800-258-7317

This number repeatedly calls my phone. It asks for someonen with the first name Christina. Problem is, I am not Christina. But they don't quit calling.

Two different male voices call, and seem to leave one way voice mails. One is an elderly man, the other voice is a hispanic man. Both leave threatening voice mails saying they are getting Christina until midnight or else.

I do know where they got my phone number though. They got it from CHECK INTO CASH IN OREGON. I applied for a job there, with my new phone number on my resume. Guess what, no job--but these calls started withing a day. I didn't have time to give this number out to anyone else.

Further more, my bills are sent to my mothers in another town completely. They started calling her about a month ago. Found out they got mom's address from the address I used on my resume too.

Some times I get up to 40 phone calls a day. They also use other phone numbers in the mix...

This number calls several times a day and no one anwers when you pick up. How do I get this stopped?

keeps calling I answer nobody is there

I have experienced the same harassment as reported by the previous phone customers.

This started, with me, all at once and proliferated, This leads me to believe that phone number lists are sold and distributed rapidly.  This is the same as phishing on a computer.  They find out if a phone works and attempt to get information under the ruse of a request.

The phone companies are making millions of dollars from their blocked and unblocked toll free numbers and you can’t identify the name of the number holder as it is kept confidential by the company.  Apparently there’s too much money to be lost if the bad numbers were turned off.

The Telemarketers are using old phone lists. They use the name of my deceased father who has been gone for 13 years; they phone and state that the e-mail from “(father’s name) @reborn.net” appears on their request.  The name on the phone account was discontinued over 13 years ago.  I normally have a very quiet phone with only a few calls a week.

I started receiving these calls for my deceased father on 7-30-08 and have received many,many calls every day ever since. Many Telemarketers  called me with the exact same pretext.  "We are returning a request so the "Do not call list" doesn't apply to me." many different numbers call.

Since 8-6-08, when I had caller ID and privacy manager installed I have received the following phone calls with hang ups or weird theatrics such as the same person imitating various ethnic accents:

800-809-8813 “US Medical Supply” with numerous names given on 7-30&31-08, this started the chain. 5x
866-852-2520” Lasic Vision Institute” which is/was located in Rancho Cordova. 3x
866-583-1670 A.I.G  “American International- Long Term Care Insurance Group”. 3 x
866-480-0048
800-259-7317 11 x *******
800-519-7502 6 x
240-247-5131
800-258-7317 11 x
800-584-4150 2 x
866-583-1670
800-259-1317
415-545-0073
248-247-5131
800-259-7317


I have caller ID and privacy manager on my landline with ATT and am screening calls.  I am, for now, keeping a log of the numbers.

I don't understand why the appropriate agencies, with the enforcement powers, or the phone companies, don’t respond to the legal issue and customer/tax payer complaints. The "Do not call list" was a good thing but if no action is taken against the "The "I'm returning a request" ruse, it will only get worse.

My only suggestions are #1 Don’t let them get to you.  Use caller ID and never answer unknown toll free numbers.  Use call screening and if the call is important they can leave a message.  

Maybe we should start requesting our elected officials to respond to their constituents and enforce the law.  We passed a law against  being phone spamed so lets enforce it.  All the enforcing agency has to do is go to the phone company, secure owner information (subpoenas are easy) and take action including fining them and pulling the plug.

I don't understand why the FCC or the FTC or the phone companies that we complain to can't do what we did and look at the number of on-line complaints against specific violators.

All they have to do is call one of these numbers and get on the list. I'm not sure how many civil servants it would take to do this.  It seems like it might be good to have a few knocks on doors by law enforcement and/or the phone company and stop the Ruse of "I'm calling back" with “Do not call list” fines to pay for the effort.

My only suggestions are #1 don’t let them get to you.  Use caller ID and never answer unknown toll free numbers.  Use call screening and if the call is important they can leave a message.  

I am going to keep submitting this same post with each toll-free hang up I get from different numbers.