804-477-8007 / 8044778007

16 Jul 2015, 10:35am, 804-477-8007, RICHMOND VA, auto blocked, First time call from this particular number. This is a group of medical scammers. Don't give them any personal info or credit card numbers or you will be sorry!!! Let's sink this scum!!!This post is intended for those who have just encountered their first series of criminal scammers and want to know how to do something about those unwanted harassing calls. Don’t just complain – TAKE ACTION!!!*Criminal scammers target the poor, elderly, and uninformed. Anyone who gives computer access, personal info, and/or credit card numbers can lose hundreds to thousands of dollars!!!!! Some scammers are posting messages that you should not use blockers or blockers don’t work. They just want you to use the drop option to take you off their caller list. This scam adds your name to multiple scammer phone lists!!!*This post is rather verbose, but I hope the following may be a help to anyone trying to defeat this criminal scum!!!!***************************************************************************************************************** HARASSMENT AND SCAMMER HISTORY Only 2 of 160 unwanted calls got thru my blockers from 1 Jan 2015 to present.* We had been receiving harassing calls for months, but the number of calls per day finally exceeded our toleration levels. The telephone company was unable to block the calls because many of the harassment calls were being generated using a device called an ID spoofer which generates phony caller ID’s. Police informed me that the callers are largely U.S. and overseas criminals, drug users, inmates, convicts, scammers, and other refuse who do not obey federal no-call laws.* One of the options to defeat the harassment calls is to change to a new unlisted telephone number, but this would be giving-in to the criminals. It would also make it extremely difficult, if not impossible, for legitimate callers, friends, and family from around the country from contacting you. The telephone company’s call blocking service is limited, costly, and time consuming. Legal action and call tracing by the phone company using back tracking through the local telephone switching matrix is possible for local origination calls. Other calls are more difficult to trace especially when caller ID spoofs are used to impede normal call tracing. There had to be a better option than a new unlisted phone number, and there is.* The harassment calls, scammer calls, telephone solicitors, political calls, Etc, are engaging in an “Act of War” by essentially taking over your telephone. I am a retired military officer. One of the many training courses I attended in my 27 year career included training in “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu. One of the maxims is to know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never need to fear a battle. After experiencing this assault, I proceeded to research the situation and develop a plan of action.* I had been program manager and program engineer for installation of many USAF class 5 digital telephone exchanges, but had been out of the business for many years. In talking to the police and the telephone company engineers/technicians, I found out about the new technology to generate digital spoofing calls with phony Caller IDs using computer APPs. This matches with the pattern of the Caller ID data I had recorded from the harassment calls. Analysis of the data confirmed that I had both robo scammers/solicitors and an individual in my town responsible for the harassing calls.* Research also showed call spoofing can be generated from smart phones, I-pads, computers, robo call devices, or any device with phone access and a spoofing application. Some devices will allow spoofing and also generate robo voice traffic. Additional indication of spoofing is the fact that the Caller IDs sometimes had full 10 digit numbers and other times had only the 7 digit local origination numbers with known out of state robo call messages.* Caller IDs with only 7 digits usually originate from within the local area code. One of the local calls used my own phone number as the caller ID, and two of the caller ID’s used phone numbers with only one digit different from my phone number. I confirmed that the owners of these local phone numbers did not originate the calls. Spelling errors and robo messages using these numbers clearly proved use of a spoofing application.* I have found an effective way to combat these harassment/robo callers that has been over 95% successful. I spread the word by posting the following to 800notes.com/phone and other selected web sites each time I receive a harassment/robo call.*CALL BLOCKERS WORK!* We research a harassment/scam caller then post this msg every time a NEW robo number calls. NEVER press X to opt out, and NEVER respond in any way because it just adds your name to multiple robo scammer calling lists. * The federal no-call list is a joke - the government does nothing. The phone company wants the money from robo companies and will do nothing to stop the harassment/robo calls. Local police do not have the manpower or technology to track/block these calls. Here is a one-time relatively low cost way to beat those harassment/robo calls. * You can defeat >95% of harassment and robo calls. Go on-line to Amazon and purchase an in-line "CPR CALLBLOCKER"! It has an inventory of up to 1200 numbers in the call blocker list. Be careful in setting up the list or you get unexpected blockages of valid incoming calls. Start by blocking all calls using caller ID’s of UNAVAILABLE, PRIVATE, or WITHHELD. Then block hot spot robo area codes which have NO friends or family – 201, 208, 212, 224, 231, 239, 303, 304, 305, 307, 312, 321, 323, 331, 347, 359, 360, 401, 404, 434, 478, 502, 505 ,513, 516, 518, 520, 540, 541, 565, 571, 605, 608, 620, 630, 646, 650, 701, 708, 734, 740, 757, 772, 773, 779, 810, 815, 847, 918, 952, and 970. Finally, only block individual phone #s