I really love Al’s Morning Meeting. It’s a great place for stories like these. For example, the whole Do Not Call idea may not work. Some of the biggest users of telemarketing are exempt. From the column:
Long-distance phone companies got an exemption for their nightly slam calls. There’s an irony in there someplace.
Airlines got an exemption, which I suppose is cool if they’re calling to let you know that they’ve gone bankrupt and your flight is canceled.
Banks and credit unions got an exemption, probably to offer the newest consumer credit package: zero-percent auto loans with zero-percent savings accounts.
Insurance companies got an exemption, too, so they can call and tell you that your rates are going up as a result of their lousy investments of your premium money in the stock market.
Wait, there’s more.
Charities got an exclusion. Hmm … I’m beginning to wonder whether this list is really going to cut down on my dinner-time calls after all.
Telephone surveyors don’t have to honor the list, either. Does it seem like the loophole is expanding?
And, I’m sure George W. was happy to note, the new Do Not Call list does not apply to political organizations.
Finally, there’s the biggest loophole of all: The Do Not Call list can be ignored if the company already has an existing business relationship with you. So, if you once gave $10 to the Tinker Toys for Tiny Tots Trust, you’ll be hearing from them again.
So, really, what is this Do Not Call registry protecting us from? Not a whole lot, especially since the FTC and the FCC can’t figure out what’s actually going to be enforced by that list.
So say the list does serve its purpose. Telemarketers will have to find other ways to bug us, so expect the amount of spam and junk mail to rise sharply.
Update: Since the articles are no longer on Fortune.com, I’ve linked to a Web Archive or Google Cache version of them where possible. If anybody has good copies of these articles, let me know.
Update on 10/02/05: Two years later, the list still isn’t working.
Comments
I’m from Colorado, and we’ve recently been allowed to sign up for a state “No call” list. I put my name and number on it right away. Following this, i’ve discovered that charities and surveyors (political and otherwise) are purchasing the list so that they have access to a list of confirmed phone numbers at a cheap price that they can freely call. In less than a month after I had signed up, my calls had almost tripled. They are finally tapering off about 8 months later. Because of this, I won’t be signing up for the national list. I don’t want to deal with the sudden increase again.
I’m also from Colorado and added my number to the list as soon as it became available. It seemed to be working quite nicely at first but the loophole for charitible organizations has become a major hassle. I made the mistake of donating to one charitible organization that called me and soon started receiving all kinds of calls from all kinds of charities (I think my number got added to the “soft-hearted sucker” list).
My advice to anyone who doesn’t want to be pestered with annoying phone calls: NEVER EVER EVER give money to a charity that uses phone solicitations. There are plenty of charities that you can find by other means and they are much more deserving of your money than the ones that rely on telephone solicitations.
Also: has anyone else been receiving annoying hang-up calls from a number that shows up on caller ID as “Area Services 770-933-8528”? I can’t figure out how to get through to a human to ask to be added to their private “do not call” list and I don’t know if it is exempt from the Colorado or national do not call lists (it could be a charity for all I know) so I can’t register a complaint.
It seems to me that the “do not call” list was a nice idea but it is totally worthless do to these loopholes.
To Ken’s Comment: I have had calls from 770-933-8528 which appears to be a phone mail service. Calls from 770-956-7025 seem to be from a charity solicitor…new calls coming from this number now
I get both 770 area service calls. At LEAST once every day. If anyone has any idea how to stop them please let me know. They are harrassing charities. I guess we should never donate to the Fulton County police again. I think that must be where they picked up up from. I tried to block the numbers but my phone service won’t allow me.
I’ve been getting calls from 770-956-7025 almost daily, also. But why would they continue to call and never have a human talk? Pain in the backside. I am also on the “do not call list.” What can be done about this? Ideas?
I’m getting 2-3 calls per day from 770-956-7025 and they’re driving me nuts. I always let them go to my machine and I really don’t understand why they keep calling, since I’m on the do not call list, though I understand that charities have some loophole.
I am also being harrased by this 770-956-7025 number. No one ever speaks and no when ever picks up when you call back. These people are pissing me off!
I’m getting calls from 770-956-7025 as well and Bryan is correct that even when you answer the phone, you are greeted with a hang up each time. No one ever says anything. I haven’t tried calling the number back. Is there anyway to find out who owns the number?
770-956-7025 keeps calling me too. It was a police or fire charity when it picked up the phone last week some time. Very aggressive and we told them to take us off their list several times. But they keep calling, now with hangups.
770-956-7025 calls me daily and they have pissed me off so much. Apparently the only way is to buy a service from your phone company (MCI in my case) for $4/month and then you can have up to 6 numbers blocked. Can we find out who owns that number? I think it is a cell phone
I have been hit with both 770 numbers to the tune of 1-2 calls per day. I am at the point of being blunt and almost rude with the people using this service. If enough of the companies using this service start to catch HE!! from those of us receiving the calls, perhaps they’ll tell that company to take us off their lists.
The local firemen called from the 7025 number a minute ago. I told them, “I’ve asked this dialing service to remove me from their call list. Further calls will be considered harrassment.” This is ridiculous.
770-956-7025!!!
4 times…so far today. At least a few times everyday. I spoke to a lady once…told her not to call…she hung-up on me. And the beat goes on…..
Got another one, It was for virginia fraternal order of police. Ask to talk to a manager. He’ll tell you his name and company. I forget his name but the company was JKA productions. He also said it takes 30 days to get off the list, so I told him he’d be hearing an air horn on subsequent calls. The other good trick is to tell them to hold on, and put the phone down. Play loud music or have sex in the background to keep their attention… at least it’ll waste their time. Infuriating!
