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Title: SPAM phone calls
Post by: CG6468 on January 17, 2012, 11:59:48 AM: I've heard that Illinois' Attorney General (Lisa Madigan) goes after the violators of the no call registry.

Well, we will now see what happens. I will mail my complaint to her today, with an attached list of 20 SPAMs I've received, from all over the country, for the credit card interest scam since 12/08/2011.

Our phone have been on the do not call registry since it became available.

:bird: :mad: :hammer: :maddernhell: :redbird:

http://www.ag.state.il.us/donotcall/faq.htm
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: marv on January 17, 2012, 12:27:24 PM: We've had good luck with do-not-call here in Missouri. Still get the computer dialers scanning for voice lines, though.
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: NHSparky on January 17, 2012, 02:12:54 PM: With the exception of the political robocalls which have mercifully ended, I've been pretty lucky ever since we got all the phones put on the DNC registry.

Now if we could just do the same with e-mail.
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: TVDOC on January 17, 2012, 03:13:04 PM: Quote from: CG6468 on January 17, 2012, 11:59:48 AM
I've heard that Illinois' Attorney General (Lisa Madigan) goes after the violators of the no call registry.

Well, we will now see what happens. I will mail my complaint to her today, with an attached list of 20 SPAMs I've received, from all over the country, for the credit card interest scam since 12/08/2011.

Our phone have been on the do not call registry since it became available.

:bird: :mad: :hammer: :maddernhell: :redbird:

http://www.ag.state.il.us/donotcall/faq.htm

I think you'll find that the SPAM credit card interest calls can't be stopped by "Do Not Call"........I went to the mat with our AG here in MO,and was advised that they originate from overseas, via VOIP, and to contact the US Commerce Dept, which I did, and received a bureaucratic shoulder shrug. They have bigger fish to fry apparently.....

All of the numbers that you sent were likely fake spoofed callerID numbers.......occasionally they spoof a real bank number into the caller ID, but most of them are phony.

We just ignore them now......or when one comes in repeatedly press the "pound" sign on the phone, as this mimics the phone company's "line disconnected signal"......forcing the calling computer software to delete your number from their active database.

doc
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: marv on January 17, 2012, 03:46:37 PM: Quote from: TVDOC on January 17, 2012, 03:13:04 PM
...when one comes in repeatedly press the "pound" sign on the phone, as this mimics the phone company's "line disconnected signal"......forcing the calling computer software to delete your number from their active database.

doc
Greyt to know that now.
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: CG6468 on January 17, 2012, 03:58:46 PM: Here's my record, in Excel. Sorry about the non-alignment of the info, but I don't know how to post things like that. I know that Jackson's call isn't covered by this, but I included it anyway.

I'll try the # key for the next one.

DATE   NUMBER   TIME   NAME   LOCATION   TYPE
12/08/11   971-217-9513   04:33P   V12081733110044   Portland, OR   Credit Card interest scam
12/12/11   Unknown number   09:41A   Unavailable   Unavailable   Unknown
12/12/11   312-267-2971   03:41P   M12121641560054   Chicago, IL   Credit Card interest scam
12/13/11   202-452-1100   07:08P   2024521100   Washington, DC   Credit Card interest scam
12/20/11   302-394-9732   11:21A   Promo Legal WCR   Deleware   Credit Card interest scam
12/22/11   800-866-277-9547   02:07P   Unavailable   Unavailable   Credit Card interest scam
12/23/11   773-731-0000   03:12P   Jackson for Congress   Chicago, IL   Political
12/23/11   Unknown number   03:47P   Cell Phone FL   FL   Credit Card interest scam
12/23/11   305-304-9999   05:37P   Cell Phone FL   FL   Credit Card interest scam
12/30/12   567-248-4400   08:53P   V12290953390069   Toledo, OH   Credit Card interest scam
12/30/12   708-401-3344   11:23A   Oak Brook, IL   IL   Unknown
01/03/12   866-277-9547   10:29A   Unknown   Unavailable   Credit Card interest scam
01/06/12   408-418-5657   11:30A   San Jose, CA   San Jose, CA   Credit Card interest scam
01/06/12   423-336-8088   06:36P   Tennessee   Renton, WA   Credit Card interest scam
01/07/12   877-496-8261   07:42P   Unknown   Telemarketer   Credit Card interest scam
01/09/12   312-765-7460   04:57P   Unknown   Chicago, IL   Unknown
01/10/12   Unknown number   4:04P   Unavailable   Unknown   Unknown
01/10/12   702-524-3838      Unknown   Las Vegas, NV   Unknown
01/16/12   305-304-9999   03:57P   Rachel   Miami, FL   Credit Card interest scam
01/17/12   305-304-9999   10:33A   V0117133350035   Miami, FL   Credit Card interest scam
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: JakeStyle on January 17, 2012, 11:37:49 PM: I have an ex-girlfriend that spam texts me sometimes 20 times a day. She has a recurring theme; I didn't give her a chance to show me what a wonderful person she is, and I am just a asshole that took advantage of her and left. She also calls me a lot of bad names. I wish that I could put her on a no call list.
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: WinOne4TheGipper on January 18, 2012, 06:07:38 AM: Quote from: JakeStyle on January 17, 2012, 11:37:49 PM
I have an ex-girlfriend that spam texts me sometimes 20 times a day. She has a recurring theme; I didn't give her a chance to show me what a wonderful person she is, and I am just a asshole that took advantage of her and left. She also calls me a lot of bad names. I wish that I could put her on a no call list.

Your provider should allow you to either block her number or change yours. There are some drawbacks, though.
Title: Re: SPAM phone calls
Post by: NHSparky on January 18, 2012, 08:34:07 AM: Or just get a TRO out on her. Nothing breaks the ice on a first date like the question, "So, have you ever been accused of stalking someone?"