Clearly a robo-dial....beeped in after the 3 second pause.  But I hung up when dude said "Hello?".  Did not immediately call me back.  Do not call list is working wonderfully.  Or not.

I'm getting daily calls from this number.  
When I answer, the caller hangs up.
When I call back, most of the time there is a busy signal, or the call is dropped.
When I call back and there is a response, there is a recording from a woman, saying "The office is closed, please call back between 9AM and 4PM, Pacific time," even if I call during that time.
What phone company provides this number in Northern VA and why can't the FCC order them to cancel service?

>> What phone company provides this number in Northern VA and why can't the FCC order them to cancel service? <<

We can no longer believe the phone number we see on our caller IDs (CID) belongs to the person who called!  The bad guys are now using easily accessed technology to "spoof" the CID numbers, so their real number does not appear.

The problem has gotten so bad, the US government actually passed an Act, called "The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009", making such spoofing illegal.  See http://www.fcc.gov/guides/caller-id-and-spoofing
for more information.

The FCC adopted that Act in June, 2010, stating that violators could be fined up to $10,000 for each violation.

However, the bad guys are ignoring this law ... after all, they are criminals, and that is what criminals do.  Although we now have a "law" against spoofing, it is very difficult to enforce it.

So, if you see a CID number on your phone when you are called by some scammer or telemarketer, it might not belong to the scammer!  It might be the number of some unsuspecting third party ... or, it might be one of those numbers that charge $25 (plus about $9 per minute) if you call it back.


Learn how to handle scam/spam phone calls.
Visit this site to see how other 800notes posters solved their problems.
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/

(That site also has a link to Amazon's phone blocker devices and apps, as well as a page showing various government sites that accept complaints or warn about scams.)

Thanks Slim.  To test whether the FCC is responsive to these robocalls, I've filed a complaint.

Soo, if I continue getting calls from this number, I'll have a chat with the FCC, and if that doesn't work, I'll go through my Congressman.