Stop telemarketing Scams/Harassment

This is a list of calls I have received from a telemarketing/fraud ring. The ID on the call is [No Name]. The numbers are listed along with a note of the area code, time, date and message received when the number is called. It does no good to block these numbers as they simply switch numbers and or area codes. (removed)
206 777 1016 – W Washington state: Seattle and Bainbridge Island, 3:48pm, 12/6/13, number has been disconnected or no longer in service(Verison wireless, 4switch 93-1
406 980 2030 – Montana, 10:57am, 12/28/13, Verizon wireless number changed disconnected or no longer in service 2switch2…..
406 825 4254 – Montana, 3:30pm, 1/18/14, you have reached a non working number
406-825-4254- same as above, 3:07pm, 1/21/14
435 336 8502 – Utah, rural, outside Salt Lake City metro, 10:31 am, 11/5/2013, you have reached a non working number 14switch93-1
503 543-5471 – Oregon –3:57pm, 12/12/13 disconnected or no longer in service
601 400 9074 – Mississippi: Meridian, Jackson area, 2:39pm, 8/7/13, number or code you have dialed is incorrect, please check # and try again
620 504 7452– Kansas, Wichita – 10:12am,12/31/13, 2:45pm, 1/11/14(twice), ---number you have dialed is unallocated
631 665 8769 – New York: Suffolk County, Long Island: Huntington, Riverhead, number you dialed is not in service
703 844 8828 –Northern Virginia, Arlington, McLean, Tysons Corner, 4:20pm, 1/9/14, we’re sorry, you have reached a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service
703 844-6828 – Northern Virginia, Arlington, McLean, Tysons corner, 11:04am, 1/15/14, # been disconnected.
801 656 2093 – Utah: Salt Lake City Metro ; 3:46pm, 1/7/14, you have reached a non-working number
850-237-4859 – Florida panhandle, from east of Tallahassee to Pensacola; 1:25pm, 1/15/14, # been disconnected
850-237-4859 – same as above, 10:46am, 1/21/14
850-237-4829 – same as above, 12:00pm, 1/25/14
850-237-4829 – same as above, 2:07pm, 1/29/14
854-000-7889, unknown area code, 11:24am, 2/6/14, Verizon: call cannot be completed as dialed.
860-949-6352 – Connecticut, areas outside of Fairfield and New Haven counties, 4:17pm, 1/30/14, has been disconnected and/or no longer a working number
876 582-0439 – Jamaica, 11:21 & again 11:26am, 8/29/13 –Verizon wireless person you called is not available
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Illegal telemarketer / scam calls

Today's numbers that are calling: << Please do not post full phone numbers >>
917-XXX-XXXX
263-XXX-XXXX
So, being on the DoNotCall list is worthless, these individuals breaking the law with thier scam aren't paying attention to it, unless of course that's were they're getting thier numbers from.
So, Verizon, we know that you know when a phone number is making thousands of calls per day, when are you going to put a stop to it?
Or, does Verizon only care about the income being generated by these hucksters, which of course would make Verizon the accessory to these criminal activities?
Oh, and thank you Verizon for charging an extra $5 monthly to stop "unavailable" callers, it's nice to know that Verizon cares about thier profit.
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All Verizon needs to do is make it unprofitable for these individuals.
In 2009, Telephone Management Corporation was sued by Verizon Wireless for it’s role in an illegal telemarketing scheme... full article
The telemarketers and the individuals who fall for the scams are what make it profitable, and contrary to what you said about Verizon somehow being a middleman, according to the article linked above, Verizon is actively working AGAINST the telemarketers.
I still don't get how Verizon is responsible for telemarketing "scams" - what about AT&T, T-Mobile, and other cellular companies? And I get calls all the time on our Comcast landline, and that has no connection at all with Verizon. So Comcast is in on this too?
Don't answer calls from #'s you don't recognize, set your phone to ring for contacts only (or set a "silent" ringtone for unknown callers), and report all the scam #'s to the donotcall list. That way you are minimally bothered, and you are being proactive about reporting and stopping the calls.

How Does One Stop Telemarketer Calls?

