc.
Marrietta, Ga
5. Leverage My Debt
12014 E Colonial Dr, Suite 110, Orlando, FL 32828
phone: (866) 513-2103
fax: (407) 386-7401
email: infoleveragemydebt.com (not a valid e-mail address possibly info@leveragemydebt.com )
http://www.LeverageMyDebt.com6. Sotheby's
Naples, FL 34103
(on yellowpages.com:
Southebys
27 Crescent Dr
Defuniak Springs, FL 32435
(850) 892-6292)
http://goldbamboo.com/yp-ype2242532.html (this website comes up when you do a google search for the number (239) 263-5860)
7. Product Development Corporation (PDC)
8. FIRST INVESTORS FINANCIAL SVCS
https://www.fifsg.com/default.aspx9.
http://cheaptravel.com/10. One of these numbers that was reported as a fraudulent number comes up with this info:
M Woodward
(207) 989-6079
98 N Main St Brewer, ME 04412
When you call this number it gives a message that the mailbox for this number is full.
11. Another number 207-439-9039 calls back to a person’s voice mail. Someone posted that this is their personal home number. The post can be found here:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-207-439-9039 .
In one case a phone number was given without a company name or any other info: 800 847 2911
A possible location without a company name was also posted: NW 7th Avenue (between NW 1st Street and West Broward Blvd.) in Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.
Here are the ways to report this:
1. AT&T Annoyance Call Beaureu: 800-348-8727 (for AT&T customers only)
2. FTC
ftc.gov
1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357); TTY: 1-866-653-4261
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU013. Do Not Call list
https://www.donotcall.govhttps://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx4. Call trace by dialing *57
5. Also you can block each number by pressing *60
6. FCC
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaints_tcpa.html click where it says Form 1088 and it will bring you to this link:
https://esupport.fcc.gov/form1088/consumer.do7. Info about TCPA and how to sue the people who have been calling you:
http://www.panix.com/~eck/telemarket.htmlhttp://www.tcpalaw.com/free/http://www.tcpalaw.com/lawyers.htmhttp://www.killthecalls.com/http://www.tcpatools.com/http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/you-can-sue-telemarketers.htmlhttp://www.panix.com/~eck/telemarket.htmlhttp://www.junkfaxes.org/8. Send an e-mail to Bell South to info@connectbellsouth.com .
9. File a police report and then call the Verizon Unlawful Call Center at 800-518-5507 with the report number.
Again if anyone has a better way to report this, please take all this info and do so and also post it so others can do the same.
Here’s an e-mail address for a woman who calls herself “sue” and claims that she will teach you how to sue these people for a fee. suetelemarketers@yahoo.com I provide this for informational purposes only. I personally wouldn’t go this route and would advise others to be wary of this, it sounds like another scam.
There’s another person who is claiming that they want to file a lawsuit against the company First Investors Financial SVCS who he / she believes is the company that is making these calls and asks people to send any info to their e-mail address: bustunsolicitedtelemarketers@yahoo.com . I’d be wary of this as well. There are e-mail scams out there and you don’t want to get caught up in that.
Also, I do not want to take credit for other’s people’s information.
Here is a list of the websites from which I have gathered all the above info:
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912/3http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912/4http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912/5http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-850-475-5122There is a post claiming that the calls are coming from the PDC and they are simply trying to verify delivery of phone directories. Here is a copy of the post and the website where it can be found.
http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-303-280-8689 Product Development Corporation - 21 Aug 2007
Product Development Corporation (PDC) is a national distributor of telephone directories. PDC utilizes phone calls to confirm delivery of telephone directories. PDC does not leave the survey questions on an answering machine. The Federal Do-Not-Call legislation does not appy to organizations that are not soliciting (selling or marketing something). PDC is not soliciting.
PDC uses delivery verification through phone calls because of the cost and quality of this quality control method. This type of quality control process is done by all the major companies in the distribution of telephone directories. Having said this, PDC is aware and respects that there are individuals that would not like to be part of this type of survey. As a result, PDC has created its own internal Do-No-Call list. If you or anyone else would like to have their phone number removed from our calling lists, please email the phone number you wish to be removed to DoNotCall@teampdc.com.
I would like to reiterate that delivery verification calling is a quality control standard in our industry and that each company that does this type of quality control is responsible for their own list. As such, even though PDC will no longer contact all numbers that are requested to be on our DoNoCall list, you may be contacted by others that do not have this capability.
Product Development Corporation
I have researched this as much as I possibly can and I’ve realized I can’t possibly go through all the notes and gather all the relavent information by my self.
There are thousands of these numbers and notes from each one. One thing is clear, they are running several scans and most of those scams are run by the same people.
Here are some of the websites with lists of all the reported numbers. The sites go by area code. Just replace the 3 digit area code at the end of the link with the area code of the number that called you and you’re sure to find the number on the list and notes from several other people who got calls from the same number.
I am still working on this list, it will take a while. My goal now is to cross reference all the searches and ultimately create a bulletin about these scams to post on various different websites ie: craigslist.com, myspace.com, ect. The reason for this is I figure if it get’s spread around enough and enough people know about the scam to not fall for it, then their operation will fall apart and the calls will stop.
This message is constantly being edited and changed, feel free to add whatever information you can and re-word it in a more comprehensive manner if you like and repost it. Thank you.
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