Harassing Phone Calls?

Not sure where else to put this, but it has to do with having your own authority. When I applied for my authority, I had to put my phone number on the application. What the FMCSA does, it places this on a public website, and I'm sure all your info gets distributed. Those of us who have signed up, know that within minutes there are processing agents ringing your phone off the hook.

For the past year and a half, I have received phone calls that, after the greeting always ask "so are you still working on your own equipment?" They will start to ask about where you buy your tools from, too.

I would say that I've gotten 20 of these calls. They refuse to give the name of their company, and as soon as you catch them as a BS artist, they start using obscenities, or they tell you that "I've never called you before." It's never the same person, but they always use the same exact pitch. Several times, they get right to asking for your credit card information.

So, today, I get another call from these idiots. I say politely, like I do every time "please take me off your list." So today, the guy says, " I ain't taking you off sh**. I'm just trying to piss you off." So I hang up, and he calls right back. He says a few more obscenities, and then I hang up. He calls back again. This time I went to the garage and grabbed my air horn from the boat and let him have a blast. No return call. I hope I blew his ear drum.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has gotten these calls. 9 times out of 10, it has been blocked from my Caller ID. Today, the guy called from a Cincinatti, OH listed number: 513-698-8982.

I'm on the Do Not Call Registry, but their site was down today. I plan on reporting this number as soon as I can file a complaint. I'm sure others of us who have filed for authority have gotten these calls, too. For those that haven't, be careful of this scam.

 

I'm on the Do Not Call Registry, so what they're doing is illegal. I have told them I'm on the registry, and they're like "so what." I try to not lose my mind, but whatever company this is needs to be caught. I just put that number in a Google search, and it comes up with several complaints, and not all of them concern the same thing. It must be some kind of dummy number.

The only time the number has come up is when I first got these calls, and today. Every time since then has always been "unknown." Not sure what I could do to report it.

 

Always get the junk mails from insurance companies, factoring agents, etc... But whoever these guys are, they're just out to get your CC info. If they know you've busted them, they immediately start with the profanities.

I can't imagine what kind of low life scum could get enjoyment out of a life like that.

I've tried calling Cincinatti Bell today, too. They told me there's nothing they can do. I would have to ask my local company to put a block on the number. You would think that the phone company would be willing to do something or at least research it.