Also receiving daily non-answered calls from “Area Services” 770 956-7025. Decided to search on the web for the number and found this page. I will try to block the number. Want to but I’m afraid to blow the air horn. I also fear they are trying to figure out what time the house is usually occupied. I live in Northern Virginia.
Just got another hang-up from 7709567025 and searched-out this web page. I have an idea to help fix this. I assume the charity solicitors must have the “blessing” of the actual charity to use the charity’s name for fundraising. When we get harrassed like, this, let’s start calling the CHARITY itself, and let them know that their hired henchmen are harrassing the public, and therefore that charity should expect to NEVER see another donation from me, and anyone I can tell about their method of hiring henchmen. You can then point the charity to web pages like this to prove the case.
I have been getting these 770-956-7025 calls where the caller ID says “Area Services.” I’m also in Colorado where several of the comments were from. Did these idiots get our numbers from the Colorado Do-Not-Call lists? There is never anyone there. Has anyone ever tried to call them back?
I just tried to block it and and Qwest wouldn’t do it. I contacted Qwest and they said they couldn’t block a long-distance call. I won’t even deal with who the idiots were who decided that! But Qwest suggested that I contact the state attorney general. I noticed several comments came from Colorado. So here is the Colorado Attorney General contact info:
Attorney General
1525 Sherman St.
5th floor
Denver, CO 80203
(303)866-4500
FAX: (303)866-5691
I just sent them a fax. So should everyone, everytime you get a call.
I got this from Mike in Denver:
When you receive solicitation calls from numbers consistently and the caller either hangs up or is silent, the cause is usually a programming loop error at the sender’s end. I’ve been tagged with a few of these over the years – here’s what to do:
Area Code 770 is Georgia and Prefix 956 is the Atlanta / Marietta area.
Track and record the dates and times the calls are being received. Mark down whether there was a human, a recording, complete silence, static or a quick disconnect for each call received. Take a week to do this so the phone company has something to work with.
Contact your local telephone company and give the phone company your information.
Your phone company can contact the telephone company servicing the caller’s line.
The caller’s telephone company can then pull the billing statement for that number and contact the entity paying the bill.
If you are not happy humans after a week or so, file a harassment complaint with your local telephone company.
With that complaint (case) number, you can have the local police investigate.
I have never had to do any more than the above.
Of course, I never heard the results of my complaint but the calls magically stopped.
When i finally had a human at the other end (and it WAS the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police), I agreed to contribute. When I get the bill…I will search for a number to call and inform them that they have lost a contribution based on their irritating methods of solicitation.
OK, I went back and researched a little on this. From the two 770 numbers, I have received calls from:
The Colorado Police Protective Association
The National Leukemia Foundation
A Sherriff’s Charity
The Local Firemen’s Charity
I’m now just telling them to remove me or face harrassment charges. Period.
Just got called by 770-956-7025, except they talked and asked for parents and then I told them that they weren’t home, they hung up after they said it was a charity…we’ll see what happens when they call again.
Found the VFOP website and got their 800 number. Spoke to a nice lady who said she’d take me off their list. Said it was the second call they got this week. I said they had a bigger problem than that. Here’s the number (800)367-0317
Oddly, I live in Virginia too and I *have* contributed to the local police (did I bring this on myself — say it ain’t so!?). Anyhow, it’s interesting to hear that other northern Virginians are having similar issues.
Scrolling through my caller ID, I saw the other number as well, incidentally. Verrrry interesting. If you Google it, however, it says it belongs to someone called Liliana Gonzalez in Marietta, GA.
Well, I, too, live in the Denver area and have been plagued by these 770-956-7025 calls for months now. Each time, it’s similar to other people’s experiences: they call, “Area services” appears on my caller ID along with the aforementioned number, I answer hoping this time someone will be there so I can tell them to STOP calling me, and they hang up. I finally found this forum, but when I called my phone company (Qwest), they said there isn’t much they could do even if I did keep track of the calls, times, etc. However, they said there are two options. One is to add “Call rejection” in which you’re allowed up to 15 numbers you can block. This service is around $3 a month. The other, and personally, I find this the more preferred method, is to do what they call “Call tracing” which is to hit *57 after the other party has hung up (I’m assuming it’s before I hang up, but I’ll have to try it out to be sure). The rep told me it’s $1.59 each time, but after three instances of your tracing the same number, they will investigate and send a “nasty letter” that tells them to stop calling your number immediately “or else.” He said he basically makes it sound as if they are going to send the law after them if they don’t stop calling you. The reason I prefer this is because I want that damn company to know they can’t do this kind of crap and get away with it. But those were the only two options presented to me by Qwest.
Update: Apparently, this is how you use call trace — After receiving the annoying call, you hang up for at least two seconds, pick up the receiver, and dial *57. I looked this information up online, but haven’t tried it yet, so can’t say what happens after you dial. Hopefully, this will pressure the company to stop calling.
I live in Central Virginia – between Richmond and Charlottesville. I get a call from 770-956-7025 about weekly. My caller ID says it’s “Georgia.” They always hang up when I answer. I called them and got an answering machine with a nice Georgia drawl announcing I’d reached the Charitable and Non-profit Fundraising Group – or some name like that. If you’d like to make a donation, please leave a message with your name and number and the name of the organization you wish to donate to….
