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I recieve a call from this # today.... the man with a heavy Indian accent ask for me by name... I said I wasn't home... he asked if I knew of anyone with diabetes... I said I was just the babysitter and I didn't know the medical history of the family.... the man ask for my name... I said that I was only 15 and would not be of any assistance to him.... he then asked for my facebook information.... I said that I am from a very christian family and that we don't beleive in social networking on the computer.... he said that was to bad.... I said I was happy with my life style..... he then asked me for a number to get ahold of me later because he wanted to get to know me better.... CREEPY, since I said I was only 15.... I told him I was now uncomfortable with this type of conversation and I would be calling the local law enforcement.....

I am on a no call federal list but still get calls from people at all hours. Please stop calling.

i picked up - they hung up - i called back thier number goes to voice mail.
Suspect sales solicitation.

got a call from this mysterious "thick accented" person everyone's talking about.  they asked for me, which is weird because my phone shows up under my dad's name (yay, family plan!) and then i said that i'd never heard of that person.  they apologized and started to say their spiel, unfortunately, i could only make out every third word due to a terrible connection on their end and the thick accent.  so i just repeated that no one by that name has ever owned this phone.  they then cut me off loudly and said "thank you" and hung up.  i was curious and googled (yay, google) the number and here i am.  apparently dodging the deadly bullet of phone fraud.

i'm assuming that because i actually answered my phone that they will be calling back.  lame.

i think these people can get away with it because they aren't recognized as a normal operating telemarketing company.  i doubt these people are registered anywhere as a legit business, so they would have no need or legal obligation to recognize the "no call list".  kind of the same way people can pull prank calls, they're just nearly unregulated.

ID shows California.  I came to this site for information.  Thank you to everyone.

Hi people, I too have been getting harassed. I am trying to organize a way to stop these unscrupulous people from calling our "do not call" registered phones day and night. It costs us money, time, and energy at a time that we as a nation have little or none of to spare. We have to raise awareness of what's going on and stop them.

1) The reason that these people can call you while you're on the DO NOT CALL registry is straight forward.  These people harassing you aren't in America and aren't subject to any do not call regulations!  Well if they aren't in America, how are they calling with domestic phone numbers you ask?  Major USA telecom companies have reseller businesses where they resell VoiP phone services to consumers all over the world and they use virtual phone numbers that have american phone number exchanges.

Why then are these American Telecom companies providing these foreign people with phone services to harass American consumers and use the services for illicit activities?  The truth is they're not, in fact most of the major American Telecom companies aren't even aware of who is using the services and what they're being used for as they're reselling them to different foreign vendors who then sell the service to foreign consumers.

So the question then becomes, what are my options and what can I do to prevent this?  The best thing to do is contact your STATE Attorney's Office with the phone number harassing you.  Be very specific about what these illicit individuals are doing with these phone numbers and what information they are trying to obtain from you.  What will your local STATE's Attorney's Office do about it?  They will subpoena the carrier who actually provisioned these telephone numbers from the national pool.  If these numbers are operated by another carrier, the carrier who owns the number will contact their reseller and will hopefully comply with terminating the number or potentially face legal action from the STATE.

Contacting the FCC won't do anything, trust me.  Contact your local STATE's Attorney's Office and complain, complain, complain but be very specific about who called you, what they wanted and exact timestamps of calls.  The more information the better.

2) Answering the phone, calling them back and pressing "1" to be removed only confirms that they have a real person on the phone. I believe they have "war dialed" to find your number and if you've answered or called back, they now know they have a real phone number and it only makes you get targeted for more calls, I've managed to get a second phone on their list via calling back from another line.

3) Here is a growing list of the numbers they have used (spoofed), note that this list is from places that have a very light  population density and therefore lots of free and unused or available numbers, places like North Dakota, New Mexico and Iowa among many others. When I get another call from an unfamiliar number, I google that number and usually it is here on this web site. I then now that I got called by another scam/telemarketer scum bag.

714-209-8684
801-533-9777
800-463-3339
603-214-3668
701-625-5008
701-625-5758
216-501-2998
901-268-4934
302-394-6888
810-232-0555
810-715-1369
810-238-6889
701-920-9647
701-920-9732
701-920-9871
701-920-9939
912-447-3244
865-292-0385
515-989-9889
438-876-4557
316-789-1356
731-256-3580
631-291-4014
505-369-1289
876-587-9183
702-418-1175
876-290-2766
213-330-2890 (their new number as of this afternoon)

As they add new numbers, I'll update this list.