I would like to know how to stop telemarketers from calling. I am and have been on the National Do Not Call List and have an unlisted number, yet we have been getting calls all throughout the day and night. I thought the government stated no one is allowed to call someone on the Do Not Call List or they could be fined, yet the calls are recorded with garble or music, so how can anyone do anything? If you call Verizon, they state they are allowed to call between the hours of 9-5 or something like that, but I am on the Do Not Call List, so they are not allowed to be calling, yet they do. I file the complaints with the National Do Not Call site, but I don't know what else to do. I even asked the Ellen DeGeneres & Anderson Cooper show to try and help. How can these places be fined when they can't even be stopped?
Can this be linked to unlimited phone access where these telemarketers are calling and then somehow connecting to your number to make free calls or something else??? Otherwise what is the purpose of them calling and only having music or garble play?
For instance (without listing their numbers), on 2-21-13, the same number called me at 3:31, 3:42, 3:53, 4:05, 4:33, 5:05, 8:45 and 8:47 at night and that is just the ones I marked down for that day - there could have been more.
Then today, one number called at 10:45 and 11:04, and then another one called at 11:51, then another called at 12:15, then another called at 12:19 & 12:53 and then again at 5:35 pm, and then another called at 2:45 and 3:01, and then yet another one alled at 3:38 pm...and the last one SO FAR was the one at 5:35 pm. I could have missed marking some down too, so there could possibly be more.
This is crazy and shouldn't be allowed since I thought the National Do Not Call List was made for this reason to protect this from happening to us. Is it just Verizon or maybe unlimited access customers or what???
Any suggestions??? Thanks.

definetely set yourself up on the www.donotcall.gov website as mentioned earlier, also Opt out of verizon marketing by calling - 866 483-9700
and also visit www.verizon.com/privacy and opt out of the following:
How to Limit the Sharing and Use of Your Information
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Customer Information:You may choose to opt out of the sharing of specific customer information, within the Verizon family of companies for certain marketing purposes.
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Telemarketing:You may request to be removed from the Verizon telemarketing lists at any time.
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Marketing Email, Postal Mail and Door-to-Door Calls:You may opt out of receiving marketing-related emails, text messages, or postal mailings or prevent door-to-door marketing.
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Information Used for Online Advertising:You have choices about whether certain information collected on websites, including Verizon's, is used to customize advertising based on predictions generated from your visits over time and across different websites.
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Wireless Location Services:Verizon Wireless services that use mobile device location data provide you with notice about the collection and use of this data as well as choices about whether specific location-tracking features available on your phone are turned on.
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FiOS TV Services:Specific cable-related privacy protections apply to Verizon's FiOS TV subscribers.
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Geographic and Relevant Mobile Advertising:Verizon wireline Internet access customers may opt-out of participating in certain geographically-based advertising programs. Verizon Wireless Internet customers may opt-out of participating in relevant mobile advertising programs.
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Business and Marketing Reports:Verizon Wireless customers may opt-out of allowing Verizon Wireless to use their information to create aggregated business and marketing reports.
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Read moreContact InformationIf you have questions, concerns or suggestions related to our Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, you may contact us at:
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How can I stop unwanted scam emails ex: someone wats to give me $2,500,000.00

How can I stop unwanted emails? Here is an example:
Good Day,
Although, I do not know you in person, I have received your contact via, personal search while seeking a reliable but obscure individual to assist me in this pending transaction. It became necessary for me to seek your assistance as i want you to assist me in investing my share of the money in your Country.
Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr.Wong Cheng director of operations of the Bank Of Japan,United Kingdom . I have an Obscured business suggestion for you . In 2003, the subject matter; ref: bb/boj/bank/0012 came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our Private Banking Services Department. A client of ours informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 8.35 million United States Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his behalf and i was the officer assigned to his case.The favored route in my advice to customers is to start by assessing data on 6000 traditional stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of alternative investments,this yielded funds in just 2 Years.
In mid 2005, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Europe.I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds deposited in a security consultancy firm,He told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication we had, this transpired around 9th October, 2005.
I made futile efforts to locate him I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department of the bank of japan.Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently he was dead. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away, we instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the estate. This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful. We have scanned every continent and used our private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the problem.
What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something,there is US$ 8,370,000.00 deposited , I alone have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so,i alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as BOJ is concerned.
My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position to give instruction for the release of the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation.Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50/50.
I am aware of the consequences of this proposal.I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail.I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience,this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move.
If you find yourself able to work with me, Contact me only through this email address (XXXXX),Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children.I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences,but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.
I await your response,here is my Email again (XXXX)

Unfortunately, spam is a disadvantage to having an email address and there isn't much you can do to stop receiving them. However, you can filter these messages using a spam filter. Check with your email provider to see what options they offer to deal with spam. If you are using apple mail, turn on the junk mail filter in the settings (Mail, preferences).