I told them to stop hanging up on me when I answer because how can I donate money if they don’t at least say hello?
I tried Lissa’s call trace suggestion. I dialed *57 an hour after “Georgia” called and got a message that the number was being traced.
Thanks for sharing all the information here. It really helps!
720-744-7365 is a telemarketing service company in GA callek JAK. In order to be removed from their list, you can contact Skip Stogsdill at [email protected] or call 800.320.2772.
Oh My God! I thought I was the only one being harrassed unmercifully by the 770-956-7025 number as well as a new one from Ga. 770-226-9632. So sorry to see that you guys are being aggravated as well. I have been lucky enough to actually leave a voice mail message on the so called ‘charitable foundations’ machine…I even threatend to go down there ( Old Hammond Rd in Marietta Ga) and do bodily harm if they did not take me off their list….to no avail…they still call. Any way….go to Guidestar.com to see if they are a legit organization…if so…call the BBB in Marietta GA and make a complaint. Good luck.
disregard the web site guidestar.com unless you have $75 per month to burn…it used to be free…now they want the cash. Call the Better Business Bureau in Marietta Georgia to research further.
I’m another unhappy Coloradoan gett ing these calls also. Some in the State may remember that a while back Qwest automatically signed everyone up for a “that number is busy. For $.75 Qwest will redial it for you.” I worked for an ISP on the Western Slope and customers couldn’t even get through to our access numbers (which we knew were not busy!) We told customers to call Qwest and have them remove this “feature” from their phone service. All reported their busy signals went down by 30%. It’s almsot as if Qwest was making calls busy so we’d have to pay $.75 to get through. Now I wonder if they are selling our names (they need the money for legal fees) and then charging us $1.75 for call trace to make it stop.
From:
http://www.cppa.net/whatsnew.htm
The Colorado Police Protective Association has contracted JAK Productions to do Colorado residential telemarketing.
Contributions are not tax deductible due to the Colorado Police Protective Association’s particular tax status for federal income tax purposes. The CPPA is a 501 (c) (8).
The CPPA is guaranteed $93,000 or 15% of the total gross received from the fund-raising drive conducted by JAK Productions.
The CPPA’s Colorado registration # is 20023004090
JAK Production’s Colorado registration # is 20023003576
From phone listings:
JAK Productions Inc
4501 Circle 75 Parkway Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303
(770) 612-1386
JAK Productions may need to be registered to conduct business in your particular state. The registration information on file may provide you with additional contact information regarding the nonprofit organization that has hired JAK. I encourage you to file complaints (preferably in writing) with the charitable solicitation regulation office in your state and send a copy to the FTC.
If you would like your telephone number removed from the calling list please contact the CPPA office either by telephone or email at 800.320.2772 or [email protected] and leave the entire telephone number to include area code that you want removed. It takes five business days to process your request.
Heh.. me too…I live in Boulder and am harrassed by the phantom 770.956.7025 and it’s driving me crazy as well! I’ve picked up a couple times when they’ve called and yelled #4@!*& at them and told them to take me off their list, but I never let them get a word in edge-wise, so I don’t know if anyone was on the other end! lol. Anyway, I went to the website http://www.donotcall.gov and filed a complaint against this company. The only catch is that you have to have your own number registered on the “do not call” website for 3 months. We’ll see if this works. Glad to know I’m not alone…
JAK Productions, Inc., aka Area Services, is a registered professional solicitor that contracts with charities to solicit contributions for them. 38 states regulate charitable solicitations and can do the same for their consumers. Web site links to state regulator offices can be found at http://www.nasconet.org. For your information, the Federal Trade Commission is very interested in these type of complaints, too. Under their Telemarketing Sales Rule, solicitors calling for charities are required to honor potential donors’ requests to be put on their in-house do not call lists. Failure to do so is a prosecutable offense. I suspect that failure to provide consumers with the opportunity to ask to be put on such a list would also be an offense, since the law that created the National Do Not Call Registry covers harrassing hang-up calls (call abandonment). The FTC’s Web site also has a link for filing complaints at http://www.ftc.gov.
it appears the phantom 770-956-7025 has moved into the virginia beach, virgina area. i googled the number and found all of you. thanks for the info.
I’m just another Coloradan with similar experiences with 770-956-7025. Just when I thought I was alone out there, I found you guys! Your comments are very helpful, and I plan to start applying some pressure to eliminate this pest. Here’s some not-so-good news: I’ve started getting hit by 770-690-8489 – same symptoms. Anyone else?
It seems that JAK is “moving around”. This time from Virginia with the number 678-627-0358. There was a live person at the other end instead of the usual phantom caller. He promptly hung-up after giving me the name JAK and the usual charity speech.
The company that is causing this problem is called JAK Productions, Inc. Their address is 4501 Circle 75 Parkway, NW, Atlanta, GA 30303. Their phone number is 770-612-1386 although you will only get a voice mail.
Please note that they are not located in Marietta and if you have called or written the BBB for Marietta then you may have unwittingly affected a local company in Marietta that does video services (not related that I am aware of or could see on their corporate filings).
Feel free to e-mail the Secretary of State of Georgia [email protected]
and the head of the Corporations Division for Georgia [email protected]
Here is another link showing that JAK is listed in Georgia as an unca=haritable charity due to the fact that they keep 86% of the funds they collect.
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/securities/uncharitable_charities_2003/uncharitable_charities.htm
I encourage you to send this info. to your State Attorney General.
I am trying to determine if there is a way to file a suit against this company. I will keep you posted.
