I’m a big fan of the FCC’s Do Not Call Registry. Adding my phone number to the registry has significantly reduced the number of unsolicited calls to my residence. However, I’m still receiving regular calls from Florida – the number that shows up on caller ID is 407-000-4321. The company claims it can help lower my credit card interest rate, if I ACT NOW!
Since I always pay off my credit card balance in full whenever I receive my monthly statement, the company can’t possibly save me any money, but that’s beside the point – my number is on the Do Not Call Registry, so they shouldn’t be calling me.
After receiving about a dozen calls from this number, I finally pressed 9 to speak with a representative. When he asked what he could do to help me, I told him to remove my number from their list. He said he couldn’t. I proceeded to inform him that his “… company was in violation of the FCC’s…” Click! Yep, the bastard hung up on me.
To return the favor, I filed a complaint with the FCC. It’s pretty easy, and you can do it all online by clicking File a Complaint and following the onscreen instructions. If you’ve been receiving unsolicited phone calls from 407-000-4321 even though your phone number is on the FCC’s Do Not Call Registry, I encourage you to head to the FCC website and file a formal complaint. If enough of us complain, maybe the phone calls will stop.
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Yes, we also get daily calls from a number formatted like 407-000-xxxx .
I suspect that they are somehow spoofing the caller ID, because of course no one can dial a number that starts with three zeros. So until some gov agency decides to dedicate some resources to tracking down these rascals… I doubt that filing complaints with the Do Not Call Registry will help (although I *did* file).