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CasterTroy
12-09-2009, 10:48 AM
I get a call from this number on my cell every few days.

HEAVY accent, and LOTS of background noise. Had no idea what was going on, but sounded like she was in a chinese market with a cock fight going on behind her.


Anyone else getting calls from this number?

Reverse lookup isn't bringing anything up :idk:
Rider
12-09-2009, 12:55 PM
Don't share your number with douchebags... meaning, give your number to no one!
karl_1052
12-09-2009, 12:56 PM
Who was wining the cock fight?
t-homo
12-09-2009, 01:06 PM
I looked it up on google. Seems tons of people are reporting the same thing but no one had figured out what/who it is.
Particle Man
12-09-2009, 01:21 PM
Do you have Voice over IP?

Redirect 'em back to themselves. :D
pdog
12-09-2009, 01:31 PM
That guarantees nothing. Number could have been reused, someone else could give your number as a fake number, etc.

Don't share your number with douchebags... meaning, give your number to no one!
tached1000rr
12-09-2009, 01:36 PM
I read something recently where it said, avoid answering a specific number because it would be billed to you as a long distance call but I forget the details and I know it's not the number you listed above at least
CasterTroy
12-09-2009, 01:41 PM
I read something recently where it said, avoid answering a specific number because it would be billed to you as a long distance call but I forget the details and I know it's not the number you listed above at least

Yeah I think that was linked to an area code in Puerto Rico or something

This was an 888 number so I knew that wasn't the deal
azoomm
12-09-2009, 01:42 PM
Wow... I just love random phone calls.

My current favorite is my daughter getting calls from the TX Welfare Office - they are redirecting calls from someone's voicemail. The missed number is the main number, and all the voicemails left are people that are having issues with some insurance co-provider through their office. It would seem someone went on vacation and forwarded their phone to the wrong number.

THEY have no answer - so we have updated her voicemail to sound more like a teenager/customer service black hole. Calls still come in, but it's while she's in school so they go to voicemail. The voicemail is now quite funny, actually...

We'll see how long this continues...
CasterTroy
12-09-2009, 01:45 PM
Wow... I just love random phone calls.



I rarely EVER get a call from anyone other than friend or family...thats why this is so weird to me I guess :idk:

I guess because I put my number on the do not call list years ago...and always gave Karl's mom's number to people I didn't like
karl_1052
12-09-2009, 01:50 PM
I rarely EVER get a call from anyone other than friend or family...thats why this is so weird to me I guess :idk:

I guess because I put my number on the do not call list years ago...and always gave Karl's mom's number to people I didn't like

and she thanks you.

I never answer the phone if it is a number I do not know, and will just delete the voicemail without listening to it.
LeeNetworX
12-09-2009, 01:51 PM
Who was wining the cock fight?

Is cock all you care about?
Rangerscott
12-09-2009, 06:02 PM
Welcome to cellphone marketing calls. Cellphones aren't private any more. I get a few that are linked to Florida and somewhere else.

I read that the "no answer back" calls are computers that are just dailing numbers to see if they are active. If you answer then it knows some one has that number and the non stop calling begins.
Tsunami
12-09-2009, 06:36 PM
I don't know about other carriers, but on verizon you can log in online and add ph # to block.
marko138
12-09-2009, 07:07 PM
I get a lot of calls from 800-955-7070.
was92v
12-09-2009, 07:11 PM
Yeah I think that was linked to an area code in Puerto Rico or something

This was an 888 number so I knew that wasn't the deal

FYI, Out bound CID numbers can be programmed into the switch so that the number displayed on your Caller ID is not necessarily the number that is calling you. In this case I know it is not because Toll Free numbers only work for inbound calling. If you get a call from 800,866, 888 etc, it for sure is not coming from that number.
Adeptus_Minor
12-09-2009, 08:49 PM
I was getting bugged by the US Fidelis auto-dialer for a while last year and lately it's been the 'constituent survey' auto-dialer.
I just ignore it if it's not someone I know.
(or, more often, I just sleep through it since they call in the late morning to early afternoon)
marko138
12-09-2009, 09:22 PM
I was getting bugged by the US Fidelis auto-dialer for a while last year and lately it's been the 'constituent survey' auto-dialer.
I just ignore it if it's not someone I know.
(or, more often, I just sleep through it since they call in the late morning to early afternoon)
I rarely answer if I dont know the number...so I have no idea who's on the other end of the number bugging me.
JoshuaTree
12-10-2009, 07:08 AM
Special Information Tones (for your voicemail) FTW! ;)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_information_tones
CasterTroy
12-10-2009, 08:00 AM
I don't know about other carriers, but on verizon you can log in online and add ph # to block.

Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!

I logged on last night and added that number to a "block list" I never knew I had until you told me ;)
Cruzergirl
12-10-2009, 10:48 AM
Does anyone know James Stuckey? If so, tell him to quit giving debt collectors my phone number!!! :lol:
Tsunami
12-10-2009, 03:58 PM
Thank you SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!

I logged on last night and added that number to a "block list" I never knew I had until you told me ;)

you're welcome! I thought if I had figured it out, everyone would've by now! :lol:

Usually for call centers when they can't get through, they will mark your as a "wrong number" and then take you off their dialer.
neebelung
12-10-2009, 04:35 PM
Is cock all you care about?

:lol