616-980-2176

Just got a call from this number.  Said "Hello?" twice and nobody responded.  Then "it" hung up.  The Caller ID says "Syn".  Another website reports this as a Grand Rapids, MI number.  I suspect that they are the same folks as another set who are trying to scam a lot of people, calling from the following numbers; sometimes they are called "ValuePlus":

866-916-8814
800-475-1942
888-642-0241
800-264-1541
866-280-4252
888-243-6180
616-980-2178
866-253-0258
517-933-2009
201-257-4420
231-224-2072

Just got a call from this number.  Said "Hello?" twice and nobody responded.  Then "it" hung up.  The Caller ID says "Syn".   These are the same scam artists that keep calling me, at least once a week, last time they pretended to be representing VISA and wanted to "thank" me for being a loyal customer, get something free, just pay the shipping.   CROOKS.  Have asked them 4 times to put me on their Do Not CAll List, but since they are crooks, they don't.
Beware.

Going on what I've experienced during these numerous, related calls from different numbers showing on the caller ID, it is possible that these guys have FINALLY been nabbed.  I sure hope so:

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/05/ftc_telemarketers2.html

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/05/telephoney.shtm

"FTC Wraps Up Largest Fraud Crackdown in its History"

I receive call from this number at all hours and when I answer I get no reply. But what I do get ia another call  as soon as I hang up the phone.

I receive calls from this number at all hours and when I answer I get no reply. But,what I do get is another call immedately, as soon as, I hang up.

Just got another call from this crooks, AGAIN.  They called several times already today but I didn't pick up.  The Caller ID says "Syn".   These are the same scam artists that keep calling me, at least once a week, last time they pretended to be representing VISA and wanted to "thank" me for being a loyal customer, get something free, just pay the shipping.   CROOKS.  Have asked them 5 times to put me on their Do Not CAll List, but since they are crooks, they don't pay any attention to that law.
Beware.

Got TWO calls today. They congratulated me on being a good VISA card holder and had a great gift for me upon payment of $1.00. Oh ya! I'm going to give them my card number etc so that they can scam me!

Just got a call from this number which is unknown to me. It rang only once and then went to "missed call".

I got a call for this number today, SYN 231-732-2511 I called back, and they say they are a marketing company and to leave a message, so I left a message, telling them my number and NOT to call anymore. I get an average of one call per day.I also told them there are complaints about them on the internet.

I also got a call with this number 616-980-2176

They also use the number 231-732-2509 and 231-732-2511.  They call all the time, but refuse to talk to the answering machine.  I had 5 hangups from them

225 NORTH MICHIGAN AVEN MN 800-475-1942 WC *VALUE PLUS-V

4929 W Royal Ln #100 TX 866-915-1190 LBS*HEALTH OPTIONS

This same exact thing just happened to me too. Last Thursday I received a call from a telemarketer thanking me for my business with a company. I couldn't understand the company name since the guy barley spoke English. He told me I would receive a $60.00 Gas card for being a good customer. As he continued to talk an operator came on the phone with us asking him to punch in his security code...he told me to hang on as he punched in some code. I could hear him punching away on the phone with me. Then two seconds later the same operator came on asking him to punch in the last 4 digits of the credit card, at this point I hung-up. The same guy called me right back and I told him I wasn't interested. Since that time I have received non-stop calls from this 616 number. I attempted to contact them on Sunday and went directly to a voicemail saying "You've reached the Marketing Department, all of our agents are currently with customers, please leave your name, phone number and address and a representative will contact you back shortly." Today I have received three calls from them with nobody on the other end. I goggled the number and found all the comments about people who are in the same boat as me. Has anybody reported this to the FBI, or Fraud?

Please let me know if anybody has done there homework on the company and gotten anywhere. I'm going to try and get to the bottom of this. How scary!!!! The second they called they new my new married name and my new address.

everyday what gives?

I have continued to receive calls from this number and the circumstances are the same as those I am reading about. If anyone knows who this number belongs to, please let me know as I am going to file a report with the FCC. We are also going to continue to call this number at all hours of the day and night just to prove a point.

I got this call from a Indian lady, acting like my credit card company, and telling me that due to my activity on a credit card (which she had the last 4 digits of) I would be receiving a $60 gas card in the mail. Of course this company is in no way related to my credit card company although they try to give that impression. I informed her that I already knew about this scam and I had already reported them to the FCC for calling my home, misrepresenting themselves, and trying to pull a scam a ridiculous number of times at all hours when I am on the do not call list. Oh, I forgot to mention that this is linked to another number pulling the same crap which is: (866-439-3581)  Go and read up on this one too. Same crap. Beware of these people, they seem to be very dangerous and are running several scams not only trying to gain your approval for false charges, but also fishing for as much identity info they can get out of you.

Received two calls on Sunday, January 4th, 2009 from the 616-980-2176 number. The first call resulted in an immediatee hang up when I answered the phone. The second call was late at night and the caller asked for a deceased member of the family by name. When I asked who was calling, the caller hung up. My phone number is unlisted and is on the "No Call" list. This kind of calling needs to stop.

I get at least 2 phone calls from this number every day.  When I answer, there is the sound of a hangup.

We get the same calls. On another website, someone thought it might be related to buying a "Snuggie".  Has anyone else getting these calls bought one?

keeps calling

This is the about the third time that someone has called me from this number and will not leave a message, whenever I call back it goes to an voice mail or anwering machine.