Jul 25, 2012
Ok, if they don't stop calling you, CALL YOUR PHONE SERVICE PROVIDER! Keep getting calls from (503)457-1345 on my AT&T cell phone. I HIGHLY doubt the complaints I filed with the FTC, Attorney General's office in Oregon, and the Oregon governor's office would stop these people from calling me, so I called AT&T directly. Was told that, because my phone doesn't have a feature to block numbers, that I'd have to pay an extra $4.99 just to block this number. Asked how this was fair, being that I've already signed up to the official FTC Do Not Call Registry, and these people are BREAKING THE LAW! AT&T came back with a "5 months of this service for free" offer. I asked, "That will just give me a 5-month reprieve, but these people have already been calling me for months. They've been doing this for years and aren't going to stop." I finally told them that, being that I've fulfilled all the legal obligations to NOT be harassed by these people, I would be filing a complaint with my local Attorney General's office because of AT&T's making a profit off of people being harassed by criminals. Spoke to a supervisor who not only blocked the number for me, free of charge, but also REPORTED the number. Pretty sure phone companies reporting these scam artists will have an effect!