[Tfug] OT - Telemarketing calls with fraudulent caller ID

[Jeremy D Rogers]

On 8/25/06, Chad Woolley <thewoolleyman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I did when it first came out, but that was my home number.
> Plus, I pay qwest $6/month to have the "hang up if you are a
> telemarker" message, which works well.  I need to register my cell
> phone, too, I guess.

I think the thought of paying that much to avoid the telemarketers
would piss me off as much as getting the calls.

> However, this is the first time I've ever had a problem with my cell
> phone.  Why do cell phones tend not to get telemarketers, other than
> this?  This seems to be the only one that has gotten through, and it

It has always been illegal to telemarket to a cell phone. I think this
is because incoming calls are not free for cell phones. I do
occasionally (2-3 times per year) get a call from a telemarketer on my
cell, and I interrupt to tell the person that this is my cell phone.
Without exception the caller always apologizes and tells me they will
flag my number for removal frlom their list. Unlike a request to
remove from a land line, I've never had a repeat caller on my cell
after saying this. It's actually tempted me to start lying and saying
they've reached a cell even on a land line, but I don't have one
anymore.

> has done so multiple times.  This seems to indicate it's illegal in
> some way, or else everyone would be doing it.  Anyone have a URL about
> this specific problem (the spanish-language calls)?
>
> Personally, I'm assuming it's an insidious left-wing plot to subvert
> English as the rightful de-facto language of America.
>
> -- Chad
>
> On 8/25/06, RR <raw700 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Have you guys registered with http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/donotcall/ lots of
> > great info on this subject also.
> >
> > -------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Effective January 1, 2005, telemarketers will have to scrub their contact
> > lists against the national do-not-call registry every 31 days, rather than
> > every three months, as had been the case since the do-not-call list was
> > established in 2003.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tfug-bounces at tfug.org [mailto:tfug-bounces at tfug.org]On Behalf Of
> > Chad Woolley
> > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:05 AM
> > To: Tucson Free Unix Group
> > Subject: Re: [Tfug] OT - Telemarketing calls with fraudulent caller ID
> >
> >
> > I just got one this morning, from California.  No idea what they were
> > talking about or if the number was fradulent, but it was pre-recorded
> > and in Spanish.  Very annoying.
> >
> > -- Chad
> >
> > On 8/24/06, Adrian <choprboy at dakotacom.net> wrote:
> > > A bit off-topic here... but as TFUG is always a great place to find people
> > > with diverse background skills.
> > >
> > > Has anybody been getting pre-record spanish telemarketing calls from
> > > fraudulent numbers as of recent? Apparently it is a "you have won a free
> > > camera" scam of some sort. I have received a number of these in the last
> > > month, to my cell phone, and just got another, again with a fraudlent CID
> > > number 231-491-8895. Previous numbers have included 303-720-1234,
> > > 240-861-9988, and 323-483-6532, all fraudulent of course.
> > >
> > > My provider, T-Mobile, basically said they couldn't do anything but change
> > my
> > > phone number, but I kind of expected that. Anybody have a good track with
> > > somebody in telecom that could start a report or prod a fed into
> > > investigating? A month ago there was nothing on these calls, now there is
> > a
> > > bit in Google. Lots to people on the DNC, all from fraudulent numbers.
> > >
> > >
> > > Adrian
> > >
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