Hello, I was beginning to wonder if this was a problem that other people were experience. I am in NO VA and got one call on Sunday from 770 690-8489 and last night from 770 956-7025. I have been getting the calls for quite awhile but didn’t really pick up on the problem until recently. But not sure what can be done. When I do call them back it is either busy or I get a voice mail. It is very annoying as they always hang up. What about contacting the FCC since they own the Do Not Call list?
I live in Richmond, Va. I get harrassed so much by 770-956-7025 that I decided to google it . I see that I am not alone.
I, too, have rec’d so many calls that I decided to google it to see what would happen. I have already reported this number 3 times. The amount of calls I get from them is unbelievable.
I am a Denver resident who has just started receiving multiple calls from the 770-956-7025 number and ran a google and found this page. Using the information from the posting by Jody, I have e-mailed Colorado Police Protective Association to let them know the negative impact their organization is receiving because of JAK Productions tactics. It will be interesting to see if that solves my problem.
POLITICAL CALLS!!!
My solution…DO NOT PUT YOU PHONE NUMBER ON YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION. If your phone number is on a voter registration list…have it removed. Let ALL voters in your home know not to list a number.
Do not put your phone number or e-mail address on anything unsless you want it passed along. I no longer drop my name into boxes at the mall to win a car or a vacuum. Ordering from certain catalogue companies can really cause problems.
Suggestion….if you hand out our e-mail to places that might share the address…create a junk mail address at one of the free sites. I have one that became trashed years ago and I still use it just for junk purposes.
You are not alone!! I too live in the Richmond area and am going absolutely nuts from 770-956-7025. You can’t file a complaint to the do not call list, because they are a charity. My wife has already spoke to the attorney general in Georgia and is calling her back once again today. We should file a class action suit against these bastards! ust to get them in court would be sweet!
Hey, looks I’m the newest member of the Georgia hang up club. I live in Williamsburg, VA and have never made a charitable donation to anyone besides throwing change in the Salvation Army pots in front of the store at Christmas. Last I checked in VA you can take this to local courts once you have asked them to remove you and they continue to call. You WILL receive payment for each violation the judge deems willfull. I first received a call from 678-627-0358 at 8:15AM and the next day from 770-226-9632 at 9:15 AM. I’ll be waiting for the 10:30 AM call tomorrow. Just FYI for everyone there is another DoNotCall list run by the DMA-Direct Marketing Association that you can sign up for to reduce your telemarketing calls and even e-mails. Check the web at http://www.dmaconsumers.org once you’ve signed up you will be processed on their next list (which is done quarterly) and all companies that are registered with them are required not to call. This reduced our calls drastically within 3 months. Good luck out there and I’m on board for anything to stop this harassment.
I have called the Georgia Attorney General’s office again. I was told I had to file any complaints with my state’s department of consumer affairs which I have done. I suggest all of you file complaints in your respective states. I called the number(s) back –770-956-7025 and 770-690-8489 and they are supposedly named “Charitable and non-profit organization” – sounds like a shady name to me. I also was able to leave a voice mail telling them to take my number off their list and not to call again. Didn’t work last time so I don’t anticipate it working this time. AAARRRRGGGHHHHH
Ok, I know who they are 🙂 I remember when I spoke to them before, I asked them who they were calling for. They are calling on behalf of the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police. I called the FOP and asked if they deal with a solcitation company in georgia with the 770 number and i was told yes! The lady asked for my number and said that she would have them take my number off. If y’all want the number of the FOP it is 1-800-367-0317. It may take a few days but your number should be removed.
I live in Richmond, VA and I just got a call from the 770 956 7025 number myself. Like a lot of you I googled the number and found this page. I guess if I get another call, I’ll give that number Nannette provided a try.
I didn’t bother to answer the phone since I generally don’t answer calls I’m not expecting, especialyl from out of state.
LATEST VICTIM OF HARRASSMENT HERE….WOW, I THOUGHT I WAS ALONE, WHAT A SUPRISE……I AM SO READY TO JUST TURN THE PHONE OFF AND USE MY CELL……..GEEZ……..GOOD LUCK!!
Hello, Well… I got a live person at 800.320.2772 – The Colorado Police Protective Association. He was incredibly nice and VERY apologetic about how their contracted telemarketing company has been treating the people they are calling. It’s something that is being worked on. I asked him to add my number to their list. He took it and said it would take 5 business days to process. I am so tired of the relentless calls – DAILY from JAK. I am going to repost Jodi’s comments from May below because if you live in Colorado, it appear that following her directions below should stop these calls.
Jody Wahl said on 05/25/04 @ 09:41 AM:
From: http://www.cppa.net/whatsnew.htm The Colorado Police Protective Association has contracted JAK Productions to do Colorado residential telemarketing. Contributions are not tax deductible due to the Colorado Police Protective Association’s particular tax status for federal income tax purposes. The CPPA is a 501 (c) (8). The CPPA is guaranteed $93,000 or 15% of the total gross received from the fund-raising drive conducted by JAK Productions. The CPPA’s Colorado registration # is 20023004090 JAK Production’s Colorado registration # is 20023003576 From phone listings: JAK Productions Inc 4501 Circle 75 Parkway Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303 (770) 612-1386 JAK Productions may need to be registered to conduct business in your particular state. The registration information on file may provide you with additional contact information regarding the nonprofit organization that has hired JAK. I encourage you to file complaints (preferably in writing) with the charitable solicitation regulation office in your state and send a copy to the FTC. If you would like your telephone number removed from the calling list please contact the CPPA office either by telephone or email at 800.320.2772 or [email protected] and leave the entire telephone number to include area code that you want removed. It takes five business days to process your request.
