2533829031

Another number added to my iBlacklist app, if you have a jailbroken phone get it and never be bothered by people like this again.

I frequently get calls from this number,  how can I stop these calls?   I never answer the phone call.

The national pandemic of telephone terrorism perpetrated by desperate criminal collection agencies is because they are trying to terrorize people who are naive enough to answer and submit to unsolicited telephone calls or written "collection" letters that have no legitimate legal debt associated with them or any of the companies, universities, or whomever else they claim to represent. Because most "little guys" were bankrupted by the criminal Wall St / Congress / Big Oil / Big Bankers / Big Business / Military / Robber Barons, so the desperate collection agencies are attempting to collect unpaid debts from innocent people by terrorizing them into submission.

Word of advice. NEVER answer any calls you don't recognize or are not expecting. Use selective call rejection service if available, or switch to an Internet-based telephone service which provides comprehensive call rejection options. If rogue calls become chronic, turn off all the ringers on all of your phones except one, and set its volume to the minimum setting. If you don't answer the call and the caller is legitimate, they will usually leave a voicemail after the first or second try. Rogue callers almost never leave voicemail messages because that could be used as evidence against them if it came to a lawsuit. If you receive a rogue letter in the mail warning you of some "collection" action against you, if you don't actually owe it, reply with a short letter stating that you don't owe it. Or if you do owe all or part of it, reply with something like "You claim I owe you a debt. Under §809 FDCPA, I request validation of this debt."

Only give them your name as THEY have written it to you (e.g. “John Doe” not “Jonathon Q. Doe” or however you normally sign your own name), address, and the account number they report. But if you do not owe the debt (zombie debt, aged debt, mistaken or stolen identity, forgery, etc.) state that you have never done any business with them or with the (alleged) original creditor of any kind and you expect the collection agency to close the matter, stop harassing you and take any bad credit marks they've caused off of your credit rating, and furthermore, that any further contact from them must be in writing on their official business correspondence letterhead. Send your letter to them a.s.a.p., always within thirty days, first class certified mail return receipt requested. If they refuse it and you get the letter back unopened, leave it unopened and save it in your files as evidence against them should they pursue legal action against you. If they did receive it and continue to pursue action against you, let them. The judge will throw it out of court. If the rogue collection agency sells your account to another rogue collection agency just tell them the claim has been proven invalid and offer to send them a copy of your letter to the previous rogue collection agency.

Warn all your friends about this rash of desperate collection agency terrorism, and how to combat it. Knowledge is power. The more you learn how to combat rogue collection agencies, back-taxes scammers, phishing scammers, "faith and family" scammers, political action committees and other low-life flimflammers, the more you will learn how easy it is to do.

Above all, keep a record of everything, of every rogue call w/ caller ID information displayed including time and date of each call. Maintain a complete file on any snail-mailed intimidation from rogue collection agencies, including copies of all correspondences and postal receipts. Reporting rogue calls on sites like 800notes.com, whocallsme.com, phoneowner.info is a great idea too, because many people find these sites by googling for the rogue number(s) after receiving calls from them.

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Start Here:
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs3-hrs2.htm
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=%C2%A7809+FDCPA
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=zombie-debt
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=slander-of-credit
http://www.google.com/search?num=50&q=limited ... llection-agency
http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htm
http://www.ehow.com/way_5849463_do-up-certified-dispute-letter.html
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Battling-Consumer-Debt-Collectors-Part-2-I-Do-Not-Owe-This-Debt
http://www.hubpages.com/hub/Sample-letters-for-disputes-to-creditors--collectors-and-credit-bureaus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDCPA
http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/Disputing ... ute-letter.html
(most say the above sample letter is too long and should be much shorter)
http://www.fair-debt-collection.com/statue-limitations.html
http://www.spooftel.com/

Credit Report:
https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

USPS:
https://www.usps.com/send/insurance-and-extra-services.htm

Other links:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/29 ... tors/index.html
http://hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Defeat-a-Collection-Agency
http://clarkhoward.com/shownotes/category/12/103/358/
http://clarkhoward.com/topics/drop_dead_letter.html
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Information for filing complaints against rogue telephone calls, telephone harassment, false "bill collector" harassment, etc., in the United States and Canada (pursue legal action only as a last resort):

UNITED STATES

US National Do Not Call Registry, file complaint: https://www.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx

Federal Trade Commission
http://www.ftc.gov 1-877-382-4357
File complaint online: https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/FTC_Wizard.aspx?Lang=en
that is at www.ftc.gov

Federal Communications Commission
Telephone toll free:  1-888-225-5322
http://www.fcc.gov/contacts.html
File complaint online: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumers.html
http://esupport.fcc.gov/complaints.htm

