000-000-0000

I have been receiving this bogus hangup caller with the number:
000-000-0000 since January.  I don't know what to do to get rid of these jerks, but I wish someone would tell me.  They hangup as soon as I answer the telephone.  I have too many things to do in this business to fool with this annoyance.

Calls pouring in from 000-000-0000.  Start of conversation w/poor English (or their version of it) and I immediately stop them to let them know I AM on the DO NOT CALL REGISTRY.  This idiot began arguing with me about a person in my household they were trying to reach...and I had to remind him the phone number is in my name solely and I am on title/deed to the property which the home is situate...which is where the phone/land line is located.  He proceeded to ask if the person in my household was there...so I told him the person he wanted was a minor child and I wanted his name and company name immediately so I can complete the online form to the FTC to file a Complaint.  I also wanted his name and company name to file a complaint with Local Law Enforcement as a child predator.

Nothing gets them off the phone faster.  Especially when they hear you typing on the keyboard in the background.

Over to the right hand side of this computer screen -there is a subject box entitled "Latest News"  the first bulletin under the "Latest News" is entitled:  "Telemarketing Scam Claims Donations Will Provide Books for Terminally Ill Children" ..and when you click onto this subject line it also gives you more information about a similar scam from Telemarketers playing upon sympathies of ill children...and helping others....and warning this is a scam or a way to get their foot into the door to find more information about you....a gateway for ID theft...no matter how secure you are.  All they need is a starting place.  

I got a call earlier to my home from a 000-000-0000 wanting to speak to my minor child....be weary!  Nothing scares you more!

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.html

That 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.com
520 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.com

6. 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.aspx

9. 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: https://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=PU01

3. Do Not Call list
https://www.donotcall.gov
https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

4. 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.do

7. Info about TCPA and how to sue the people who have been calling you:
http://www.panix.com/~eck/telemarket.html
http://www.tcpalaw.com/free/
http://www.tcpalaw.com/lawyers.htm
http://www.tcpatools.com/
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/you-can-sue-telemarketers.html
http://www.panix.com/~eck/telemarket.html
http://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:
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912/3
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912/4
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-954-535-9912/5
https://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-850-475-5122


There 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.
https://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.
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-000
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-001
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-002
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-003
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-004
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-005
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-006
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-007
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-008
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-009
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-010
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-011
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-012
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-013
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-014
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-017
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-019
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-020
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-021
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-022
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-024
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-025
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-026
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-027
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-028
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-029
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-032
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-035
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-036
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-038
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-039
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-040
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-041
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-042
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-043
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-044
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-045
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-046
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-047
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-050
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-052
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-054
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-055
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-066
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-071
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-072
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-073
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-074
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-075
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-076
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-078
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-080
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-083
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-084
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-086
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-088
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-089
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-090
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-092
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-093
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-097
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-098
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-100
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-101
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-102
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-103
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-105
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-106
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-108
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-110
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-111
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-112
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-113
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-114
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-115
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-116
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-117
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-120
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-121
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-122
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-123
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-124
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-125
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-127
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-128
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-130
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-131
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-132
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-133
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-134
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-135
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-137
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-139
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-140
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-141
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-143
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-145
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-148
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-149
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-150
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-153
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-155
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-156
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-163
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-164
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-166
    https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-170
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-207
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-230
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-270
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-303
https://800notes.com/Area-Code.aspx/1-850

2-3-08 5:57am Incoming text message reading: injstraightbe@ida.net ([BULK] Hey) Make the move before the spotlights Solar play with Symbol-ATLI,Atlan True undervalue

Just another person bothered by a gutless jerk.

Lilly

This time it was blockbuster as stated below

just got a call from them... didn't answer and they didn't leave a message.

It's just a bunch of companies using a fake ass number to cover up their own number so you all wont call them back.

They want to call you about 43085345739473298 times a day to either scare you all with the whole striaght-0 thing [ooooh, spooooooky!!!] or piss you all off, just like people who use the 666-666-6666 number.

I got the call from 1-000-000-0000 for the first time today, 5:27pm Chicago time. Normally I wouldn't answer it because a) I'm at work, and b) I'm expecting a couple of important calls today. The woman asked for me by the last name I had when I was still married. I told her she had the wrong number (which actually is true - that isn't my name anymore).

Are these guys a collection agency? What gives?

I just recieved this call, for the 10th time this week, and when I answered, it was a telephone poll with a free cruise as a prize. Yeah right. Now to block this number...

I recieved a telephone call 000-000-0000 what is this?

I also have had 000-000-0000 appear on my caller id for the last few years and I do not answer them. Today I answered a call from Love C, 231-732-2272, thinking it was a residential number I answered it only to have a solicitation recording on the other end. After I hung up, I tried to call my husband.  My husbands number appeared on the caller id as I dialed, but I was rerouted to the 231-732-2272 number.  I am not sure if this is skiptracing or what in order to obtain numbers of people you call.  Best bet, don't answer these numbers.  Since the caller id was made to help us identify callers and to avoid callers we do not want to talk to, it seems like solicitors are using numbers to resemble a residential number in order to get you to answer the phone.

I got the call from 000-000-0000 and it actually was blockbuster.  I'm on hold with them right now

I started getting calles from this number almost immediately after I dropped my service with AOL and yes, each time, it's AOL trying to get me to come back.  This is insane...they have no scruples and have called as early as 6:30 on a Saturday morning and as late as 11:30 at night.

a lady called and said is michelle yost there no shes at work i said so she said check her email she has a urgent email and hung up.

so i checked her email and nothing was there.

so they must be a busness that deals with fake calls in order to make money or something.

I get one of these calls every other day.  I can't seem to block it and the few times I have answered it, no one on the other end says anything.  How do you make it stop?!

There was a radio show about these calls early this morning.  Often these are computer dialed calls to determine if it's a live number.  If you pick up, the computer then hangs up and send your number to a few hundered telemarketers.  Other companies use this to hide their caller ID...a shameful practice if you ask me.

Telus says it's telemarketers

yep i got a call from 1-000-000-0000, maybe it is a quick signal download when you pick up the phone. The signal beyond our hearing range plays and signals something in your mind activating parts of your brain that where once dormant through DNA programming. interpreting vibrations beyond sound and feel.

just a thought in a pond...