How to stop robodial scam calls

Will the spam blocker help me?
Yesterday about 8:30EST I started getting calls form people saying they were contacting me about a payday loan that I'd applied for. I told the first caller I never applied for any such loan and hung up. I wouldn't answer the call from the second mystery number, but I got the company name (bogus I'm sure) and told them to remove my number from their list.
After the 7th call (rather, the 7th new mystery number - some numbers dialed me twice) I called and begged Verizon for help. All I could do was block 5 numbers, then pay $5/mnth to block 20 more. I declined as I'd already passed 5 and had the feeling more were coming. The only help they offered was to suggest I change my number or not answer (in case some were international, and then VZ would bill ME for the call) and the calls would eventually stop.
So 21 calls later I contacted the police for help. They said they could take a police report but thats it because they could only investigate land lines. They also said to answer the calls and tell each one I've informed the police and they'd probably stop. I did that last night around 8pm and today I'm up to 37 calls. I called VZ again yesterday evening and asked again if there was anything I could do and they again suggested I pay to block 20 more lines. But at that point I was already up to 28 (again, that's 28 unique numbers, some called several times), so I figured, why bother?
I added AVG security app to my phone so I could block any amount of calls, but of course the calls still initially come through. And it just hangs up on them, so if you're on another call, it'll hang up on that one too. I've disabled AVG and am desperately looking for another solution. I'll try the robospam blocker and see if that helps. Thanks.
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Of course, I got my first spam call on my phone in over a month the day after posting this... It wasn't one of those robodial recordings though.

Scam iFortune 60113

Received a text on 60113 from iFortune. Been receiving these text for months. Sounded like a scam - someone spamming mobiles to find active numbers. Didn't send STOP reply because of this reason. Always used "add to spam numbers" or "discard" facilities for these annoying texts. Got fed up today and checked the 60113 number online. Found numerous complaints about people being billed by this company when they hadn't explicitly ordered anything. Checked my current balance against a recent top-up and found I was £1.98 down. How can this happen when I didn't authorise it? So can I send someone a text saying they owe me £x if they don't reply? More to the point, how do I stop this scam and how do I get my money back for who knows how many illegal deductions?

These will be reversed-charged texts from Premium Rate nos. you may have inadvertently subscribed to via Web or TV. EE are not obliged to refund you but you may complain to the Premium rate regulator PhonepayPlus or the firm itself. You can check out those nos. yourself on that site.
60113
Customer care number: 0207 649 9636
Customer care email: [email protected]
Search result provided by: Buongiorno UK Ltd
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Service terminated on: This service is still operating
Name of service: B!WebApps
Type of service: Buongiorno UK Ltd has not provided this information
Service description: Buongiorno UK Ltd has not provided this information
How much does this service cost? Buongiorno UK Ltd has not provided this information
If you would like to find out more about this service or have a question about it, then you should contact the service provider: Buongiorno UK Ltd
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You could try texting STOP to the number, but it may cost and may not work.

Telemarketing calls from "203" and "112"

We're receiving calls that show on caller ID as "203" and "112", and when I review usage they are indicated as 999-999-9999. They appear to be international locations. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Dear Bill78,
Good morning. I know how annoying it can be to receive telemarketing calls. I am not showing that we have known issues with customers receiving calls from 203 and 112 area code. However, you may register your number to stop Telemarketing calls. To register your number please visit www.donotcall.gov
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Overseas data charge frauds - Netherlands Vodaphone

Beware Vodafone Netherlands
Just got back from Europe. Verizon connections in the Netherlands are though Vodafone. Except, the Vodafone connection does not show up on my HTC Verizon phone as Roaming - so, setting the phone to deny data roaming does not do what you'd think it should. As a result, various apps just do their thing and end up passing data, which Vodafone promptly bills at $20 / Mb.
The only way to stop the scam is to disable the entire mobile network on the phone.
Other connections through Proximus in Belgium worked correctly and indicated the phone was in a Roaming area.
Extended discussions with Verizon reps resulted in no solution (should have disallowed the charges) and no indications they would fix the problem. Either the phone is not roaming (so I owe no roaming charges) or it's a problem with the Verizon/Vodafone system and so should not result in charges.
Call it what it is - billing fraud.

