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I was wondering if I can call my cell phone company and have that telephone number blocked. Is it possible? I got a call from that number and hung up at 15 seconds. Does that mean I'm going to be charged $7.50?
If so, can I contest the charge on my telephone bill?
Hey Hey,
I doubt there'd be much you can do to contest cell phone charges because you answered the phone....
As far as the $7.50 for 15 seconds... I think it's time to switch providers..... I pay 0.25/minute for my long distance and I still find that expensive....
Peace,
HT
HI everyone,
I just signed up because I got the calls too, I got 5 in a 25 minute span, I did press 9, 3 times, because I wanted to find out how they got my number. It is a predictive dialer but they have a list from somewhere because my cel phone waqs called then 1 minute later my direct work number was called. the 2 nombers are not at all similar and I dont give out my direct work number.
First call of 3 I asked the woman how they got my number, she said its a automatic dialer thanks and hung up
2nd call of 3 I let a man do his whole pitch and asked how he got my number, he said its a automatic dialer also, so I asked for a toll free number he gave me 1-800-924-8198 which is valid and a web site of vrcvacations.com he was polite and gave the name of george. I said I wasnt interested and that was the end of it.
3rd call was a woman on another different work line so I answered again, I forget her name but it was odd, she was nice and said she has worked there for a total of 2 days. I told her she seemed nice and to find another job, I also asked to speak to her Manager, she was suposed to transfer me and I ended up in someones voice mail for Laurie and Voula but it sounded like someones answering machine at home if you have bell call answer. While I was talking to her I got a 4th call and I just hung up on it.
They called my fax line to almost right after the other calls.
I spoke to Bell canada who is my phone provider and they said there is not really much to be done at this point because as far as they can see nothing illegal has been done yet. They also said if any charges occur they will be reversed.
I also called back that toll free number and the "reps" think that they have called you.
Also when I was speaking to the 3rd girl, she said that she had no computer at her desk and that if I wanted to place an order I would have to speak to someone else and she was just there to give information. What business would have people calling through a automatic dialer and not give their employees computers to see the info of the person who they are calling.
This Dosent add up, I hope we get some more info soon. I have better things to do then waste 90 minutes on this crud calling all of my phone service providers. I would recomend calling phonebusters and if there any americans seeing this to go to the local police or FBI because I dont think our government really can do much, it has to be the US athorities.
Hope to find out more and I will post what I know
Dibi
Hay guys,
I signed up here because I also have been receiving these calls. It first started around 2 weeks ago when I got a call on my cell phone at work. Now people don’t usually call me during the day on my cell phone because anyone who knows my number knows I am working and unless its work related, they won’t call it. So I picked up, thinking it must be important and got this automated system telling me I’d won a holiday. I let it do its thing and pressed 9 to talk to an operator, no one picked up, the line just went dead.
So then, I thought nothing more of it, but then all our company vehicle car phones starting being called.. and we don’t give out that number, it’s just so we can get in touch with people on the road.. well.. that was quite strange. And then, a guy I work with, he got a call at home about it! Today at work, we got a call one each of our lines (including our servers dial in line and our fax lines/private lines). It’s ridiculous. If each one of our lines is tied up with this dumb crap, we could be losing money.
Unfortunately, I can’t see anything illegal with this. I was thinking about some sort of class action for damages (potential loss of profit) but I’m not sure that would go down so well.
I’ve yet to be able to talk to someone from this company as ever time I hit 9, I don’t get an operator.
I also don’t understand what the scam is.. what are they gaining? Do they ask for credit card details? I don’t get it.. but the whole thing is stupid.
I work for Sigh and Sound/Audiotronic in Northwestern Ontario; we are finding it less than amusing.
Best regards,
John.
Hay guys. Just wanted to post an update.
I did a lookup on the number to find out who the carrier is, and it’s a company called Global Naps, Inc. I looked into the company, and actually gave them a call. They said they have been hearing about this a lot. What is happening is that the company who is sending out these spam calls are masking their outgoing number for caller ID with this number.. and it isn’t actually the real number. He said that he has been hearing about this a lot recently and he told me to email their companies (Global Naps) support department and explain the situation and they would have their legal department look into it.
