Apr 27, 2008
THIS CALLER IS VERY SOPHISTICATED! THEY HAVE TRIED EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK TO GET THROUGH!
I got tired of phone spam to my four 800 numbers and land line. So the first thing I did was to start blocking calls without caller ID to my local number. This stopped about 90 percent of the calls.
Then I forwarded this number to my toll-free number where DNIS assures that I can see the callers number in real time on my computer. At this point I am able to block specific numbers from calling me. Which I did...including this one. The next trick that this caller tried, and it took them about 3 days to figure this one out: they substituted my own number! So now...it seems that I am calling myself!
Well, what I was forced to do was block calls FROM MY OWN NUMBER! But that's OK because I don't really need to call my own number anyway.
Well, the latest is this one. It took them about a week to figure it out but they are using this number. They are leaving the very same message which leads you to an 800# for a Bible College in Prescott AZ.
Their message is very clever because the message sounds like there is a bad connection and that they really do give their company name. The reality is that the mesage is completely garbled except for the urgent message and phone number.
I don't know what their deal is!