FCC Abandoned Calls Complaint form:
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/1088D-R.pdf
email:  fccinfo@fcc.gov

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/us/


INTERNET CRIME:
File report for Internet Crime at:
Internet Crime Complaint Centre
http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx


CANADA

RCMP Phone busters
Telephone toll free: 1-888-495-8501
Mon-Fri 8:30-5:20 pm (Eastern Time)
E-mail: info@phonebusters.com
RCMP Website is at: http://www.phonebusters.com  
File complaint online:  https://www.recol.ca/intro.aspx?lang=en
(Register with a password and then can continually file complaints)

Canada National Do Not Call Registry:
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Telephone toll free to File A Complaint: 1-866-580-3625
(to withdraw a complaint is 877-249-2782)
CRTC online complaints form: https://www.lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/pfplin-fccoin-eng
that is at  www.crtc.gc.ca

Better Business Bureau, Check out a Business, find owner, contact info; file a Complaint:
http://www.bbb.org/canada/

Recording for health insurance

Yours is the first comment that makes sense to me.  Most people act almost apologetically to the [***].  I like to lead them on and after finding out who they're working for, let them know that I don't do biz with slick talkin' a**holes.  Then, if they're still listening, I tell them things they didn't know about their mother.  

Your idea is good, but too risky if anyone gets caught.  It's like doing time for stepping on lice.

Caller ID="Service Dept" 253-382-9031 03/29/2012 14:56
Call type="Scammers"
Data Mining operation, collecting any personal information they can coerce and cajole from you, pressing 1 or any number confirms that you are not an answering machine and PUTS YOU ON the suckers list. Criminal activity suspected. They'll use previously collected information to get more. Sometimes they claim to be health or dental insurance, other times they want to lower automotive repair bills or diminish your interest rates or save you from foreclosure. Once they have enough information, they will just hang up if they know you're home. Cold call canvas violates DNC (National Do Not Call Registry). I have demanded several times to be removed from her list. Willfully and wantonly a violation of National Do Not Call Registry.

If you are registered, file a complaint now! https://complaints.donotcall.gov/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx
253-382-9031 * Unlisted or Unregistered number*
Location Tacoma, WA
Phone type Landline
Provider QWEST CORPORATION

Calls, no one there, leaves no message.  

Small revenge: say nothing, keep them on the line with dead air as long as possible.  Time = $$$ for a telemarketer, so waste their time, and they have fewer chances to make money.

ID said "Service Center" but I did answer... wondering if it was legit.

They called a few minutes ago. Our CID said "Service Dept." We didn't answer and they left no message. Your posts have been very helpful because we're reassured that we didn't miss anything important. We're on the DNC list, but I guess rules are made to be broken. Arrrrggghh.

No one can sell  medical insurance across state lines and this would be a federal violation.Where in the hell is flunky Eric Holder when he should be doing his job.

Just received a call and I decided to answer.  MAC Affordable Health Care.  Gerold answered and I asked "What kind of health care do you provide".  He responded quite nippy " I don't talk to smart alicks" and hung up.  I tried to call back and got an answering machine.  I was going to report his attitude to his manager. No wonder so many call centers are located out of the USA.   It is sad that people choose this kind of work or  are desperate for work have such negative attitudes. We need descent jobs in the USA.

tried selling alarm system. told them my system is 2 9mm and a 260 they didnt like that and hung up LOL
Hey this is Texas!!!

go to www.phonetray.com

Caller I'd shows "Service Dept." Recorded message attemting to sell health insurance.

called and hung up.  Am going to block.

Got a call this morning from this number and it came up Service Department on my caller ID. It was a recording trying to sell me dental insurance.

I have been receiving calls from this number on several occasions.  I just hang up.  Not interesting in anything they have to say.  Stop calling.

Left no reason for them calling me. Number showed up on caller ID as 253-382-9031, April 27,2012 AT 2;25 pm

Wish there was some way to track down the source of these calls.   Robo-dialers use this number for various BS schemes.  Current shows "Service Dept", and is for home security.  I hit "1" for response and connected immediately to someone "in California" who claimed to work for General Electric Home Security, a total fabrication.  They're paying for leads...we need to get to the company that they hire to do the robo-calling and referral, and FLOOD them with phone calls, protests, threats of lawsuits, etc.

If you call the number back, you get an "opt out" option, and we've probably done it 50 times.  NEVER takes us off the list, and the recording is recognizeable across many phony numbers.  Let's burn 'em down.

please have them stop calling. have an elderly father that has a medical condition. will start legal action.