000-000-0000

I got this 000-000-0000 call.  A hang up with a mechanical "goodbye."  What is the world is this all about?

Got a call from this number at 9:45 p.m.  No one was there.  

We have been using the donot call list for a couple of years it's a farce not worth a darn the fact that it ends with . gov should tell you it's not worth anything it does not work period.

The caller, Out of area ( displayed as ID on our phone), called us @19;37,10/14/2014. my WIFE ANSWERED, BOT THE CALER HAD NO VOICE.  in LAST 2 WEEK , WE RECEIVED THIS NO NUMBER , But used Out of area, California Not available or Unavailable to call people since 02/07/2077, according people reported to www.800notes.com.
When he or she made any call and other end picked up the phohe, he or she will be paid.
Caller: out of area.

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Why? Forward, J. Right. Not back.

Disregard this caller. It's obviously a prank call.

This number has called my home twice today and once yesterday, and I thought it was a weird enough number to look it up. I don't know who they are but if this continues it will get really annoying really fast.

Just got a call from my area code plus 000-0000. Didn't answer, thinking it could be related to calls I was getting from 214-382-9115, which started two days ago. Since I didn't recognize the number, I didn't answer and then looked it up when there was no msg. All kinds of reports relating the number to possible scamsters, so I did a call back and got an automated answer congratulating me on winning a sweepstakes if I answer a few survey questions. Hung up. They tried twice again today, and both times I hit "decline" on the call. Now I'm getting calls from the 000-0000.

I got a call from this same "number", too. Only in my case, it was some "investigator" inquiring about "the whereabouts of" my wife. I did not answer the phone to whoever it was, so when they called a SECOND time, they left a message, and THAT'S how I found out who it was. I deleted the message as soon as I heard all I needed to hear. I don't know what to make of this. Is it some debt collector or old payday loan...or could it be something EVEN MORE SINISTER? What am I gonna do?! HELP...someone I care for MAY BE IN GRAVE DANGER!!! :-o

I'm a retired phone operator. I've had many a company or persons try to abuse our phones, cells.
Land lines, voiP, and now cell phones are spammed and the caller WANTS You to pay it. Don't answer. If You see it, Hang them up.
Any bullcrap they tell you its a way to build rapport and get Your info.
Its your Choice to answer or Not!

I've gotten six bogus calls today. I only picked up one to press a continual tone for about 30 seconds and then hung up -
that was from a repeated bogus dept collection place. Less than five minutes later this all zero number called? It was however the second number to leave a recorded message of 'Good-bye.' The first 'Good-bye' was from an 'Unknown' number. Which I never pick up on.

I don't pick up on Unavailable, Unknown, Out of Area or Private numbers. Most 800 numbers go straight to the answering machine. I have a simple message that goes like something like this: Hello...  Thank you for calling, please leave a message. That's it. No message, no return call (not that I would anyway if I had any inkling they were bogus) and I never call back a strange number. They are only looking to see if they have a valid number they can sell.

I don't do surveys. Don't do give to charity over the phone. My phone is for me, I only answer numbers I recognize.

Best defense is a good offense. Just don't answer. And if you don't have caller ID get it.

During the political season you get odd cell numbers hawking their person of choice. I got one the other day that left a political message from a cell number that was connected to a fake ID - just so the caller wouldn't be traced. The info had the whole nine yards on this 'dummy' person. Address, Social Security number, where they supposedly worked and all. But the site explained that it the fake ID was just another form of 'spoofing' so the real caller couldn't be identified.

Never mind the whistle. I am going to use an airhorn ! !

To stop these call just dial *77, and no private/unknown calls will come through.

I think you actually have to renew the DNC list every three to five years.

bullSh!t...

Mr./Ms. NHGranite.  The DNC does not stop or block call regardless of how long you have been registered.  It is just a list.