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Yah and their very rude,especialy the girls that work their.My monthly bill averages $180-$190 a month in 2 days it jumped up to $547,then after I bitched and complained that I think my phone was hacked by a scammer from Ghana,God why did I get tricked into giving this theif my cell #####Now I pay....Verizon treated me bad after years of faithfuly paying my bill on time and in full,Just tells me it's all about the money.I will pay it ,since it is my own stupidity,but they don’t have too threaten me,that if I don’t pay in full,Phone gets disconnected,I called FBI in Accra,Ghana about this and they said yes,they have many illegal ways of doing this with out a trace.....Anyway I am moving on too a more customer friendly Cell company.......VERIZON=GREED!!!!!!After I get out of this contract,enough rude treatment is enough!!!!!!!Any body have same happen to them,let's get together and put a lawsuit together????????

Premium Messaging Charge / Blocking

Last month, my bill was roughly $10 higher than normal. As I reviewed my bill, I found a premium messaging charge for $9.99 for some Quiz4Now thing. Knowing that I would never sign up for anything like that, I called Verizon who was to put a block on Premium Messaging and I contacted Quiz4Now for stop that service. Fast forward to this month's bill and I have the same charge show up for the same thing.
I am assuming that the block is in effect, but this charge already occured at the beginning of my cycle and I wasn't able to stop the scam subscription in time but I am concerned that I will never be able to know that Verizon has actually put a Premium Message block on my service.
How can I know for sure?

Then call Verizon and have the charge expunged.
We signed up for communications services not payment gateway services.
We need to tell Verizon that this is unacceptable. There are a bunch of scam artists extorting the loophole that never should have been there in the first place.
Of the over 70 million smartphone users in the US how many have said exactly what you said, THANK YOU when told they could block the hole?
The hole should never have been there to begin with.

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You should delete your phone number from the topic line.
Spambots search these forums for contact info.
You don't want to get even more telemarketing/scam calls than you probably already get.
It seems like the "Do Not Call" lists are ignored these days.
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$35 rebate call?

I just got an odd call from 800-922-0204 offering a $35 rebate for Verizon Wireless. To me it sounds like a phishing scam as it directed my to give my log-in information to http://www.myreward35.com/
Any information on this?

I received this message this morning. What bothers me, is wasting any amount of money to retrieve a scam voice mail impersonating the company that I'm choosing to give money too. I had to listen to that VM twice to understand it and it wasted $.50 -75 cents. I added a $15 Refill Card around 2am to my phone via the text option and had purchased the card at Rite Aid earlier that evening. It only took 8 hours from the time I loaded the card, until I got the VM, Like it was purposely trying to be my first call of the day. AND this was the first Refill Card I have ever used. I feel like I got scammed and I didn't even fall for the scam. I would never make a big deal at any other place getting shorted on change, but Verizon Wireless should refund people the prepaid minutes they wasted listening to this if they can't stop the scam.
And I don't think I will get a prepaid card ever again. Something is creepy about those. If you walk into a Verizon Store to pay for minutes, they pretend they can't accept anything less than $60 for your prepaid plan. So they tell you to purchase a Refill Card at a grocery store and use it online. Weird how I couldn't buy a card at their own store, though? So after the employee was done pretending they can't accept actual cash lower than $60 for the prepaid plan at their own store, she realized the money I was holding in my hand for 10 minutes...trying to give to THEM, wasn't going back in my pocket. So she made the "fake attempt" to see if the system would take cash under $60 for my plan. She tells me it can. I didn't want to give her my full $20 by that point, so I handed her something around $12...$3 short of their $15 Refill Requirement and the system accepted it. I'd rather go to a Verizon Store and pay whatever I need to..so I don't have to risk online scams, but you can't even do that.
I almost would have believed the call for 1 second, if the voice mail was IN a robot voice or it had waited for my VM to beep, so I could actually hear the first part of the scam. All I got was "something 35..blah blah" and a very creepy man voice that creeped up my morning. :-(

HT5312 How Do I Stop email Harassment from same person creating multiple apple Ids?

