Site to hunt for annoying phone #'s?

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:13 pm

Ya know how your sitting there and you get a 888-xxx-xxxx number pop up on your caller ID? Well you answer it and say hello 2 to 3 times and nobody there... does anyone know of a site I can look up to see who in the hell this is or company so I know who I need to hunt down and cut their telephone line.

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:03 pm

http://web.info.com/infocom.us2/search/ ... 8%20Number

Up the top there's a searchbar for the number.

Hope it works for ya.

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:25 pm

that links me to a search site for 888 numbers?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:35 pm

You say hello 2-3 times? If im not impressed or interested in the call after I say hello, I just hang it up. Strangers have about 2 seconds to impress me on the phone.

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:37 pm

Did you enter the offending 888*** *** number in the bar and search it?

Reverse Lookup

I thought that's what you wanted to do Sava. Find out who owns it and cut their line.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 10:37 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:You say hello 2-3 times? If im not impressed or interested in the call after I say hello, I just hang it up. Strangers have about 2 seconds to impress me on the phone.

Either that, or if I don't recognize the number, or it's blocked by Caller ID, I just ignore it.

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:04 pm

I just got call blocking I eneter the 188# and then that number can no longer ring my phone

MissTynker2 · Post by **MissTynker2** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:09 am

This is not quite what you are looking for, but I hope it will help you in some small way. Its the national registration site, that can help BLOCK the unwanted numbers in the first place. It works quite well

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:26 pm

Croc wrote:Did you enter the offending 888*** *** number in the bar and search it?

Reverse Lookup

I thought that's what you wanted to do Sava. Find out who owns it and cut their line.

i'll try it again when they call again

And MissTynker2 I already have my phone #'s registered on the do not call list..this is why i'm trying to figure out who it is calling

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:28 pm

Sava700 wrote:
And MissTynker2 I already have my phone #'s registered on the do not call list..this is why i'm trying to figure out who it is calling

That's what I don't get...for a couple of years...that donotcall list worked great.

But for the past month or two....I'm getting slammed at home with friggin cold calling telemarketers and surveys again.

Weekends. Or after 8pm.

Randy · Post by **Randy** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:38 pm

next time those bastards from MADD call I am going to tell them that I would like to make a large donation and.. ((DING)) (((DONG))) OH thats the doorbell can you just hold a sec * puts phone in closet and puts on a dvd*

Meggie · Post by **Meggie** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:42 pm

http://www.phonebook.com

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:16 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:You say hello 2-3 times? If im not impressed or interested in the call after I say hello, I just hang it up. Strangers have about 2 seconds to impress me on the phone.

that's about what i do, after i say NO, I'M NOT INTERESTED in whatever they are offering i hang up, as they continue to 'sell.' The fact that they dont' understand the word 'no' really annoys me to the point that i will be quite rude.

Far-N-Wide · Post by **Far-N-Wide** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 1:56 am

Tonight I had some call asking me If I would like to complete a phone survey. I told the lady why yes, most certainly. I consult for a living and would be happy to. For a minimum of $125.00 per hour at a three hour minimum. I take Visa, master card and Discover... at this point I got a click from her.

NutNut · Post by **NutNut** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:07 am

Try this

https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:50 pm

Here is the # that calls everyday.. I got pretty loud today when I aswered and yet no one said anything.. 1-888-366-0899

If anyone has any luck finding out who it is please let me know.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:53 pm

http://www.wifi-forum.com/wf/showthread.php?t=72511

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 12:34 am

Jim wrote:http://www.wifi-forum.com/wf/showthread.php?t=72511

I read that but I don't understand why this # is calling me?? I answer with nobody there say hello several times and it just clicks off.

Russell · Post by **Russell** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:28 am

As I understand it, those calls are made by a computer and are made in bulk. When you answer, the computer then begins attempting to switch you to an open line with a telemarketer, hence the clicking. If it terminates, as it usually does, the connection attempt failed.

Jim · Post by **Jim** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:43 am

Sava700 wrote:I read that but I don't understand why this # is calling me?? I answer with nobody there say hello several times and it just clicks off.

I can't say why it's calling you either, but based on that thread, it appears that it's a Verizon Wireless customer support line.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 11:58 am

Sava700 wrote:Ya know how your sitting there and you get a 888-xxx-xxxx number pop up on your caller ID? Well you answer it and say hello 2 to 3 times and nobody there... does anyone know of a site I can look up to see who in the hell this is or company so I know who I need to hunt down and cut their telephone line.

What you are getting a a call from an auto-dialer..... the computer calls you, it connects and then dumps you in a queue to be answered by someone....the delay is because no one is ready to take the call yet...you can actually make a recording of the disconnected tones that you hear and play it back to the dialer when answerd to fool it into thinking your number is bad....(that's how the first telezappers worked)find the main trunk of the number by dialing up and down the number and calling them.........

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:12 am

It called again the same time everyday again today lol I answered and was like "hello, hello, hello, hello, etc.." After it disconnected I called it and yeah it was a Verizon promotional thing.. after on hold for 5mins waiting for a tech to answer I got someone and after the guy asked me how I was doing and what promotional thing I wanted I told him I don't want a damn thing I just want this damn phone # to stop calling me before I reach through the phone and choke someone!

so we shall see if it works