Complaint

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Jen Todd
Country: United States
Unbelievable.  This number calls five or six times a week.  I have entered our information into their "do no call" system.  I have called the number back and done so again.  This time I decided to wait on the line for someone.  

Once, the first time I tried to speak with someone after waiting on hold, the person I got just hung up on me the minute I said, "Put me on your--".  This time, I just flat out asked to speak to a supervisor.  

The guy gets on the line.  I told him that all of this continual calling constituted as harassment.  I told him to put us on the do not call list.  He started to tell me that they have so many different numbers that there was just no way for them to make sure all the different offices had the same information.  Um, share a database much?  Then he went on to say that that was the first time they'd called me.  UNREAL.  It's not.  It's very clear here on our display.  So then he asks me what the number is-- I tell him 503-902-8482.  He says... -gaspshockhorror- "That's not our number."  I said, "So you're telling me that your standing in that location and the number you're calling me from is not your number."  "That's what I'm telling you," he says.  I was gobsmacked.  I said, "That doesn't make any logical sense.  The number you're calling me from shows up right here."  And then, kicker of all kickers, he says, "I said exactly what I'm saying.  I didn't stutter."

My jaw was on the floor.  I couldn't believe the audacity.  I said, "You're some piece of work, [***]."  And I meant it, too.  In response he said, "I'm too much of a Christian to say the word, but you're a C, honey.  You can go ahead and fill in the last three letters."

I'm pretty sure that's the crusade Christ would have set upon.  To upend the horrible C___ who had the GALL to ask that her phone be put on a do not call list.

This place?  It should be shut down.

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    dj
    503-563-0591 Pacifictel

    [***] off dumb [***]

    Calling cost me $0.99 each call
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    Gobbo Ling
    Sounds like this place called Pacifictel has lots of different numbers. The one that called me was (360) 474-3989.They called earlier today, on a Saturday! They can't even stop harassing people on weekends!
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    DocL
    It's a scam.

    They say that if you take their political survey (which is allowed by the Do Not Call list) that you will receive a free cruise. All they need is your credit card number to pay the Port Tax, then they will sometimes try to get you to upgrade to a longer trip, a better cabin, whatever as well.

    You will not get a cruise, you will get ripped off.

    If they call, Hang Up.
    Caller: pacifictel
    Call Type: Political Call
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    JJF
    Its time to fight back. Until we start wasting as much of their time as they do to ours, they wont stop. From now on, take the call, pretend to be an interested customer and give them a fake credit card #. If they waste any time chasing their tails thinking they've made a sale, only to learn they've been sent on a wild goose chase, I'll bet they remove you from their list asap.
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    tortured in GA
    They have called me 3 times today already and this has been going on over a year.  I can't take it. the number changes each and every time, but it's the same company.  I can't even get a word in edgewise unless I agree to whatever they are wanting.  I have 4 preteens, can't just ignore calls from unknown numbers..."just in case". Help.
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    Susie
    We don't use our home phones very much so I can do this; when they call I answer the call without saying anything and set the phone down by my dogs that make funny noises and bark at the phone. May not accomplish anything, but I think it's funny and maybe it annoys someone.
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    Sue
    We don't use our home phone very much so when it rings it's usually them. So I answer the phone without saying anything and put it down by my dogs who make funny noises and bark at it. May not do much but it's funny and maybe it annoys someone!
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    LMC
    I've stayed on the line to ask these jerks to remove me from their INTERNAL call list, only to have them hang up on me.  I've reported them to DoNotCall.gov at least twice, to no avail.
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    Bill Herrington
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    I am frustrated also, but not to the point of giving in to these jerks. I not an electronics wizard but surely there is one out there that an devise an instrument that will mess up their calling computer when applied at the mouthpiece when a call is received. He/she will not only be doing many people a big justice, but surely will enhance their bank account I FOR ONE WOULD PAY GOOD MONEY FOR ONE
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      Hrg2 replies to Bill Herrington
      Most calls made these days are are digital and would not be hamperd at all by an analogue tone generator.  Even if you could ou should not. Destroying hardware intentionally is kind of illegal.  You could bombard there lines with calls and faxes from virtual terminals in an attempt to tie up there lines with communications. Problem is they most likely have hundreds if not thousands of lines so slamming all of them is going to take a database of all there numbers and an effort by either several dedicated servers or a mash up of many different computers acting like a bot-net to hit them pretty hard.
      I think that the best course of action is to sue the company into the dirt. File a complaint with the FCC claiming wire fraud.  Contact your card company and find out why they are processing cards thru and file a complaint and then name them I the lawsuit.
      Sue them into the dirt.
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    Scott
    My solution is to block the through my phone provider if you have that feature.  Of course they keep changing their phone numbers so it's a never ending task.

    Good luck.
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    SO
    I've been receiving calls from this scam for years and yes it is harrassment!! Caller ID will also show them as "lower interest" and "credit services". I have call blocking and have put their numbers on it....13 so far! It has slowed them down but not enough! I did call the Washington State Attorney General's office and talked with a very sympathetic employee who advised me that they are an off shore racket and there is no way to shut them down.  How they  get US numbers is beyond me! (I've had caller id numbers from several states plus Canada).
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    Joann
    They dont leave me messages they just call non stop. If I do pick up its someone who just presses a beep button everytime I say hello who is this? If its not that all you hear is agghhhhh. Gross don't want to hear that.
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    Kymberli
    We just allow our answering machine to get all the calls we don't know. we look at the phone,and keep it moving. everyone in our home has cell phones as well,so all of our family and friends always try those first,and then they call our home phone; but like I said...we can see who calls, and then we pick up. I never pick up and talk to these people...because it's THEIR JOB TO LIE! Whether they are Christians or not, they too have a quota and a job to do!
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    Ernie
    I live in the city.  The next time they call I'll set up an appointment for as late in the day as possible & make it for an address for an abandoned house.  Maybe if we waste enough of their time, they leave us alone. HA!
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    keith
    it sounds like eric holder is envolved

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