I am from Colorado and have just gotten my first call from 678 627 0358. After searching the number on the internet, this site came up. I pay for a private, non published number. It aggrivates me that anyone would dare to share my phone number.
I have in the past given donations to the Police Association
Yep. Colorado Springs, CO here.
Been getting this call for several weeks now.
I come home from work and it’s on my caller ID. But it says:
Neighborhood Outreach 770 690 8489
I was begining to wonder if something was going on. Now I know it’s just spam. What’s weird is I have tried to pick up a couple times and it just disconnects me. Why do they call me if they don’t want to talk to me? They never leave a message either.
anyone know anything about 770-226-9632 nomprofit development?
These numbers have called me the indicated number of times in the last six months:
34 770-956-7025
17 954-935-4140
14 800-448-2755
11 887-767-8930
11 518-587-2500
8 888-797-5686
In case this is of use to anyone.
Be on the lookout for 800-379-8414. Believe it or not, it is a porn telemarketer. I googled the number from my Caller ID.
Be on the lookout for 800-379-8414. Believe it or not, it is a porn telemarketer. I googled the number from my Caller ID.
I have been receiving these calls as well, along with a 248-569-2247— a modeling agency in MI—????. I work at a local phone company and by law if you ask to be removed off the calling list they MUST do or risk being fined by the FCC. From what I hear it is a hefty fine. I suggest you call the number back, leave a message (if the box isn’t full–keep trying I got thru) stating your name, number with area code, and that you want your name removed from their calling list. If they don’t contact the Federal Communication Commison and you local State agency and report them. Also document the times you call and leave the message and what number. Since it is all under the same buisness it should take care of it.
also call the 800 numbers above and hang up–like they do you, remember they have to pay for those calls, lol.
wow. im still confused. im in GA and i just got called by the 770.690.8489 number. caller id says “neighborhood outreach.”
the guy was a jerk and continually gave me obscure answers when i tried to find out what company he was from. i asked to speak to a manager and he said ok. after a long silence i heard him whisper “brian wilson brian wilson” over and over again. then he said it really load, laughed and hung up. i called the number back and it was routed to a voice mail box that of course was full.
I HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM THESE NUMBERS FOR OVER A MONTH. I FINALLY DECIDED TO GOOGLE THE 678 NUMBER AFTER THEY ONCE AGAIN CALLED AT 11am TODAY. I AM CONFUSED AS HOW TO HANDLE THESE. I HAVE BEEN ON THE COLORADO AND NATIONAL NO-CALL LISTS SINCE THEY WERE IMPLIMENTED.
PUBLIC OUTREACH 678-627-0358
NONPROFIT DEVEL 770-226-9632
NEIGHBOR OUTREA 770-690-8489
AREA SERVICES 770-956-7025
I hear you, but desperately need your help to take these guys to court. PLEASE, all VIRGINIANS, go to our state Web site, http://www.vdacs.state.va.us, click on the big yellow button for Consumer Assistance, and download the complaint form (7th option on the assistance menu). I have Nanette’s complaint. I need lots more and we can all go together to bring an action against JAK. I cannot do it without you folks as witnesses.
COLORADANS, I have contacted your state regulator and notified him of the new complaints on this site. I hope he will put out a message for you, too.
JAK – if you’re monitoring these messages, too, we’ve “got your number.”
I live in northern VA and have been getting bombarded with these calls. I did the same thing as everyone else: I googled it and discovered this site. I called the VFOP as suggested by Nanette and the calls disappeared. Well, JAK is real cutesy because apparently they have a batch of newf numbers and have started their harrassment tactics again. These numbers are 866-785-0505, 877-300-3504, 877-827-2921, 888-243-0573, 888-832-2237. I’ve received calls from these numbers all in the last week. Once again I have called VFOP and they have agreed to remove my number but I believe I have grounds for a lawsuit now that they have ignored my request. Is this correct? I just don’t understand how they can get away with this for so long. Obviously they are not really a charity although they claim to be. Jo Freeman: I will do as you ask but I really don’t get how they have been able to get away with this for so long.
They have “gotten away” with it because folks fail to file complaints with our office. We need more than one or two complaints in order to recommend an action. The Federal Trade Commission needs even more complaints than we do, since they regulate nationwide.
Folks, please help me to do my job and file those complaints with my office. I can help those who received calls in Virginia.
As Jo Freeman and Jody Wahl have noted, it is important to send complaints to regulators. Coloradans can send a complaint about JAK Productions or any other paid solicitor to the Colorado Secretary of State, Licensing Division, Attn: Charities Program Manager, 1560 Broadway Ste. 200, Denver, CO 80202. Useful information that we encourage you to provide includes: (1) age group of complainant (18-to-60, or over 60), (2) name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and web address of entity you are complaining against, (3) name of person with whom you dealt, (4) date of transaction or solicitation, (5) whether or not you made a donation to the solicitor or charity, and if so, the dollar amount and the method of payment (cash, money order, credit card, direct debit from bank account, other). It would also be helpful if you could provide your own name, address, phone number and/or email address, so we can contact you if we have questions. Anonymous complaints will be accepted, however. You can also phone (303) 894-2200 ext. 6408, send an email to [email protected], or use the internet form at http://www.sos.state.co.us – Licensing Division.
