770-894-4718
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T in Cali16 Apr 2008Recieved a call from 770-894-4718 this morning. When answered no one answered and call went dead. When I called the number right back (within 5 seconds) I get a recording that the number is disconnected. How can that be???? I have just connected my home number w/in 3 weeks now (Comcast digital). Have already sub'd it on the do-not-call listing due to repeated telemarketers calling at all hours but was told it takes a few weeks to be activated.- I just read this from Verizon
by Chloe Albanesius
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against fraudulent telemarketers who target wireless customers with promises of extended car warranties.
Since January 2008, more than 2 million Verizon Wireless customers have received calls from numbers starting with 281, 614, 801, and 562 area codes, the company said.
Those who answer their phones hear a pre-recorded voice that tells them their car warranties are about to expire, and requests that they press 1 for more information. They are then directed to an operator who asks them for the make and model of the car, but if callers ask questions, the call is disconnected.
Customers who miss the call and dial the number in their missed call log are greeted with a non-working number message.
Verizon alleges that the telemarketers are using "spoofing" techniques to mask the origin of their call, and a violation of the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which bans auto-dialer calls to cell phones, as well as state fraud and privacy laws.
"Telemarketers are using increasingly sophisticated methods, such as illegal autodialing, to harass our customers," Steven E. Zipperstein, vice president and general counsel of Verizon Wireless, said in a statement. "Whatever the method, these unlawful telemarketing calls are an annoyance to our customers and invade their privacy, and we will continue to use every weapon in our legal arsenal to stop this activity and protect our customers."
Verizon is looking to uncover the identities of the callers with its lawsuit.- Chloe and several other responders are exactly right. Whatever entity or entities that are doing this are violating federal law.
REPORT THE CALLS TO THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AT
WWW.FCC.GOV.
They have a complaint section. You can fill everything out online. The bastards that do answer the phone just hang up on me even when I politely ask them to remove my number from their systems.
I've received at least 30 calls from these bastards.
Other numbers they've used:
570-596-4591
and others
- C in Cali16 Apr 2008Hello, I also have received calls from 770-894-4718. Three times now. And each time it is a voice recorded message where a male voice notifies that "I still have time to renew my car insurance." (I don't even OWN A CAR!) It doesn't state a company and when I call back, I am told the number is disconnected.
This is costing me minutes! And it needs to stop! How can I solve the problem? Anyone?- Hi T in Cali,
I just submitted the following post as well. I am a ATT/Cingular customer.
posted to blog:
Hello, I also have received calls from 770-894-4718. Three times now. And each time it is a voice recorded message where a male voice notifies that "I still have time to renew my car insurance." (I don't even OWN A CAR!) It doesn't state a company and when I call back, I am told the number is disconnected.
This is costing me minutes! And it needs to stop! How can I solve the problem? Anyone?
- G in Cali16 Apr 2008
- KAS16 Apr 2008I also have received a call from 770-894-4718 with the "you still have time to renew your car warranty" message. This time, I pressed "1" to be connected (probably a mistake on my part) -- when the male operator answered with "Can I have the make and model of your vehicle?" and I said "Who ARE you?", I was immediately hung up on.
I have received similar calls like this recently, both on my personal cell and business desk phones. Other posts say scams like these originate internationally, which is why the number is "disconnected" when you try to call back. - VELOVERA16 Apr 2008
- Anon17 Apr 2008
- mcoss17 Apr 2008Also recieved this call on my cell phone, and tried to recall. got the same results as the rest of you. However, after checking around a little and reading what you all wrote I found a Dennis Shine in Jasper with a address of 38 high trail vista circle. Wanna call him but I think ill wait till around midnight or so.
- Mariano18 Apr 2008I got one from this number about an hour ago. best we all can do is to file a complaint each and every time with the FCC ... https://esupport.fcc.gov/form1088/1088gform.do
- JT18 Apr 2008
- BBB18 Apr 2008
- Jim Edwards19 Apr 2008
- trlgrlsis19 Apr 2008
- V. T. O.21 Apr 2008Received telemarketing call, on a business line, when expecting another call. Auto warranty recording, hung up as soon as it was recognized. Called back to ask for calls to stop, and got "disconnected" recording. Same call again the next day. Reported to FCC. Have been getting similar calls every so often from different numbers. Time to jump on this and put an end to it.
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