Anyone Else Getting Spam Calls for Car Warranties from "WarrantyService Center"

This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.

I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

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SMS wrote:
> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>
> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
> others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

I was getting those calls maybe a month ago. Probably they are working
their way through your exchange area now. The first time it looked like
a familiar number on the CID so I answered it and a recording informed
me that my auto warranty was about to expire and to press one number to
get further information so I did to get their company information to
file a do not call complaint. I was immediately connected to someone and
they asked what kind of cars I had. I asked that since they called me to
tell my my warranty was about to expire they already knew that. I then
asked what their company name was and they told me warranty service
center, I asked where they were calling from and they told me "the
corporate office". I asked where it was located and they said they
didn't know. I asked how did they get there each day if they didn't know
where the "corporate office" was located and they hung up. I got at
least 10 more calls but never answered but each time the end of their
message was in the voice mail it left.

"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or to
> be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>
> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
> others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_ can do
other then change your number.

according to their local BBB there are over 500 unresolved complaints.
the government is also suing trying to stop them.

to me they are just a MAJOR SCAM company.


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"SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]
This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.

I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

At 12 Dec 2008 14:10:49 -0800 SMS wrote:
> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address
>or to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.

Yeah, I pretended I was interested and when I pressed them for their
company name (so I could file a complaint later) or even what insurance
company underwrote the policy they ewere selling they'd hang up! It's
bviously fraudulent. Perhaps if you agree to buy, they'll only accept
Western Union payment to their corporate headquarters in Lagos,
Nigeria... ;-)

> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
> others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.

I was getting these on my cellphone, but I eventually discovered they were
actually calling my Voicestick VoIP line which was forwarded to my cell. I
added the VoIP line to the DNC registry and they stopped eventually.

Kevin Weaver wrote:
>
> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
>> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>
>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently
>> many others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>
> The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_
> can do other then change your number.

Maybe we should write or call our "congress-critters" and demand a "Do
Not Call" law with TEETH!

One useful tactic is to quietly put the phone down somewhere and let
them make their pitch to thin air!

SMS <[email protected]> wrote in news:6jB0l.9788$yr3.8654
@nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com:

> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>
> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
> others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>

Can you list the numbers for us? That would also let the spambots have at
them. Is there a webpage server we can crash?...(c;]

"Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote in news:NI-
[email protected]:

> One useful tactic is to quietly put the phone down somewhere and let
> them make their pitch to thin air!
>
>

Nothing is more fun than to hand the phone to a 5-year-old little
girl.....

Women in the boiler rooms seem incapable of dumping the call...(c;]

It's a mother thing....

I like to see how long I can keep them on the phone, if they call me.
There must be some "nasty bastard database" common to all of them that
I've been put on as a smartass. I don't get to play the game any
more....(snif).

It's almost worth getting a Skype In phone number and using that phone
number for all your calls, autoforwarded to your sellphone. ANY Skype
call or forwarded call caller ids as 0123456 so you can easily see it's
from Skype. Black hole all calls not from Skype as those calls aren't
for you. Some systems forward Skype calls as "unknown" which reduces
your filtering a bit.

Skype phone numbers are all in number blocks used by data services, like
AOHell, NetZero, etc., and are immune from unsolicited calls because the
spammers don't want to call 9,999 phone numbers that result in so many
modems answering. I've never gotten an unsolicited phone call to Skype
In.....$28/year/number up to 10 numbers in many countries.

Maybe it's a creditor who has your cell phone number. I never ever get
these calls.

"Larry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> SMS <[email protected]> wrote in news:6jB0l.9788$yr3.8654
> @nlpi068.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
>> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>
>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
>> others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>>
>
> Can you list the numbers for us? That would also let the spambots have at
> them. Is there a webpage server we can crash?...(c;]
>

Kevin Weaver wrote:
>
> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
>> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>
>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently
>> many others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>
> The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_
> can do other then change your number.

Actually it has worked pretty well. All of our numbers are on the DNC
list. Before the DNC legislation we were constantly hammered with calls
and when it went into effect they quickly dropped to almost nothing.
Then the only calls were from companies we had a business relationship
with but the DNC act requires they must comply to make only
non-marketing calls if you ask them. After that calls went to nill. It
was only last month when we got a string of calls about auto warranties
from some pirate in Illinois (one of the beehives of crooked arrogant
people) who decided he was going to make a fast buck and the law didn't
apply to him.

George wrote:

> Actually it has worked pretty well. All of our numbers are on the DNC
> list. Before the DNC legislation we were constantly hammered with calls
> and when it went into effect they quickly dropped to almost nothing.
> Then the only calls were from companies we had a business relationship
> with but the DNC act requires they must comply to make only
> non-marketing calls if you ask them. After that calls went to nill. It
> was only last month when we got a string of calls about auto warranties
> from some pirate in Illinois (one of the beehives of crooked arrogant
> people) who decided he was going to make a fast buck and the law didn't
> apply to him.