Complaints concerning the Colorado No-Call list can be made at (888) 600-5688, or via the internet at http://www.coloradonocall.com, but as we know, the Colorado DNC does not cover charities or their paid solicitors.
Complaints about hangups, harrassment, and failure to be put on internal do-not-call lists can be directed to the Federal Trade Commission at 877-382-4357 or http://www.ftc.gov.
I have a question. Is this number 877-827-2921 a solicitation for charity? They called me, but I didn’t answer. I am on the Do Not Call list too!
Thanks
Received call from 877-300-3504. Will file a complaint.
Wow!! I am from upstate NY so it is obvious this problem is “spreading”. We started receving calls about two weeks ago from this number and as of today, they are calling at least five times a day. At first, I thought that someone was just calling the wrong number because everytime I answered, they would hang up. Finally, I called the number back and a message came up thanking me for returning their call and that they offered vacation homes. I just hung up. Then I googled the number 954-935-4140 and it let me to this web site… I am glad that I did. This site has been so helpful. It amazes me, and annoys me, that so many people are being affected by these calls. I will definitely do whatever I can to stop them…..dialing *57, contacting BBB, and my phone company. Thank you all for your help.
I continue to get these calls. The most frequent one is 888-243-0573 I have also received calls from 877-827-2921
Thankfully I googled them and found this site!
Here we go again…..months ago I was unmercifully harrassed by the 770-956-7025…after calling them back ( and never getting a live human being) and basically threatening bodily harm they eventually stopped…now they are calling with a different number..877-300-3504..it doesn’t matter who you call to complain etc..these people just change their number and keep on calling.
877-300-3504
Remember this number.. and complain to someone who willl listen. Like the FCC
Got a call from them this afternoon…Saturday.
Ye-haw! call your phonce companyand invest the advanced call intercept feature and block up to 10 phone numbers! P.S….I recieved a call from the 877-300-3540 number today…I actually talked to a live person there who was a total jerk when I asked to be removed from their call list. I recited his business address and intimated about the possibility of a personal and unpleasant visit by me in the near future and the conversation then ended quickly….anyway…get call intercept and get piece of mind.
I found this page after doing a search for JAK productions…The charity only gets 15%? That’s pathetic.
The Colorado Police Protective Association has contracted JAK Productions to do Colorado residential telemarketing.
Contributions are not tax deductible due to the Colorado Police Protective Association’s particular tax status for federal income tax purposes. The CPPA is a 501 (c) (8).
The CPPA is guaranteed $93,000 or 15% of the total gross received from the fund-raising drive conducted by JAK Productions.
The CPPA’s Colorado registration # is 20023004090
JAK Production’s Colorado registration # is 20023003576
If you would like your telephone number removed from the calling list please contact the CPPA office either by telephone or email at 800.320.2772 or [email protected] and leave the entire telephone number to include area code that you want removed. It takes five business days to process your request.
I live in Northern Virginia. I’ve been getting these the last few days. The numbers I’ve been called from have been:
866-785-0505
888-243-0573
866-845-1834
…and one that showed up on Caller ID as “POL PROTCT FUND” which I didn’t answer. The number was:
727-449-9646
I keep getting calls from 888-243-0573 and 888-832-2232. These apparent telemarketer(s) will call my house and let the phone ring once–then hang up…they also call several times over approximately an hour period–each time letting the phone ring from 1-4 times before hanging up. Of course these a-holes call at inconvenient times; this week’s calls have started as early as 8:00am on Saturday (today) and as late as 8:30pm on several nights earlier this week. I hate to be rude with telemarketers, but these antics should be a **bleep** felony!!!! HELP!!!!
I also live in northern VA and keep getting calls from 888-243-0573 and 888-832-2232. These apparent telemarketer(s) will call my house and let the phone ring once–then hang up…they also call several times over approximately an hour period–each time letting the phone ring from 1-4 times before hanging up. Of course these a-holes call at inconvenient times; this week’s calls have started as early as 8:00am on Saturday (today) and as late as 8:30pm on several nights earlier this week. I hate to be rude with telemarketers, but these antics should be a **bleep** felony!!!! HELP!!!!
I live in northern Colorado and have used Qwest’s “security screen” service for the last few years and it has worked extemely well. No calls from any solicitors except charities I have donated to in the past. It costs about $3/month. Recently I tried turning it off, thinking that Colorado’s don-not-call list would be sufficient and was disappointed — I’m going to turn the security screen back on. The downside to using the security screen is that people calling you that have caller id blocked will have to type in their phone number when they call you.
I’ve been getting numerous calls from 10 different 800, 877, & 866 #’s as early as 8 am. I am on both the State & Federal DO NOT Call List.
Here is the list of numbers.
888-243-0573
866-785-0505
800-704-1645
800-454-1212
800-990-1906
877-827-2921
866-288-8879
866-845-1834
888-832-2237
877-300-3504
Most of them are from JAK Productions Inc. registered at 4501 Circle 75 Pkwy NW Atlanta GA. 30303.
I called a Justin Daiye @ 770-612-1386 today and asked to be removed from their telemarketing list.
We will see how this works.
Good Luck getting off of this NON Charitable Charity List. (They keep about 85% of the funds raised)
I’m in Pennsylvania, and I just received a call from 800-379-8414 (Caller ID said the name was “unknown”). I didn’t answer, and they didn’t leave a message. What gets me upset is that I’m registered with both the state and federal no-call lists. When this number called a couple of months ago, I answered, and rather than trying to sell me something, they hung up on me. So I filed a complaint against this number with my state. The response I got from the great Commonwealth of PA is that I didn’t provide enough information for them to investigate. The guy hung up on me! What kind of information (besides the phone number) could I provide? It’s so frustrating!