My Gosh!  I can't believe all of the people on this thread that are absolutely clueless as to the original purpose for the creation of the DNC.  It has one sole purpose and only that one regardless of what anyone thinks it is supposed to be doing.   That purpose for creation  was and still is to Limit the number of Telephone sales calls from Legitimate and Registered with the FTC American Businesses to those who have registered on the DNC list.  It is just a  LIST!  Nothing more.  Not  a super computer, not a mechanical call blocker,  it has no means of knowing what calls the over 300 million Americans want or don't want to receive and it has no acceptable caller list submitted by these over 300 million people as to which callers are or are not acceptable.  The DNC was not created as a law enforcement tool...crimes are reported to the FCC,   FTC proper,  FBI,   etc.    The DNC is a reference LIST for legitimate businesses!
A list that is required to be purchased and updated monthly by those Registered with the FTC Businesses who do in fact honor the requests of those on it.  How many Sales calls do we get from  Sears,  local grocery stores,  pharmacies ,  Lowes,  Home Depot,  Banks, Car dealerships offering specials of the day,  Office Depot,  and I could go on forever and fill up this whole thread with legitimate businesses.  Everyone expects this "LIST"  to mechanically block their Unwanted calls.  There are over 500+ million phones in the US.  They  expect this LIST to chase down and prosecute some scammer calling from a basement boiler room in India with a Government that does not cooperate with the US government.  Scammers and scofflaws are guilty of Fraud, extortion,  and criminal activity.  This is not what the DNC does .  The FBI does this.  Yet it is reported to the DNC with full expectation that they will chase down all of the scammers in the world,  drag them out of their basement hidey holes,  build a case,   and prosecute them.   With all of the scammers and unwanted callers going on now,  how would that  be possible.   The DNC is not a government entity.  It is a section within the FTC that does nothing but collect and provide this LIST to the Registered businesses, required to purchase....at a cost.  The DNC is not Tax payer funded but in fact funded by those legitimate businesses who are Registered and purchase the list monthly.  Thousands of them.  And should one of these businesses violate the list,  after warnings,  they are fined from 10K to 16K for the violation.  Very few businesses violate the DNC.   How do they find them?  These business,  before they can purchase the DNC List,  must register with the FTC.  Company names,  principals,  phone numbers,  addresses (physical)  FEIN,  tax numbers,   sic codes,   and all of the proprieties required to register to be able to purchase the DNC list.    They find them by simply pulling up their data base and sending them a letter.   They do not administer to scammers,  crooks,  and other scofflaws because it would take an Army with unreasonable funding to perform all of what everyone thinks they should be doing.    Criminals are left to the appropriate law enforcement agencies.  The DNC "LIST"   is permanent.    Once registered,  always registered until you request to be removed.   If you re-register  your number is held in limbo for 31 days until a new list is produced and then what ever time it takes for businesses to update.   If you think that the DNC Registry is not doing what it is supposed to be doing,  just think of all of the Telemarketing calls you'd be getting, in addition to the scammers who now call you,  if the millions of American businesses who are now honoring your request on the DNC by NOT calling,  started calling.    The DNC costs you nothing extra as a Tax payer.  It is a self funded service.  It is not responsible for all of your unwanted calls or the great biblical flood or herpes.   It is not going to stop unwanted callers.  Nobody can stop a person from calling any phone in the world.  Once a scammer is stopped,  another pops up.    What I have just posted is the same post,  in content,  that members of this Forum have been posting,  explaining and re-explaining,  for years.     I know full well that it will do no good.   People will still have their opinions and will not be confused by any facts.  At least think about it and remember that I, like others on this board,  am just the messenger.  If you don't like or agree with what you have read,   Take it to the FTC and complain to them.

They left a message and it was a little kid voice and a grown up voice and they were talking, but I couldn't hear what they were saying cuz it was all staticky, it kind of freaks me out

That same thing happened to me

000-000-0000 is just a way to hide the real phone number. 1.The call  could be anything from a political call/survey. 2. computer scam/ repair that charges your bank claiming to repair one's computer when the internet service is poor each time your computer slows down the claim to have fixed it and charge your bank if you try to stop the "hack" in process they may "kill" your computer and make it yseless 3. Credit card scam. 4. Sweepstakes. Rachel's card services etc. 5. Possible hackers, scammers etc. 000-0000-0000 could be anything. It is a way to avoid the FTC. Consider aarp.org/fraudwatchnetwork.