in area codes with friends and family. ONLY use 3 digit area codes, OR full 10 digit phone numbers. Never use 7 digit inputs to the blocking list or you WILL have problems! Keep a complete written list of area codes and individual blocking numbers. A small glitch when entering a number into the list can mess up your entire blocking list requiring a hardware reset and complete reprogramming of the list. * Harassment/robo callers frequently use a spoofing APP to create phony incoming caller ID’s on your phone. Hidden characters in a spoofed Caller ID’s number can sneak the robo call past some blockers. An optional secondary SENTRY BLOCKER with a 1000 entry blocker list ignores hidden characters and blocks/kills the call when it’s turned ON. SENTRY BLOCKER also effectively dumps any unmonitored scam callers. There are many other brands of call blockers than the ones described. Choose yours and BLOCK THOSE HARASSMENT CALLS!!!!! * It is really great fun watching a call blocker/Caller ID recorder light-up then dump a call when the unwanted Caller ID matches the blocking list!!! One can especially enjoy it when the call blocker hangs up on a persistent harassment caller!!!*BLOCKER CONFIGURATION |--------------CALL-ZAPPER | |--------------CPR BLOCKER----------OFFICE PHONE | ============|-------------SENTRY BLOCKER----ANSWERING MACHINE---HOME PHONE | |--------------CID RECORDER CALL ZAPPER sends out a telephone office signal that the phone line is disconnected. Many auto scanning robo systems will then automatically remove the number from their calling list CPR BLOCKER has list of up to 1200 entries for area codes and/or phone numbers. Upon detection of a blocked number, the blocker hangs up all lines. All other calls are passed thru unless Sentry Blocker rejects/hangs up line. SENTRY BLOCKER hangs up on all black listed phone numbers. White list numbers are passed thru for phone/answering machine. Non-listed numbers have blocking British/Spanish/German msg for solicitors to hang up, and tells other valid unlisted callers to dial zero to leave msg on answering machine - this auto blocks all unmonitored robo calls. Up to1000 entries in call list. When Sentry Blocker is OFF, all calls pass thru to phone/answering machine unless blocked by CPR BLOCKER. HOME PHONE rings ONCE if CPR BLOCKER or SENTRY BLOCKER blocks call. Call rings thru if blockers are OFF or call is passed by blockers.* CALL HISTORY(2014)(Documented history starts with May 2014)May – 37 harassment callsJun– 31 harassment callsPurchased and Installed CPR BLOCKER!Jul– 26 harassment calls with 7 auto blocked.Aug– 35 harassment calls with 23 auto blocked and 12 #s added to blocker listSep– 38 harassment calls with 26 auto blocked and 10 #s numbers added to blocker list.Installed secondary SENTRY blocker – Start to build Black & White blocking listsOct – 53 harassment calls with 46 auto blocked, 4 #s numbers added to blocking list.Nov – 31 harassment calls with 28 auto blocked, 3 #s added to blocker list.Dec – 16 harassment calls with 14 auto blocked, 2 #’s for blocker list. (Spoof of my own Phone #)(2015) CPR BLOCKER kills selected robo area code hot spots. SENTRY BLOCKER black list kills individual phone #s. SENTRY white list passes friends and family. SENTRY also kills unmonitored robo calls.Jan – 26 harassment calls with 25 auto blocked, 4 #’s added to SENTRY black list ( non-existent area codes).Feb – 14 harassment calls with 14 auto blocked, 4 #s added to SENTRY black list.Mar –40 harassment calls with 40 auto blocked, 7 #s added to SENTRY black list.Apr – 24 harassment calls with 24 auto blocked, 4 #s added to SENTRY black list. 2 area codes added to CPR blockerMay- 21 harassment calls with 21 auto blocked, 6 #s added to SENTRY black list, 2 area codes added to CPR blocker.Jun- 26 harassment calls with 25 auto blocked. 1 #s added to SENTRY black list, 3 area codes added to CPR BLOCKER.Jul – 9 harassment calls with 9 auto blocked, 0#s added to SENTRY black list, 0 area codes added to CPR BLOCKER. (Current as of 16 Jul)MOST RECENT UNWANTED CALLS#142, 16 Jun, 10:10am, 518-353-5421, MALONE NY, auto blocked, medical scam#143, 16 Jun, 8:05pm, 312-465-3520, rpt#, auto blocked, Chicago criminal scammers#144, 17 Jun, 8:30pm, 618-509-5762, BELLEVILLE IL, auto blocked, disconnected phone #, electric service rate scam#145, 18 Jun, 11:15am, 571-281-4336, CENTREVILLE VA, auto blocked, medical scam, third call#146, 22 Jun, 3:40pm, 517-358-0747, garbage ID, auto blocked, Michigan area code, medical scammer#147, 22 Jun, 6:00pm, 847-495-5295, ILLINOIS CALL, auto blocked, Chicago viper nest of multiple scams#148, 23 Jun, 1:20pm, 520-365-8988, ESURANCEAPRIL15,auto blocked, medical/lawyer scam, phishing for personal information.#149, 24 Jun, 5:00pm, 618-509-5762, BELLEVILLE IL, auto blocked, disconnected phone #, electric service rate scam again#150, 26 Jun, 10:00am, NO CID, call did not show on CID recorder, Consumer Credit scam, How did it get thru my blockers???#151, 30 Jun, 7:20pm, 217-300-7271, UNIVERSITY OF I, auto blocked, boiler room scam solicitors, I doubt U of I gets anything!!!#152, 1 Jul. 10:30am, 331-425-8886, BCFA, auto blocked, Chicago area charity scammer scum#153, 1 Jul, 1:25pm, 952-204-9047, LIFEGIVINGMOMEN, auto blocked, ID theft & fake products#154, 3 Jul, 11:20am, 630-318-4484, BIG ROCK IL, auto blocked, police charity scam, ID/credit card theft#155, 10 Jul, 9:05am, 312-465-3520, WIRELESS CALLER, auto blocked, Consumer svcs/credit card scammer#156, 10 Jul, 10:00am, 312-757-4197, CHICAGO IL, auto blocked, reduced rates for electric power and credit cards, Chicago viper nest of scammers!!!!#157, 13 Jul, 3:40pm, UNAVAILABLE, auto blocked, no msg#158, 14 Jul, 12:00am, 708-300-9979, BREAST CANCERFA, auto blocked, charity scam by Chicago criminal vipers nest#159, 16 Jul, 10:35am, 804-477-8007, RICHMOND VA, auto blocked, criminal medical scammer#160, 16 Jul, 12:00am, 708-251-0553, LANSING IL, auto blocked, Chicago area scammer nest of vipers