We received a Phone Call from
866-845-1834 which my wife
answered. The person was requesring
a contribution for Police Officers killed
in action. He was not a Policeman and
was very persistent about taking NO
for an answer. My wife had no way
of knowing it this was a SCAM. We
do not agree to any negotions on the
telephone. We are on the NO CALL
LIST.
Get ‘Call Intercept’ with the additional feature of ‘call block’ ( up to 10 numbers)….and your problems with this charitable and non profit nuisance will go away….I did…and I have not had any more calls.
I have ‘Caller ID with name’, ‘Call Intercept’, and ‘Call Block’. The problem with all this is that you can only block up to ten phone numbers, so if there are more than ten companies calling or they utilize multiple phone numbers (one company could have use of 100 phone numbers), you can’t block everyone. I have to admit that with ‘Call Intercept’, the number of calls has lessened, but I think all businesses, charities, surveys, etc. should be required to have their phone number AND name show up on ‘Caller ID’. I really hate when the phone rings and there’s a number but “unknown” or “unavailable” for the name. Another Verizon feature I’ve used is ‘Call Trace *57’. This lets Verizon know there’s a problem caller and if they see the same number enough times, they involve the police.
I did a search at this site: http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/consumers/index.html
And this is what I found on them.
(770) 612-1386
Primary Name: JAK Productions, Inc.
Other Names: Area Services
Federal Employer ID Number (EIN) 531597985
Address: 4501 Circle 75 Parkway
Atlanta GA, 30339
Current Registration Expires: 2005-06-03 00:00:00
Registration Extended Until: N/A
Registration Filing Status: Professional Solicitor – registered to solicit
IRS Filing Status: PROFIT (click to link to GuideStar.org* for additional information)
I’ve gotten two of these calls in a week. The number that shows up on my caller id is 877-300-3504. The first time, after MUCH prodding, I got the person to tell me who was calling. They then asked me if I was the lady of the house. I replied,”I ain’t no lady!” and hung up. The second time my husband answered the call and the person asked if he was the “man of the house.” My husband replied,”Hang on, let me ask my wife” and hung up. I’m waiting for my next call!
I received a call from 877-827-2921 today. I Googled the phone number and found this website. i would not normally place a message here, I but I thought it was important enough that other visitors should know. I’m on the Do Not Call List, so there aren’t many ways to get my number. Something should be done about the entity using this number.
I get probably 4-5 calls a day from those numbers listed. They have called 8am sunday and one time almost 11pm at night. I also am on a do not call list. We should come together to stop these calls. Also I saw one post listed a Virginia web site. I am in Virginia and the question being are most of us getting these calls in Virginia?
Well I thought you guys should know I talked to a cop friend of mine and he said to file a complaint with your local law enfocement for harrasment. And if the calls continue after making a few complaints you could get a restraining order probably, then if they call serious legal action could be taken for violationg a restraining order.
I have also been getting these calls. I live in South Florida
800-704-1645 is the Purple Heart (or the soliciting company used by Purple Heart)
I get bugged daily by 905-482-1663, 866-288-8879. Also, 251-666-7633 (Mobile, AL) All this in little ole Harrisonburg, VA
I’m on the Do Not Call list as well. I received a call from 877-827-2921 today. I didn’t answer the phone because I didn’t recognize the number and figured it was something I wasn’t interested in. Apparently I was right.
I received four phone calls today alone, from 866-785-0505, 866-288-8879, 888-832-2237 and 877-300-3504. My husband also dealt with multiple calls from a Virginia Police Association. I called back and left a nasty message, then not 10 minutes later got ANOTHER call, this time with a live person. Needless to say, I gave her an earful! I told her I was looking at a Web site where people across the country were complaining about her company, and told her that in keeping with the regulations of the National Do Not Call List, regardless of who she is representing, she was to IMMEDIATELY remove my telephone number from their lists. She said okay. We’ll see! But I feel better. 🙂 –Diane
I called the FTC to complain about this “gray area” where a for-profit company can call on behalf of a non-profit organization. In essense, JAK Productions is “selling” me a charity and that is in direct violation of the Do Not Call List. The FTC said they want you to call and report this to them. Call 1-800-FTC-HELP and file a complaint!
I have received more than 30 calls from the following numbers: 877-300-3504, 866-288-8879, 866-785-0505, 866-243-0573, 800-650-3839. I am so grateful to have found this site and will file a complaint with the Virginia office Jo Freeman references. It appears JAK Productions will just keep changing their numbers until they are shut down.
I am also getting calls nearly every day from 866-288-8879 and they don’t seem to get the message that we don’t want to talk to them. Good luck you all! 🙂
I don’t normally post to these things, but I’ve been receiving 3-4 calls from the number 1-866-785-0505. I didn’t answer the phone because I didn’t recognize the number, but they didn’t leave a message either. I googled the number out of curiosity and found this web site.
For an extremely brief period I worked for JAK Productions. I was in college and got sucked into it. I was placed on the telemarketing calls (for the National Lukemia Foundation) for less than two weeks and then I worked as a secretary because I could not do the calls. I didn’t feel right taking pledges from people because I wasn’t even sure that particular charity even existed! This company really is terrible!! It is extremely sexist…the males are used for police and firefighter charites and women are used for “sympathy” charites…unless a woman has a deep voice, then she is allowed to call with the males. All I witnessed was sex and drugs within the office and I just couldn’t stomach it.
