Fight Back!!!! Call 866-266-6600

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Buck - 24 Jun 2005 20:32 GMT

Recently an email was circulating talking about how telemarketers were
about to be able to call cell phones and that we should post our number to
the FTC's Do Not Call list.

We were told that wasn't necessarily true.

However...coincidentally myself and others have started receiving recorded
calls on our cells that start off with "This is not a telemarketing call or
a solicitation"

It asks us to call a phone number 866-266-6600. So I did. I politely
mentioned to the person who answered that the number they called was listed
on the national do not call registry.

So the individual tells me that the registry 'doesn't apply to them'
because 'they are not solicitizing' and that 'the next time somebody tells
you that they are not solicitizing..believe it' AND HANGS UP!!!

So it's bad enough that we have jerks using our minutes with dumbass
recorded messages. When you POLITELY try and deal with them they get
rude!!!

Now the person who answered at 866-266-6600, once again that's 866-266-
6600, DID say that they were 'looking for certain people'. So I figured the
LEAST I could do was post their number in the hopes that I could help them
find who they are looking for.

I think we should all call this gentleman and let him know how much we
appreciate unasked for recorded solicitations. Unless we fight back,,,this
type of nonsense will spread....quickly.

Thanks

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Notan - 24 Jun 2005 21:45 GMT

> <snip>

From https://www.donotcall.gov:

"The National Do Not Call Registry gives you a choice about whether to
receive telemarketing calls at home. Most telemarketers should not call
your number once it has been on the registry for 31 days. If they do,
you can file a complaint at this Website. You can register your home or
mobile phone for free. Your registration will be effective for five years."

Notan

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Zman53 - 27 Jun 2005 15:02 GMT

Gee,
Nice spam. What's that number again? Can I call it 24/7?

> Recently an email was circulating talking about how telemarketers were
> about to be able to call cell phones and that we should post our number to
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>
> Thanks

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dr.news - 28 Jun 2005 13:52 GMT

Well, <duh> I'm not calling it, but an FYI: there is a downside: 800
numbers display your phone number even if you block it from your side.
Something about them paying for the call. So if you do "fight back <duh>"
you are giving them your number, and it may not be as much fun as you hoped
if they start calling you for real.

Must be a hot topic, yahoo found: 104,000 hits for 866-266-6600 I didn't
look any further to see who/if they were. Don't care. dr

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> Gee,
> Nice spam. What's that number again? Can I call it 24/7?
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>>
>> Thanks

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Mark - 29 Jun 2005 12:10 GMT

>Well, <duh> I'm not calling it, but an FYI: there is a downside: 800
>numbers display your phone number even if you block it from your side.
>Something about them paying for the call.

This is true. However, I have lots of phones at work in conference rooms
and public assist phones and lab phones.....not to mention the plethora of
pay phones that are still out there.

I like the idea of hitting asswipe spammers like this where it hurts.
Every call costs THEM money.

I had a problem a little while back just like this and posted the 800
number to one of the spam groups. The number was disconnected later in the
day.

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Zman53 - 29 Jun 2005 17:35 GMT

Mark,

The POST is SPAM. Calling the number will provide the spammer with a number
they can then spam with text messages.

> >Well, <duh> I'm not calling it, but an FYI: there is a downside: 800
> >numbers display your phone number even if you block it from your side.
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> number to one of the spam groups. The number was disconnected later in the
> day.

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Mark - 29 Jun 2005 17:46 GMT

>Mark,
>
>The POST is SPAM. Calling the number will provide the spammer with a number
>they can then spam with text messages.

If you call from a cell phone, yea I suppose. I called it from work
earlier today and left them on hold for a little over 30 minutes before I
decided to drop the call. Who do you think paid for that?

Spammers want to make money, not lose it. If masses do what I did, it will
hurt them.

>> >Well, <duh> I'm not calling it, but an FYI: there is a downside: 800
>> >numbers display your phone number even if you block it from your side.
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>the
>> day.

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AJPIndy - 18 Oct 2005 19:30 GMT

What is the name of this company? What do they want? I am going t
register a compaint with the Indiana attorney general's office but
need a name. This people have been calling me on my home phone

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AJPIndy

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Notan - 18 Oct 2005 21:03 GMT

> What is the name of this company? What do they want? I am going to
> register a compaint with the Indiana attorney general's office but I
> need a name. This people have been calling me on my home phone.

This topic was discussed in June.

Any reason you're bringing it up, now?

Notan

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AJPIndy - 19 Oct 2005 05:10 GMT

Notan Wrote:

> What is the name of this company? What do they want? I am going to
> register a compaint with the Indiana attorney general's office but I
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>
> Notan

We just started receiving this call a couple of weeks ago. Again, i
was to our home phone. Our phone number (and cell) has been on the d
not call list for over a year. Maybe they're branching out! Was m
question answered in June? I'm sorry, I didn't see it

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AJPIndy

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