402-471-1671 / 4024711671

You are aware that how some one appears on your caller ID is not controlled by them. This is all related to how the phone companies and relay switches process information. As a matter of fact, for some people this number comes up DHHS, others Healther and Human Services, some it shows the phone number, and yet for others the caller is says Unknown or Unavailable. You can't hold that against them.

The survey is sexist. If you say there is an older adult male they do not want to talk to you if you're an adult female. My opinion didn't matter. I told them do not call back. I hung up promptly after that. Half a year later, they still call. They can listen to my answering machine all they want. I muted their number.

The message I got said the call was from Montana Health and Human Services. I do not think it is legit, because I have not given the phone number they called to anyone locally--BUT the caller can tell by the number where it's located and say the right state name. Any legitimate state service would have called my land line, which is listed in the phone book and is all I have ever given any agency. QED

I get at least 20 calls from these Eastern Nebraska towns every week. Same 402 area code. I don't answer any of them, and none of these creeps ever leave a message. Just don't answer your phone from unknown numbers. These clown hats can't even find a job flipping burgers. The Do Not Call registry is a big joke also. HA HA HA I'm terribly amused.

I don't want any unsolicited phone calls period! Remove my number and leave me alone!

I got a call at 7:30 this morning, and then another at 9:34. Never a message left by those morons. I will never answer these calls. The landline is bye bye next week, so call away, jerkoffs!

On another reverse number search website, I found out that this caller has to do with research which someone who posted there said resulted in a multi-million dollar grant to help some sector of school children, something to do with asthma. One woman was harrassed to put her 18-year-old son on the phone for the survey after she had already said she would not do so. They all said it was a health study in Nebraska...so why am I getting repeated phone calls from the same number since early November in Montana?I don't think there is anyone anywhere who would advise you to give out personal health information over the phone for a survey when you have no proof of who it is or how the info will be used, any more than you would your social security number, etc. Wake up, America!

The survey is not at all sexist. They ask for the total number of adults, 18 years of age or older, then ask how many are men and how many are women. The computer then will determine who to speak with in the household. The computer system keeps track of how many men and how many women are polled. Therefore, if 100 women have already been polled and only 50 men, the computer will more than likely select the male of the household to even out the balance.

When they call and you have doubts about it being legit you are referred to a toll free number to call as well as web sites to verify if they are legit or not. The web sites are www.cdc.gov/brfss which is the web site for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. Government), www.dhhs.ne.gov/brfss which is the web site for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, and www.dphhs.mt.gov/brfss which is the web site for the Montana Department of Health and Human Services.As for how numbers appear on caller ID, this is controlled by the phone companies and not the actual source from where the call is orgininating. From what you indicated, it is apparent they called you on a cell phone. Where you aware they do a cell phone study because they are finding a portion of the population who have cell phones also do not have land lines. They do a study specificically for these peopld so they are not missed and to get a better representation of the public. Had you stayed on the line with them long enough, not only would they have validated they were legit with you, because you had a land line you would not have qualified for the interview anyway.From my research, they do not operate from a "list". They have the area code, as well as the prefix, then the last four digits are generated at random.

These studies have been conducted in each state for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for around 20 years. Not every state has a call center for conducting these interviews. Therefore, it's possible the call may come from out of state.So what do you consider "personal" health information. If you go to www.cdc.gov/brfss you can see an actualy copy of the interview quesiton. And when I did the interview I was told I didn't have to answer any quesiton I didn't want to. I didn't find the questions to be intrusive at all. And, they did not ask for any personal information such as name, address, or social security number so they have no way to identify who I am.The information we provide helps improve health education, can lead kids down the right path for eating healthy and exercising, and in the end can indirectly save lives. You are right 'Sandra' "Wake Up America', why participate in something that may help improve our lives and possibly save lives.