5) The companies that purchase this illegal service include a credit reduction scam ("Card Services" who try to get you to give a credit card number, a home security system provider. I have also been called by folks telling me that I've won a prize and can I give them a credit card number to pay for taxes.  As I we hear of other companies, I'll update this list.

Actions we can take:

1) To help on my phone, I've created a trash contact which has a silent ring tone and each time they change their spoofed number to a new one, I add them to this contact so at least I can continue my meetings and meals without interruption once I have their new spoofed Caller ID number. It helps, a little.

2) Find the link to your STATE Attorney General's office, bookmark it. You'll be using it frequently to report these calls. Take note of as much detail as possible, pretend to be a fool and not on to them to gather as much information as possible to give to the STATE AG office, include the number and exact time and date and any other information. I'd waste their money by trying to see how long I can keep them on the phone, I talk *very* slowly to give them the impression that I am a potential victim. Once they realize that you're not a legitimate target, they'll hang up, usually I never get a call from the same number after this treatment of their call.

3) Register your phone at donotcall.gov. After that you should file a complaint each and every time they call. I have never had anything happen as a result of this, but I did feel a little better by doing it. Senator Hatch's office most recent letter indicated they have serious funding issues, (no surprise here) and do very little, but at least you have  the information filed.

4) Have a loud whistle handy, some measure of satisfaction can be garnered from knowing that their ears will ring for the rest of the day. To do this, they have to (usually), wear a headset, if you speak softly to them so they raise the volume, you'll get better results.

5) I recently complained to both of my senators and my representative, I have gotten a letter from the FCC noting my complaint, giving me a case number and a phone number to call to complain, that number is: 888-225-5322
Call that number and complain when you get one of these unwanted calls and you're on the do no call list. The telemarketer has to try to sell you something. So when they call press 1 to get to a live person then  let them go through their whole sales pitch before telling them you're on the do not call list.
Then when they hang up on you, call the FCC and file your complaint. Ultimately, we can find the companies that enable this behavior and get the feds to help curtail it by bringing them to justice for using illegal telemarketers. There are now several cases of successful prosecution of companies that enable this behavior. Now a days, when I get a call from an unknown number, I don't answer, just open a browser and google for the number, if I see it here, I add it to the list (above), and cut - paste it into one of these comments, sort of a bread crumb trail.

Together we can stop these illegal people from off shore VIOP calling night and day, and moving to new numbers. We can report the businesses that purchase this company's product, their telemarketing services without regard to the do not call list to the FCC. They've messed with the wrong nest of people, the hornet's nest. Thank you everybody who has helped to contribute to this document.

Mine was the same!

CALLER ENGAGED MY 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER and proceeded to hangup after scaring the daylights out of her.

Stop calling -- I don't donate over the phone. Especially after harassing a 10 year old!!!! Go the f*** away!!!

I didn't answer this call as I didn't know who it was but....in reading the posts I realized - I had picked up one of those diabetic blood sugar level testers from Walmart - paid with a credit card....did they somehow pick up on this?

Very annoying - I hope these people get caught.

Thats the same as I got..

Just got this call as well.  Caller ID said CALIFORNIA, but I answered as I work for a national company and do have colleagues in CA.  It was a woman with a heavy accent and asked for me - but with my maiden name instead of my married name.  I've been married for 6 years and have my name legally changed, so that automatically made me suspicious.  She asked if I was diabetic, I said no.  She asked if I could give her the names and numbers of any friends or relatives I have that are diabetic.  I told her that the only relative of mine with diabetes was my grandfather, who passed away a year ago.  She quickly ended the conversation.

Repeatedly calls and inquires about whether we have a diabetic in the house. I indicated it is none of their business and to remove us from their call list. They called again today and asked specifically for me by name (which makes me question how they got my name) and I told her to take our number off of the call list and if we received ANY more calls they would be reported to the BBB and the State's Attorney General's Office.

Recieved several calls.  Did not keep track until yesterday.  Two calls from Burke Williams yesterday and two calls today.  I did not answer and they did not leave message.

Phone kept on ringing until the answering machine kicked in.  The party at the other end disconnected.
Caller ID confirmed that the call was from 213-330-2890.

no message.  just a call from an unwanted and unknown person from 213-330-2890

looked up burke williams, in calif. a day spa, law office etc. came up with this name, seems like
some one is using his name. I didn't look into any of these links. If anyone finds out anything
about this, let us all know. Thank You

I received a similar call. I am concerned how they received my name and number.  Obviously it was not just a random call, as they had my name.  Pharmacy I use selling phone numbers and names perhaps?

My concern is how they get the names and numbers re: diabetic.  Pharmacy maybe?  Very concerning!