913-381-7890

913-381-7890 "Black Robert" on ID No info online
Another "Rachel" from Card Services scam call. The guy was all nice and polite to start with, but
then he asked if I was interested in his credit card scam, I said no, I wanted to speak with
"Black Robert" the name they put on my caller ID.
I'm disappointed he didn't cuss me out before he hung up on me.

913-381-7890 "Black Robert" on ID. 2nd call, I guess they are desperate for victims...

913-381-7890 3rd call from this spoofed #. This time I called back and got a nice guy at his home #. i told him that
his phone # is being faked by scammers, and he was very aware of it. I apologized, and feel bad for disturbing
this guy. Please don't call this number back, the guy has nothing to do with the criminals who are faking his
number.

913-381-7890 4th scam call from this faked number. Standard Card Services con. I hit them with a recording
of Larry, but the lady hung up immediately. I guess they've heard him before...

913-381-7890 "Black Robert" on ID 5th call faking this poor guys' number. This time I got dead air when I
tried wasting their time. Oh well, I'm confident they will continue calling until the end of time.

No one wants to read a thread monopolized by one person posting a call log.

So post some new info. I keep posting here every time they call in the hopes someone else who they have
harassed posts more info. There isn't any other info out there online, and yet I know I am not the only one
these clowns have called under this spoofed number because I foolishly called it back, and they guy who
owns the number has been getting plenty of angry calls.

So instead of harassing me for posting info on a legitimate scam, or harassing the guy who owns the number,
post something useful.

Well you piqued my interest when I read the homepage and saw this.  Other than the first post, you have added nothing new other than "they called me".  You can keep a log at home about the calls you get.  Here is not the place.  No one is "harassing" you for posting info on a legitimate scam.  What is being brought up is your monopolizing the thread and not posting anything worthwhile.  I cannot speak for that person, but if they are not getting the calls, then they would not be able to add anything to the conversation (which you seem to be having with yourself).

If they keep calling you - why don't you just block the number?!

Well, I don't block it partially out of guilt for bothering the guy who owns the number. I'm hoping that if I continue
talking to these scammers I might get some useful tidbit of information to share about them. Plus, blocking this #
doesn't stop me from getting 3 more calls a day under other faked numbers. About the only useful thing I can do
is to waste some of their time so they can't victimize someone else.

I have been using a popular software based call blocker for years, and have literally thousands of numbers
blocked, and yet every single day I get calls from new faked numbers. Most of the time I do a search for
them and find nothing at all about them, and since this seems to be the best and most popular site for information
about these callers, I try to post something here. I agree that the posts that just say someone called, and have
no other information are of limited usefulness, but even those will tell you that mystery caller has been calling
others.

There seems to be a huge difference in the number of calls made versus the number of posts and complaints
made. I look at the DNC complaint list fairly often, and I'll see a number with a dozens of complaints filed
there that have either nothing, or "Someone called" posted here.

I'm guessing that for every post here, there are probably several DNC complaints, and many thousands of
actual calls made under a number.

In any case,  I apologize if I have wasted anyone's time by posting every time they call.

I suppose I'll wait until I get something more on them besides it being a Card Services scam
spoofing a real number.

A call log is incredibly useful - But a this site is not really well used to that purpose.  You are being hit with callers that are using automated "Neighbor Spoofing", that is why you are blocking numbers but the calls keep coming.  So you need a new plan.  What I learned from my call log and from other posters here (one of them being BigA) is this:
The Quick, Easy, Best Way to Cut Down Unwanted Calls – Secure your Privacy. Have an Overall Plan.
The quick way to cut down on unwanted calls is:
- Ignore unknown calls from suspicious numbers/names.
- Never call unknown numbers and unknown/suspicious names back.
- Block numbers as needed.
Blocking is harder now, with Neighbor Spoofing, the callers are shift numbers more often. But blocking can help as one of your tools.
- Keep a call log.  That is a way to get an idea of who is calling and how your number is being leaked.
- Do not give out your phone number to just anyone who asks.  Stores like Macy's, Penny's and Hobby Lobby share your phone number with scammers.  So do car dealers.  Pet stores... CVS, Office Depot... You get the idea.
It takes time, but it works when you have privacy and security as your main goal.

