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I keep getting calls from (407) 000-0000 on my cell phone.  I have never answered and I never will, but it is beginning to annoy me.

First off, I don’t answer my cell phone if I don’t know the number calling.  I quit answering when I didn’t know the number years ago because when I first got my number I kept getting calls from people trying to reach the previous number or sell me stuff.  I figure if the caller really wants to talk to me they will leave a message.

I’m never going to know who the 000-0000 number is because I will never answer the phone and they will never leave a message.

It’s probably a telemarketer or someone vishing.  Vishing is phone based phising where someone calls you or you get a recorded message that tries to get you to give up personal information.

I’m not interested in buying anything from a telemarketer nor do I plan to give personal information out over the phone to someone I don’t know.  If the 000-0000 caller is in either group than they are wasting their time on me.

Another possibility is that the person is using the internet to call me.  I don’t think this is likely, though, because if it was someone I knew they would leave a message.

Anyway, if you ever get a call from any area code 000-0000 then don’t answer.  It’s 90% likely that the caller wants to sell you something or steal your identity.

This entry was posted by Laura on 10/18/2009 at 2:56 pm under Fraud, Vishing. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

4 Comments

  1. john says:

    Here’s a posting about this caller, seems you’re not the only one:   http://www.callcatalog.com/phones/view/407-000-0000

    10/19/2009, 1:32 pm

  2. Jessica says:

    That does sound annoying! I hope they stop calling you soon! I get calls from telemarketers and vishers all the time. I haven’t stopped answering because I never know who might be trying to get a hold of me.
    Good luck with it!

    10/19/2009, 11:16 pm

  3. Alex Koloskov says:

    Why not to put your cell phone #  into NATIONAL DO NOT CALL REGISTRY? (https://www.donotcall.gov/)
    Usually it works, I’ve got almost no AD calls at all.  In any case, it won’t hurt to trySmile
     
    Good luck!

    10/23/2009, 9:48 am

  4. MeCassieMarie says:

    Geeze, that is annoying.  I really hate telemarketing on cell phones, it’s just ridiculous.

    10/25/2009, 9:02 pm