It works well until you have the outlaw companies. Then it takes
enforcement. If the FCC gets enough complaints about a specific company
then it will refer the matter to law enforcement. What SBC told Kevin
was a half-truth. There's nothing you or I can do, unless we have the
businesses details and want to sue them, but there is something that is
done if enough people complain.

"George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]
> Kevin Weaver wrote:
>>
>> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
>>> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>>
>>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently many
>>> others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>>
>> The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_ can
>> do other then change your number.
>
> Actually it has worked pretty well. All of our numbers are on the DNC
> list. Before the DNC legislation we were constantly hammered with calls
> and when it went into effect they quickly dropped to almost nothing. Then
> the only calls were from companies we had a business relationship with but
> the DNC act requires they must comply to make only non-marketing calls if
> you ask them. After that calls went to nill. It was only last month when
> we got a string of calls about auto warranties from some pirate in
> Illinois (one of the beehives of crooked arrogant people) who decided he
> was going to make a fast buck and the law didn't apply to him.

It works only if they (The caller) abides by the law. If they still call and
your number is on the list your going to have to report it. In my case (SBC)
Can't do anything about it other then change the number.

Kevin Weaver wrote:
>
> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> Kevin Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>>>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address
>>>> or to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>>>
>>>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently
>>>> many others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>>>
>>> The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_
>>> can do other then change your number.
>>
>> Actually it has worked pretty well. All of our numbers are on the DNC
>> list. Before the DNC legislation we were constantly hammered with
>> calls and when it went into effect they quickly dropped to almost
>> nothing. Then the only calls were from companies we had a business
>> relationship with but the DNC act requires they must comply to make
>> only non-marketing calls if you ask them. After that calls went to
>> nill. It was only last month when we got a string of calls about auto
>> warranties from some pirate in Illinois (one of the beehives of
>> crooked arrogant people) who decided he was going to make a fast buck
>> and the law didn't apply to him.
>
> It works only if they (The caller) abides by the law. If they still call
> and your number is on the list your going to have to report it. In my
> case (SBC) Can't do anything about it other then change the number.
>
>

You don't report it to SBC, you report it to the Federal Government.

DNC has worked very well for me. I still get calls from people making
surveys but I think that even the survey people are getting the idea
that my number is not survey friendly! I get very few calls on my
listed number and none on my unlisted number!

Kevin Weaver wrote:
>
> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]
>> Kevin Weaver wrote:
>>>
>>> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]
>>>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>>>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address
>>>> or to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>>>
>>>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently
>>>> many others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>>>
>>> The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_
>>> can do other then change your number.
>>
>> Actually it has worked pretty well. All of our numbers are on the DNC
>> list. Before the DNC legislation we were constantly hammered with
>> calls and when it went into effect they quickly dropped to almost
>> nothing. Then the only calls were from companies we had a business
>> relationship with but the DNC act requires they must comply to make
>> only non-marketing calls if you ask them. After that calls went to
>> nill. It was only last month when we got a string of calls about auto
>> warranties from some pirate in Illinois (one of the beehives of
>> crooked arrogant people) who decided he was going to make a fast buck
>> and the law didn't apply to him.
>
> It works only if they (The caller) abides by the law. If they still call
> and your number is on the list your going to have to report it. In my
> case (SBC) Can't do anything about it other then change the number.
>
>
But SBC has nothing to do with it. The DNC has a database that gets
populated when people file complaints. When some POS decides laws are
for someone else the complaints will trigger an investigation.

"Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news[email protected]
> Kevin Weaver wrote:
>>
>> "George" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]
>>> Kevin Weaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]
>>>>> This company calls repeatedly, almost daily, from a variety of phone
>>>>> numbers, some blocked, some visible. When you ask for their address or
>>>>> to be taken off the list, they hang up on you.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've filed a complaint with the do not call registry, as apparently
>>>>> many others, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
>>>>
>>>> The do not call thing is bogus. SBC Told me there is nothing _Anyone_
>>>> can do other then change your number.
>>>
>>> Actually it has worked pretty well. All of our numbers are on the DNC
>>> list. Before the DNC legislation we were constantly hammered with calls
>>> and when it went into effect they quickly dropped to almost nothing.
>>> Then the only calls were from companies we had a business relationship
>>> with but the DNC act requires they must comply to make only
>>> non-marketing calls if you ask them. After that calls went to nill. It
>>> was only last month when we got a string of calls about auto warranties
>>> from some pirate in Illinois (one of the beehives of crooked arrogant
>>> people) who decided he was going to make a fast buck and the law didn't
>>> apply to him.
>>
>> It works only if they (The caller) abides by the law. If they still call
>> and your number is on the list your going to have to report it. In my
>> case (SBC) Can't do anything about it other then change the number.
>>
>>
>
> You don't report it to SBC, you report it to the Federal Government.

Which I did. No help. Thats when SBC Told me there is no inforcement.

>
> DNC has worked very well for me. I still get calls from people making
> surveys but I think that even the survey people are getting the idea that
> my number is not survey friendly! I get very few calls on my listed
> number and none on my unlisted number!
>