Same message, I was getting a return call for information I had requested on a back brace. Told person on line that I had never made such a request and that the call was fraudulent and to stop calling. No reply from person at other end, just a hang up. I too have Uverse and would like to know if they are giving out my number. If they are it is time to change.

Because it's public information. Google your name, and you will see a ton of sites, some of them even have your age. They have your age based on various public records. Anyone and everyone can find out even the most basic information simply by googling, such as your age, city of residence, even who your husband/wife and children might be. And if they want to pay the money they can even get more detailed information, such as phone number and your street address.

Received call from this number at about 3pm in Kansas; "Richmond VA" on caller ID; we have a policy in our house that if we don't know the number, we don't answer. We figure if it's someone important, they'll leave a message. My gracious thanks to Long John Silver for his help on call-blocking!

Same call about this being a return call I had requested for a back brace covered by insurance. Obviously I never did.I pressed 1 and asked not to be called again (and told them they were calling against the law). Lady became abusive and said she would call me every day.

I don't answer numbers I don't recognize. So when this number called it went to voicemail. They started off on some spiel before they disconnected. Tells me that likely they are using robodialer, which of course is illegal without your consent. Not that criminals care about the laws.

I've copied what another reporter here encountered: Robo call saying someone at my residence saw a commercial for a back brace and indicated interest, either by calling about it or pressing a key on the remote. No one here expressed any such interest. This is just BS to give them an excuse to call despite us being on the DNC list. When I pressed "2", which is supposed to stop them from calling, guess what? I got a live person, "Sara", an "insurance specialist". I told her I am on the DNC list, and not to call this number again.

Received call saying I requested a call from a TV commercial for a back brace & insurance would probably cover it....... I did it ask for any info. I told the caller that & got a hang up........

Robo-call telling me they were returning my previous call about a back brace. Never called anyone, knew it was a scam so I hung up.

Caller ID: RICHMOND VAThe scammer did not leave a message on our answering machine.Our numbers are in the Do-Not-Call Registry.