Hi,
I am being harassed by someone who is creating multiple apple ids and deleting them. The person is constantly trying to get me to click on links. When I tried to reply to one ID the person created, an error came up stating "this user does not exist" It then provided me with a code for that user. I believe this person has hacked into my account on multiple occassion because a lot of time right after I change my password, it stopped working again a few days later.
I feel I have no privacy. This person sends all kinds of emails using the names of major brands as the front. All the emails look cheap and it seems as if it wants you to select the "unsubscribe" button which then phishes my info someone. Can someone tell me who I can report these emails at apple to investigate? The would have to know who created the email links, which are used once then deleted, but the person who is doing this is the same I'm certain.

Hello ascending404,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with the emails you have been receiving. I would be concerned about this too. I found a resource that provides some good information about identifying and reporting emails like the ones you are recieving.
I recommend reviewing the full article, but this specific section provides steps for reporting these emails:
What to do with suspicious iCloud emails
If you receive a suspicious email, select the message text so that it is highlighted. Choose Forward as Attachment from the Message menu (OS X Mail) or the Actions menu (Outlook). Send the email to [email protected] This provides Apple's legal department and law enforcement with useful information to help prevent future phishing emails.
Note: For suspicious emails related to iTunes, see this article.
You can view the full article here:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4933
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How do I get BT to stop harassing me with their li...

I have just returned from Afghanistan to find, (among the huge pile of mail) no less than 5 letters from BT trying to get me to sign up to their upto 20Mbps broadband. I have also recieved 3 voice calls in as many days, telling me that I can have upto 20Mbps. How can they say this when they know full well (as they have not done any work to my exchange), that even if I lived at the exchange, due to the lack of 21cn upgrade, the most will be 8Mbps. False advertising straight away. Also, with 4 miles of copper between me and there, 1Mbps is all but unreachable, yet they still say that my line will give me 2.5Mbps. More lies. I know that they lie to get you into a contract, but how do I stop them constantly sending out letters and phoning me. I have asked them to stop, but they say that as I don't have an account with them, they have nothing to link the note to, so if I want them to stop, I have to have an account. I have no intention of ever returning to BT as they have left us in the dark ages and will do for the foreseeable future. Is taking them to court for harassment the only way to stop them contacting me all the time or is there another way. If the only way is to take them to court, I will make sure that it gets maximum press coverage so that anybody else who has suffered at the hands of this poor excuse for a telecoms provider can also take action.

Nah, dealt with him before. He is only prepared to help if it will make him an overnight profit of millions, otherwise he couldn't care less. I'll just speak to a solicitor about whether I have a legal case against them or not, and if I do, I'll take Ian Livingston personally to court, after all, he is the boss and therefore responsible for actions of employees acting on behalf of the company.

Verizon is harassing me, how do I get them to stop?????

I'm at my wits end. I've tried everything. This is my last attempt to find some kind of solution before I resort to the expense of a lawyer.
Apparently at some point in the mists of the past, a person who worked in my building used my number as an alternate contact number on their Verizon account. I have no idea why they would do that, but it's nothing I ever agreed to and have no control over. That person has since left his job, and is no longer in my building, nor do I have any idea where he went or how to contact him.
Apparently, he's since stopped paying his Verizon bill. And now, Verizon is calling ME. Every day. And every single time, I tell them that they have the wrong person, he's not at this number, and I have no way to contact him. I've gone through numerous phone numbers, numerous 'supervisors', endless hours on the phone trying to get them to STOP CALLING ME. Every single time, they apologize and say that they're removing my number. I've even said I don't believe them because it never works, and I get "this time it will work."
Guess what? I just got another call. Again. At work. This is harassment pure and simple.
Verizon.. I CAN'T HELP YOU. I am not, nor have I ever been, responsible for this person or his bill. I have no way to contact him. Nor is it my responsibility to do so!! You've been told. You keep harassing me.
Do I need to start filing complaints with the attorney general, better business bureau, whatever agencies I can find? Is that what it will take to make you stop?
And WHY OH WHY, should I continue being a customer, after the way you're treating me?
FIX THIS NOW.

I said that to "Michelle" at extension 8117 who was supposedly a supervisor, when they woke me up Saturday morning. She swore I wouldn't get another call. Sunday was blissfully quiet, then it started up again today. So apparently no threats will work.
Today, I did file a complaint with the Attorney General.

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