Harassing Phone Calls: What To Do

It's possible they did not use you as a reference. There are free websites out there where you can type in someone's name and up it comes with "possible relative or roommate" - sometimes there is also reference to "possible emlpoyment"

So much info out there available to everyone.  it's a good thing and it's a baaaaad thing.

I am a female..I have gotten a few calls from another female claiming that i slept with her boyfriend and in the messages not only does she make an outrageous claim, but also calls me obscene and demeaning names. I confronted the only person who i could think would have someone in their life be as paranoid, but he persistently says there was no way she would have access to my number. He was the one who actually gave me the information for this site. There's never a number on the caller ID it says withheld so I never answer, I just wish I could figure out who it is, to prevent anything worse from happening.

I keep getting the "silent" calls from a  man who I dated for a month. The calls come from 514-807-2642 at all hours of the day. He's trying to intimidate me since we broke up. After a fight I'd receive calls from this number. I'm feeling so helpless some days.

When it is evident that the call is marketing/CA's or such, I just say I'm sorry but that person is deceased...they are side swiped and they apologise and inform that they will remove this name from their call list.

Everything else has failed so this is the only thing that works for me...I am not dishonest because they as for somebody who is dead and has the same name as me.

To date, I get very little calls now from tm's.

Something that I have tried with some sucess... My cordless phone is capable of FEEDBACK.  In other words, put the call on speaker in the desktop or charging part of the phone (connected to the wall jack), then put the cordless up close to it, and you get feedback!  Very painful to the callers, they never call back.  If I get one of those that call back constantly, set your fax to answer, that gets rid of them also, you can't get far selling to a fax machine.....

Anyone else getting phone calls from 561-404-4888? They leave no message and their caller id is blocked, it says unknown name or unknown caller. Does anyone know a website link to look up an unlisted number that actually gives you the callers name without trying to charge a fee?

954-100-0001 keeps calling 10 times or more a day.
they often call 5 times in 5 minutes and the phone
rings and rings nonstop for 5 minutes straight.
I won't give them the satisfaction of answering,
because I think its a Scam of some kind.
For over a month now, they have called me every
morning around 7:00 and 8:00 am.
who are these people?

954-100-0001
name : unavailable

I think we should all try to contact Dr. Phil and ask him to do a program about this. I wonder how he would handle calls like this.

Receive numerous calls asking "Does anyone in the home speak Spanish?"
Have told them not to call, we are on national and state "do not call lists", but they say it is a random call.  Have asked them not to call, but it continues.  They are "spinning" their numbers on caller ID, so it appears as valid phone numbers, but if you call, it is someone who has no idea their number is being used.  The phone company and legislators should make this equipment illegal.  There appears to be no relief from these dirtbags.  It has been going on for about two years now.

I've been getting phone calls from 408-387-6586.  They call approx. 10 x's a day. They've only left one message but all I could hear was breathing. This no. just started calling me 2 days ago, and it's extremely annoying!!!!

i recieved a call from 415-312-7760 (listed on caller id as Timmy Mong) and told i had a complaint filed against me and if i wanted to know what it was about to call 1-877-398-8473. When i called i was told it was about a credit card debit i had incurred in 2000, 2001 (which by the way will fall off my credit report in sept 2007 or oct 2007) Threatning to serve me with papers & to sue me. When i tried to make payment options i was told that id either have to come up with 1500 dollars or 500.00 down. When i told them i was disabled & couldnt afford to come up with that much money in 2 days he began to berate me and told me he didnt care if i was disabled or had a broken finger & that id have to pay the full amount and asked how much can you afford. He became threatining, yelling at me & telling me i would be served & sued. When i asked for the company name & address they were calling from they would not give it to me. Only telling me they were an asset managment company.

Edit............


Well i got off the phone just now with the BBB of California. The company is as follows

Asset capitol Managment Group
17671 Irvine blvd, Suite 207, Tustin, Ca. 92780

Funny, a Verizon California rep in their annoyance call office told me that I was not receiving annoying or harrassing calls despite that I get around 6 a day that are just silence, whether I pick them up or the answering machine gets it.

I reported her/Verizon to the FCC.

Did you get any support for your idea?  I think its great especially if you or he or the program could mention some of the corporations or companies doing this. Sometimes one has to be agressive rather than passive and if a company is given bad publicity, it may stop their marketing in this manner
Just curious

In three words I can help a few of you out, "Pay Your Bill."

215-642-3400 APM fintial AKA Donald Burak Law is not a law office at all, but a collection agency for old uncollectable depts. They pay $1 for the paper. Everything they collect is profit. If you get a call from them,they will threaten you and your family with court action. This is against the law. They are out of Morrisville Pensylvania. File a complaint with the Pa. Attorney Generals Office at www.attorneygeneral.gov. Fraud and extortion are illegal. Don`t get mad, get even. Don`t pay them anything or the dept starts over.