Phone Terrorism

[gunsisgood]

Alright this is getting old.
Every morning at 820 the phone rings (land line) this has been going on for several months, the number on the caller ID is 208-5050 if answered I get a hang up, when I call it back I get a disconnected recording. Anybody else ever had this problem or does anyone else have any ideas on how to deal with it ?

Thanks !

 

[printcraft]

Search comes up as a Rockville phone number.

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[92ThoStro]

Unplug the phone.and.see if it still happens

 

[gunsisgood]

Search comes up as a Rockville phone number.

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The 765 area code is not on the caller id, only 208-5050.

 

[gunsisgood]

Unplug the phone.and.see if it still happens

I have and it does not.

 

[Doug]

Contact your phone company and tell them you are getting nuisance calls.
Sheesh, how tough is that?

 

[littletommy]

This is why we ditched the land line a year or so ago. I kept track of incoming calls the last 30 days we had it, nuisance call out numbered legit calls 10 to 1.

 

[spec4]

My land line phone allows me to block calls. Whenever I get a nuisance call, I block the number.

 

[metaldog]

I haven't had a landline in years, but if memory serves me well... I believe *69 (after they call), will automatic call back. And *67 (after they call) will automatic block. With auto block, they will not be allowed to connect the call to you.

 

[Jomibe]

My land line phone allows me to block calls. Whenever I get a nuisance call, I block the number.

Same here. Panasonic =

 

[pute62]

Same thing has happened to me a few times on my cell phone. One number I called back was from a NJ 911 call center.

 

[comanche]

actually *69 is call back but *67 is ONLY a call ID block. So when you call your number is blocked. It does not stop them from repeat calling.

 

[Redtbird]

Ran all Area Codes for Indiana:
317--AT&T Land Line, Indianapolis
812--AT&T Land Line, Jeffersonville
765--AT&T Land Line, Rockville
574--AT&T Land Line, South Bend
219 and 260--No listing found

On the 317, 812, 765, and 574, to obtain anymore info requires money.

Sorry...

 

[gunsisgood]

On the 317, 812, 765, and 574, to obtain anymore info requires money.Sorry...

Thanks, sometimes I think maybe its these businesses that do this to get our money.

 

[Cameramonkey]

I could also be a random number being spoofed by a VoIP system. There are ways to make the caller ID show a different number than you are calling from.

What's your phone company say when you call them to complain?

 

[Doug]

Contact your Congressman and ask for a National Security Agency report on who is at that number and why they are calling you.

 

[femurphy77]

Contact your Congressman and ask for a National Security Agency report on who is at that number and why they are calling you.

Is there some reason you felt it necessary to put this in purple?

 

[metaldog]

actually *69 is call back but *67 is ONLY a call ID block. So when you call your number is blocked. It does not stop them from repeat calling.

Thanks for the correction. Been too long for me. I vaguely remember being able to use a *6x number to block the caller though. *68 maybe?

 

[dans4420]

:One time my number got put on a fax list accidentally and we received a call every day at 6pm i cant remember but the phone company figured it out.

 

[churchmouse]

We were getting scammer calls on the land and cell lines from a credit card company. Always a weird area code. We unplugged the land line and watch the caller ID on the TV screen. If we recognize it we either get to the phone or just call back. If some one knows us they call on the cells but our land line number has been the same for 31 years. Kind of attached......