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Re: Harrassing phone calls - what can be done?
Posted by Tim on 2/17/07

    On 7/27/06, Person wrote:
    > Chris, I have been experience the exact same thing for about 2
    > weeks now - from my home phone. I never pick up because I
    > assume it's a solicitor - despite the odd 713 area code. But
    > the two times that I did pick up, there was just silence on
    > the other end.
    >
    > Tonight (after a bad day, I was in a particularly fiesty mood)
    > I pick up when "Operations Division" was calling and say
    > hello, then listen to silence, say hello again and listen.
    > After a moment, a girl (very quiet and timid) responds,
    > "hello...... is russell there?" To which I respond, "do you
    > realize that you call me 5 or 6 times a day and it's
    > completely obnoxious and suspicious?" To which she apologizes
    > and then I grunt something at her and hang up. Now I'm wishing
    > I kept her on the phone a bit longer...
    >
    > any leads?
    >
    > On 7/24/06, ChrisC wrote:
    >> About a week ago, my husband and I started receiving calls
    >> from 713-271-3899 on our cell phone. We originally had the
    >> number that is used for our cell phone as a land line a
    >> year ago and switched over to just a cell phone this
    >> spring since it's more cost efficient and more useful for
    >> us.
    >>
    >> Anyway, the calls started about a week ago. The phone
    >> rang, I picked it up and the caller ID showed Texas and
    >> the number, 713-271-3899. I answered the phone like I
    >> usually do with "hello" but all that was on the other end
    >> was silence.
    >>
    >> I've been getting calls from that same number over a week
    >> now, sometimes three or four of them in a day. They try
    >> and call at all different hours. Sometimes in the morning
    >> as early as 8, sometimes in the evening as late as 10.
    >> They called three times on Sunday afternoon.
    >>
    >> The thing is, they never say anything, they just hang up.
    >> It doesn't matter if I say "hello", my husband says hello,
    >> or we don't say anything at all but just pick it up and
    >> listen.
    >>
    >> Is there any way to stop this kind of call? I've tried
    >> calling the number back and just get a busy signal no
    >> matter when I try to call it.
    >>
    >> You would figure if these were debt collectors (I found
    >> the number listed on a forum on the web as belonging to a
    >> debt collection agency), they would say something in order
    >> to collect a debt. Although I find it interesting that
    >> debt collectors would be harrassing us considering we
    >> don't have any debts whatsoever. We don't even own credit
    >> cards. The only thing we have that we're paying off is our
    >> car loan, and we have been making the payments on time
    >> every month to Wells Fargo with no problems.
    >>
    I have been receiving these same calls lately on my home phone.
    So far, 78 calls in the last three weeks.
    When I tried to call back, it was usually a busy signal, or
    would go to a FAX machine.....except one time...
    A man answered with "G.C. Services." I asked him the nature of
    his business, and he said they collect for Capital One. Not
    having any Capital One credit cards, I told him they were
    calling a wrong number, and asked for the actual street address
    of the company so I could file a complaint with their company
    by mail, along with the main phone number. He said the main
    number was the one I called, 1-877-290-8894, and they were
    located in Canada. Apparently the Texas number is forwarded to
    a call center in Canada.
    So far, that is all the information I have received, but I did
    find a number to call to report annoyance/harrassment calls: 1-
    800-769-4099
    >> Does anyone have any insight or suggestions about what can
    >> be done about this harrassment?

     
     

 
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