Harassing Phone Calls: What To Do

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this is fraud loan company using lendingtree

Here’s another scam number to block 516-208-8574.  No message on answer machine.  When reverse called recording states there’s no such listing.  Has been calling for the last month. My phone is in Canada & scam number used is American.

Calls from 708-712-9293, Chinese!! Warning Scammers! Just blocked the call.

An article in AARP Magazine says for eight bucks ($ 8 ), a criminal scam artist can download an app that lets the criminal "spoof" (i.e. steal) a phone number. The criminal puts in his number and the number he wants to steal (spoof)! It is ____that_____ easy peasy!

That means the criminal calls someone (or many people) with your number and it looks like (on the phone screen) that the call is coming from your number, (XXX-XXX-XXXX), when it is really coming from the criminal's number (ZZZ-ZZZ-ZZZZ). How the ___hell___ is that legal????? Damn it!
And the Congress does not do diddly squat about it! Fire all 435 House members and 100 senators! Now!

So say you are the innocent party at 555-555-5555, and you see on your phone screen a call from XXX-XXX-XXXX, and you "track down" that number to be "John Smith, Anytown, Any State, USA"
And "John" says "wait a minute! I never called you! Someone "spoofed" (stole) my number and it only "looks" like I called you!"
So the criminal behind "ZZZ-ZZZ-ZZZZ" succeeds in masking his identity.
Any money you paid to "SPOKEO" to "track down" the call is wasted.
And this is capitalism??

This ___really____ happened back in July 2019:
I was on my phone, (I will say it's "123-ABC-DEFG" (not the real #) with my friend Roger (not his real name). I see a call coming in from "123-ABC-DEFG" (with my name on it) which I recognize as my number! So of course, I answer it. The caller has an Asian Indian "sing-song" accent (like he's calling from New Delhi or Bollywood!)
The caller says he is calling from "Microsoft Security" and "my Windows has expired and I have to pay to renew it"
So I asked "how can you be from "Microsoft" when you are calling from ____my___ number???" The caller hangs up
I called my carrier, but there is nothing they can do.
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Most of these calls are spoofed, and there are several services you can choose from to do your own spoofing. I too have received calls from East Indian-accented guys who claimed they were from Microsoft and blah-blah-blah, you know the drill. So having been a techie since 1969, I start wasting their time: Oh, really, what are you showing as my IP address; why would you be calling from MS when my network is all Macs? That’s about the time they hang up. Busted! I bought a Tel-Lynx call screener and that literally cut all robocalls, political begging, drug pushers, etc., to zero. Unfortunately the Tel-Lynx is no longer available but you may be able to find one on eBay.

I received a call from ARG and associates from Phillip Norris about me owing money to a bogus credit card that I never had. He called yesterday and today. Said papers would be filed with my county clerk. Yesterday he wanted money right away, wouldn’t even give me time to contact my attorney. Today my son received a call from them wanting information. My son refused. But yesterday the man knew all my info. My address, email, social security number. And my grown kids names. It’s very scary to an elderly woman living on a fixed income. My attorney told me not to worry about it. And this sight made me feel more at ease as well. The number he called from was 833-781-6400. Correction-the mans name was Phillip Norman. From ARG and associates.

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Cristy mill? Re claim in my office, I’ve registered your failure to respond and will take action. Return  call 866 568 4463.

Received over 20 calls from 800-752-6633. so far.  Blank message on voicemail. CID is CON. Consolidated Edison is my utility. So far Con ED and the FCC have not given an active response.

So far received over 20 calls from NATIONAL,GRID--. 631-755-6200.  This is the customer service number of my utility,National Grid. No message is ever left. FCC and National Grid have not responded with any active reply.

this scam number calls my house a least 5 times a day with the same message....They left a message for me saying they were from AT&T Direct TV saying that I was qualified for a 50% discount on my account. This is a scam, I've reported it to AT&T, but they just tell me to block the number. I have done this, but they just call on another number.they spoof their number....this has to stop.....

Navient #1-888-272-5543 has called my cell over 50+ in the past few weeks. Never went to college but I had a kid who did and ran up this loan. That "kid" is over 40 now & I was NEVER responsible for this loan. These people are bad news. Don't know how they can sleep at night harassing a sick senior citizen.

i just got a call from a new number 1-149-388-8843 can you tell me were that area code would be

Hi, I have been receiving harassing calls from scammers for about 4 years off & on. So called "companies' if they are indeed a company which my guess is they are not companies but people just sitting on the phone making random calls using Google Free Voice Calls & Free Text Numbers. These criminals can also use computer generated numbers to make their fishing calls. Calling the FTC & FCC is important instead of blogging on web sites like this, which I do but its very time consuming. They need thousands of complaints before they take action. The so called "companies" are: National Relief Center in New York, National Disability (dont know where the are) & Auto Warranty (this 34 year old man & his brother got a million from people) his business went down in 2009 when the FTC put him in jail for 4 months. I think the only way to stop these criminals is to take them to court. People are being injured by them like people with businesses who take these calls tying up their lines when they could take a clients call instead. Im an injured person & I suggest that all victims get together by sharing the cost to hire a consumer attorney who can file the complaint,its called a class action suit. I did this years ago with a criminal who was taking money from people & never did anything, she then filed for bankruptsy so she wouldnt have to pay anyone their money back, so we three paid our share to hire an attorney. Hope someone can get this together. In the mean time I have called the government offices & will file a complaint with the Attorney General in the state where these "so called" businesses claim to be. Thank you to this site for your free forum.

Got a call from Sarah Singleton with revenue reporting reaching out to me regards a matter 833-528-0961

i keep getting calls from a "Katie" for Medicare/Medicaid
from Mill Valley, CA
415-952-9483!
Leave me alone!