Securing your privacy from nuisance and scammer calls has a lot to do with plugging leaks.  Most of the chain stores such as CVS, Office Depot, Auto Zone.. etc, have "rewards" cards that are keyed to your phone number so you don't need to care more cards in your wallet.  When I stopped giving my phone number and carried the darn card, the number of calls dropped like a stone in a well.  So I am always careful about who get my actual phone number, esp since so often, they are data collecting for themselves with little benefit to me.

That was my experience - no calls from the Rewards Card issuers, not a peep.  The calls came instead from their "partners" - the ones that are mentioned but unnamed in the fine print.

Posting on Job Search websites gets you a lot of calls from on-line schools, the Rachels, student loans and such. Indeed, CareerBuilder, Monster; Most of these want you to create an account and have a resume uploaded, all the more fodder for scam callers and spam emails.

There are 3 main schools of thought on unwanted calls.
1 - Complain, do nothing and then complain some more.
2 - Ignore calls, block the numbers.  This is very effective if you also are disciplined about who gets your number.
3 - Take action against the callers.

#2 is getting harder since the more and more scammers are using spoofed numbers that show up as your area code and local exchange.  With the same scammers using "new" numbers each time, blocking is less effective.

#3 - Taking action can mean a few things - BigA, Resident47 and a good number of other regular posters take the Legal Route, and do well with that.  These are people who do get things done.
      There are other ways to take action, it depends on the type of calls you get.  The legal route does have a learning curve, and that puts a lot of people off.

Define the goal as security and apply discipline to your phone habits and then number of calls will drop.  6-8 weeks will see a change, but this is not a over-night cure.  I went from 20-25 calls a week to 12-15 a week in about 4-5 months. That number halved again in another 2-3 months.  After a year, I was about 2-3 a week.  Now I am at 2-4 a month.

Sorry, long post.  But maybe there is something here you can get results from.  This worked for me, but your mileage may vary.

You don't block it out of guilt?!

Yeah. I figure if I annoy them enough, they will quit spoofing this guys number, switch to another one, and he will
quit getting calls from clots like me.

All good advice, and a good starting point. I have been doing all of those thing for many years.
But despite all that, I get between 3 and 6 calls a day. Every day.

I suppose if I never, ever answered the phone, that might slowly get reduced, but I don't have the
option to ignore all the unknown callers, since we receive important calls on occasion, and some
of those use new numbers.

I ignore most the calls, though my call blocker still rings the phone twice before stopping a call..
Kind of annoying..

If I have time, I will answer and try to waste their time.

I'd like to get to the point where I can take actual legal action, but so far I have not had the time or
patience for that.

Read the good advice above and think for a minute.
Why would calling "them" repeatedly get them to stop spoofing a number?
It is not your number, so you don't even have a dog in the fight.
Here's a thought.... if you annoy them enough, "they" might start spoofing your number.

I only called the number once. I'm not the one doing the calling, they are.
You do have a point though. If I keep answering this number, it might be
encouraging them to keep using it.
I'm not sure I'd notice if they spoofed my number. The volume of calls I get
already...

They've been calling you since March so I don't think your plan is working.
Do you do this for every spoofed call you receive?

Of course not.

"They" have been calling since before I started keeping a call log in 2008.

Just like everyone here.

If I have the time and inclination I will answer their call, and try to waste some time. If not, I just let the machine log
yet another scam call, I'll look it up, if I don't see anything online about it, which is happening more and more recently,
then I'll try to post something, though I don't like to just post "somebody called" without anything else.

And then I file a DNC complaint.

In the past I have tried letting the computer zap every scam call, and not answering anything I didn't
recognize. It didn't seem to help, I would still get calls every day. It is possible that answering the calls
encourages them, but the best they can hope from calling me is a chance to cuss me out.

If I had the option, I would just whitelist the callers I want to hear from, and block everything else.

I would love a system that challenges every unknown caller to prove they are legit before even ringing
the phone once, and maybe transferring all the criminals to Lenny, or a similar timewasting bot.

If there was a reliable way to stop these criminals from calling, there would be no need for this site.