The email address he gave me is [email protected]. I’ve not emailed them yet myself, however I will get to it sometime tonight, I suggest you do the same.
I’m trying to find out who is the carrier of that 800 number previously mentioned, but it’s proving to be a little harder. I’m going to keep working on it though.
UPDATE
The other number mentioned by HTRegz ((214) 279-0990) is owned by Xo Communication, in Texas. I contacted them and spoke to a nice guy called Jason. He said that number is one of their reseller’s numbers and he didn’t know who owned it directly but he has heard about this –a lot-, the reseller is called JT communications. He is going to be contacting them and asking them to disable that number immediately.
While talking to him, I also managed to get him to do a search for me on the 888 number that letsgetitover talked about (1-888-849-2551) with a bit of social engineering I shook the carrier out of him. Apparently toll free isn’t public information, but the numbers carrier is AT&T. I've not contacted AT&T yet about the 888 number because I'm not sure what they would do about it or how reliable that information is.
I just did a search on the web address of www.vrcvacations.com and got some extra info off of whois.com, this is the info they have.
Registrant: Vacation Reservation Center
Address: Richard Hill
191 Cottage Cove Lane
Williamsburg, VA 23185
US
Phone: 7578734005
Email: [email protected]
First Registered: April 16, 2004
Last Updated: August 04, 2004
Administrative Contact: Vacation Reservation Center
Richard Hill
191 Cottage Cove Lane
Williamsburg, VA 23185
US
Phone: 7578734005
Email: [email protected]
Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Register.Com
Domain Registrar
575 8th Avenue - 11th Floor
New York, NY 10018
US
Phone: 902-749-2701
Fax..: 902-749-5429
Email: [email protected]
Name Servers:
NS.GLOBALNAMESERVERS.COM 208.56.139.110
NS2.GLOBALNAMESERVERS.COM 208.56.138.95
One thing I find sort of odd is that the New york technical contact phone number actually is a Nova Scotia (902) Area code. Nova Scotica and New Brunswick do have a lot of call centers though so that could be why.
I have also spoke to Bell canada and they are investigating and said that if the calls continue to call the police. I am going to record the call the next time they call, I am also going to act very interested to see where the call leads.
Dibi
I also received calls from these guys on my cell phone and on my home phone. I googled and found this site http://www.policeworld.net/forums/in...prev_next,prev
which says that:
Beware of the following number on primarily, your cell and home phones:
1-305-675-6263.
There's a message, It's a recorded female voice saying that you've won a trip for you and your family to Flordia for 6 days... 3 days in Orlando and three days in some other city.. Then it talks about for the low cost of only $99 USD per person... All you have to do to find out more is press 9.
DO NOT. This somehow authorizes the others to bill calls to your number.
I understand this is a Canadian phone phishing scam.
So I hope for the sake of all of you who actually pressed 9, that they will stop these guys. I didn't press 9, I automatically hang up on telemarketers... :D hope this helps... and Saultites Rock! :D
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Originally posted here by diskodukk
DO NOT. This somehow authorizes the others to bill calls to your number.
I understand this is a Canadian phone phishing scam.
So I hope for the sake of all of you who actually pressed 9, that they will stop these guys. I didn't press 9, I automatically hang up on telemarketers... :D hope this helps... and Saultites Rock! :D
IIRC this is not possable because of the way the phone system works?
Hey Hey,Quote:
It's not possible... It's a myth based on the concept that many businesses dial '9' for an outside line. I posted a link to a complete write up as to why it's a myth near the start of this thread.
Peace,
HT
Hi guys
New here and gotta say.......The place looks good,
I got the call also, and did a search on the net and found AO.
I called Bell canada and explained to the operator what just hapend.
She told me it's a scam that they know about and to hold on she would transfer me to a Costumer service Rep..
A couple minutes later the Costumer service Rep came on and said that they did an investigation on it cause lots of ppl had gotten the same call.
But that the company is a legit company in florida and no crimes are hapening.
I got the call on my home line and am curious to see if they will call my cell line.
Oh well.
I'm gonna call them just for fun and ask for Jeff. :D