Anyone else getting this call? - Page 2

jasmom · 07-09-2008, 08:49 PM

Stopped shortly after I listed my # with Do not call list.

mommusic · 07-09-2008, 08:58 PM

Sounds like the people we get notices in the mail from...they want to sell me a warranty on my car when the original one runs out or something. Right.

BunsenBurner · 07-09-2008, 09:09 PM

As far as I know, it used to be illegal for auto-dialing telemarketers to call your cell phone numbers if you were paying to recieve calls. May be the times have changed. Filing a complaint with the FCC stopped weekly unsolicited AT&T calls to my H's T-Mobile number (complaining to AT&T directly did not help). Here is the link for your information:

FCC Consumer Complaints

Or this form can be filled out and mailed.

Quote:

Several FCC rules protect consumers who use wireless communications devices such as cell phones and
pagers from calls or messages that may be costly, tie up the line, or deliver unwanted advertising.
• The FCC prohibits the use of automatic telephone dialing systems or prerecorded messages to call such wireless communications devices unless the call is made for emergency purposes or with the called party’s prior express permission.
You may not know whether or not a call you received used an automatic dialing system. Calls to multiple telephone lines in quick succession often involve an automatic dialing system. Automatic dialing systems are used by many entities that regularly make calls to large numbers of telephone lines including
telemarketers who rely heavily on such systems to conduct their business.
• The FCC prohibits sending unsolicited commercial e-mail messages to such wireless communications devices.
The FCC’s ban on sending “spam” to wireless devices applies to all commercial messages – messages for which the primary purpose is to advertise or promote a commercial product or service – unless you have provided prior express authorization for the message to be sent. The FCC’s ban does not cover “transactional or relationship” messages, which are notices to facilitate a transaction you have already agreed to. Such messages would include, e.g., statements about an existing account or warranty information about a product you’ve purchased. Finally, the ban also does not cover non-commercial messages such as political and religious messages.
The FCC’s ban covers messages to wireless devices, if the message uses an Internet address that includes an Internet domain name (usually the part of the address after the individual or electronic mailbox name and the “@” symbol). The ban does not apply to “short messages,” typically sent from one cell phone to another, which do not use an Internet address. Also, the FCC’s ban does not cover e-mail messages that you have forwarded from your computer to your wireless evice.
• The FCC enforces National-Do-Not-Call rules for advertising calls made to personal (not business) wireless communications devices.
The FCC enforces National Do-Not-Call rules for advertising calls made to your personal (not business) cell phone. If you have registered your personal cell phone number on the National Do-Not-Call Registry, telemarketers are prohibited from making advertising calls to you UNLESS you (1) have agreed in writing to accept telemarketing calls from the business, (2) have established a business relationship with the business by a purchase or having some other transaction within the past 18months or by making an inquiry or application within the past 3 months, or (3) have a personal relationship (friend, family, acquaintance) with the individual who calls you. In these situations, however, you may rescind the permission to call, end your business relationship, or prevent future calls based on a personal relationship by making a company-specific do-not call request. Advertisers have no more than 30 days to honor National Do-Not-Call registrations and company specific do-not-call requests. Such requests must be honored for a period of 5 years.
Determining whether an automatic dialing system has been used to make a particular call or identifying and locating a sender of spam can be difficult. The more details you are able to provide, the greater the
likelihood that the FCC will be able to determine whether a violation has occurred that could lead to an enforcement action.

Shrinkrap · 07-09-2008, 09:12 PM

I get the mail one....a lot....at least I think so; I've never actually opened it.

NYmama · 07-09-2008, 09:51 PM

I have been getting them on my Sprint cell for the past month. Each time a different number appears on the caller id. I googled the numbers and apparantely lots of people are being harrassed on their cell phones by these people. I listed my cell number with the do not call registry and also contacted Sprint. They suggested registering with "do not call" and also said they have taken action on their side. What they did, I don't know, but I haven't gotten the calls in a week. Do Not Call usually takes 30 days, but I read on a forum that some people are still getting these calls even though they registered.

churchmusicmom · 07-09-2008, 09:56 PM

Yeah I finally listened to the entire call today and got to the point where they say to press 2 in order to "close your file". As I said before I also registered my cell number with the do not call list. Hopefully, those two things will do the trick...

PackMom · 07-09-2008, 10:01 PM

We don't get the calls but get a lot of mail about H's truck warranty running out.

gladmom · 07-09-2008, 11:28 PM

churchmusicmom: Don't count on having the calls stop. I've been getting the "car warranty" calls daily for ages on my land line, sometimes twice a day on weekdays. Nothing works to stop them. Finally I just changed my answering machine to answer after 2 rings, and I don't pick up the phone anymore. If someone wants to talk, they can leave a message or call my cell phone. Just about everyone I talk to calls me on my cell anyway.

My blood pressure has dropped considerably since I stopped answering the land line. Added benefits are that I don't get calls from the credit card companies or from the charitable organizations that I have to kindly say "no" to. I do my charitable giving once yearly in response to mail solicitations, not phone calls.

Thanks, bunsenburner, for the FCC Consumer Complaints link. I will check that out, too.

great lakes mom · 07-10-2008, 12:37 AM

Wow, thought it was just me, as a car warranty did expire in the last few months. Yes, the call comes multiple times per week. And, lucky me, I get the 'different rate on your credit card' call as well. Need to re subscribe to the do not call list.

TimeCruncher · 07-12-2008, 01:05 PM

Ahh… The Good Old Days… when I had my first phone (with a published number), which I never hesitated to answer because the calls I received were almost always legitimate. Today, most of the calls I receive are illegitimate; they are calls from telemarketers. For years, I have had to barricade my phone (with its bell turned off) behind an unpublished number, Caller ID, and an answering machine with a self-recorded announcement as warm and fuzzy as razor wire.

I've been getting these "car warranty" calls about once or twice a week for the past year or so. (My first and only car--bought used twenty-one years ago--is twenty-nine years old!) My Caller ID always displays the call source as either "Out of Area" or as "Private Call." However, after reading this thread, I did some Internet digging, and I learned that many of these "car warranty" calls originate from the following call sources: 281-520-3761, 508-534-1291, 562-289-8136 (the most frequently reported call source), 614-453-6303, 631-840-1026, and 702-520-1251. The Long Beach, California-based landline telephone service provider for 562-289-8136 is Digitcom Services, Inc., 12923 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90066-3509, Phone (310) 358-7000 and (800) 464-5446, and Fax (310) 437-4105.

The following Internet websites provide useful information about telemarketer (whether live message, automated message, or hang-up) calls:

<callercomplaints.com>
<callerwhois.com>
<everycall.us>
<number-lookup.com>
<phoneowner.info>
<phonespamfilter.com>
<whocalled.us>
<whocallsme.com>
<whocallsyou.com>
<whyrucalling.com>
<800.notes.com>

I use these websites regularly. They operate similarly: Simply type in the offending phone number, hit "Search" or "Enter," and then read the reports of those who have received unwanted calls from the same problem number. You can add to reports about existing problem numbers, and you can also be the first to report new problem numbers.

I've been at war with telemarketers for years; I think they should all be boiled in oil.

tango14 · 07-12-2008, 01:20 PM

I have never gotten the warranty call on my cell, but I get them all the time on my land line as well as by mail. It's a scam.

anxiousmom · 07-12-2008, 04:35 PM

"Hello. We've been trying to reach you about an urgent ... Yep, I can hear that woman's anguished voice right now. I got the "car warranty" phone call about once a week for several months. I hates it!