They will call and call and call. If you tell them to remove you, all they have to do is hit one button on the keyboard to purge your number from the system, so don’t believe that it takes 30 days…that is complete BS. However, most of them are young kids and they will keep your number in the system and type in a message telling the next employee that gets your number to mess with you.
To those who want to file a lawsuit…go for it!! The company was started and owned by John Keller. He is filthy rich, though, and can afford a battle in court.
My advice (and I’m going to do this tomrow when, that’s right when not if, they call) is to tell them you’re going to pledge $100. You can give them a phony address if you want, or just have it sent to you. They can’t do jack to you if you do not send in the pledge…but you will get some letters “reminding” you to send in your pledge. I say if they’re not going to respect your privacy and remove your number from their system, then give them a taste of their own medicine in the only way you can!!!!!
Hope this helps someone…if you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me.
I have received SIX calls from the following numbers today alone!
877-827-2921 (3 calls)
866-288-8879 (1 call)
866-785-0505 (2 calls)
This all between 0958-1836 today.
I live in Virginia and in September I was called by an “800 number service” and decided to answer the call. It was the Virginia State Police Association asking for a donation. I asked if this would make my phone ring off the hook if I donated and I was told “no.” LIES!!!! It rings EVERYDAY since. I will try the software listed early on if it is still available and see if that helps. I will also see if my local phone service has 800 number call block. If so, I will subscribe to prevent future calls. Will keep you posted.
Here in PHilly I’m getting bugged with the 905–482–1663 daily as well. NO one is on the other end when you answer it, so half the time my phone will ring until our voicemail picks it up. They never leave a message.
Is there anyone to whom I can report a frequent nuisance that is tying up my cell phone and causing me charges? The number is 954-935-4140.
Like I said in earlier posts….get call block from your phone company! I have not had a call from any of the above mentioned numbers for several months now. True, they may change numbers everyonce in a while but even that has a nominal cost for them. So..just delete one of the 10 you can store and put in the new one…or…ask your phone company for extra space
I’ve been receiving calls from 866-785-0505. I tried to call the FTC complaint number listed above (1-800-FTC-HELP posted by Diane 11/4/04) but it connected me with somebody else. Does anyone know the correct number?
don’t waste your time complaining….get call block. Look at all the previous posts over the last couple of months tell you to call here and complain and call there to complain…has the Nuisance been shut down yet? No. Get call block!
I am in upstate NY and like others, am now getting calls from 800-379-8414. I gave to the Fraternal Order of Police in the past, all my new calls are also related to the police, when I pick up. Unfortunately, I don’t have caller ID and have to do *69 whenever I’m curious about who called.
Also, one of the police charity phone calls I received, I asked them what kinds of programs the organization has. The guy didn’t even know and just gave me a website for me to look it up. I told him I would look it up and call him back if I decided to give him any money. He said, we can’t give out our number, so can we put you down for $25? Then you can check out the website and give more if you like the programs. I eventually had to hang up on him since I won’t give my money to someone who won’t tell me what he’s going to do with it.
grrrr….
I’m in Longmont, CO, and 877-300-3503 has begun calling me and hanging up. If I don’t answer, no message is left. If I do answer, they hang up on me. I googled the # and found this Web page. Thanks to everyone for writing in and explaining who these nuts are. I worked till 3am last night, and they called early this morning, woke me up and hung up on me. I am definitely going to try blocking their calls.
I live in the Atlanta area and get these calls daily now. I have caller ID and the numbers are 866-785-0505, 888-832-2237, 877-300-3504, 866-845-1834, and 888-451-5983. Caller ID shows them as “Tollfree Number” so I have tried calling them back, but either get a busy signal or a recorded message. So far they have called while I’m at work, so haven’t yet been able to get the phone when they call. Google led me here. BTW, I am also on the national Do Not Call List.
This is a follow-up to my earlier post. I talked to Qwest, which sold me their “caller rejection” package for $8.50 installation and $4.50 per month. But after the service was installed, I discovered that toll-free calls cannot be blocked. So, now I’ve canceled the caller rejection package. I can’t use the “No Soliciting” service they offer, which has a recording telling solicitors not to call, because I work at home and get a lot of international calls and that message would blow the minds of many of my callers. I think it’s really awful that I’m forced to receive hang-up calls daily from 888-243-0573, 877-300-3504 and 866-785-0505.
What’s up with all the Colorado calls? We live in Denver and have been on the no-call list since 2003 and have had an unlisted number for longer than that. Suddenly, we have been getting calls from 866-785-0505, 877-827-2921, 877-300-3504, 877-827-2921, 888-832-2237, etc… that *always* hang-up. Called one back (after checking that it was not a fee-for-call area code) and got a voicemail message that it was “Charitable …” and the mailbox was full (DUH!!). Why all of a sudden and mostly us in Colorado??
You all are a bunch of morons.
*The National Do Not Call list DOES NOT APPLY to fundraising on behalf of Police, Firefighter groups, Charitable and politica groups! As you all know, those are the types of organizations that need support from the public and were not the type of calls lawmakers have intended to stop!!!
*I work for JAK. That’s right. It’s a living. Deal with it. And, when people say anything stupid to me, I reschedule them for a call back! If you kindly refuse me… I’ll put your number in the refusal bin. If you pledge, I will love you! If you cuss me out… I will laugh at you! You people aren’t cool cussing out telemarketers or using clever methods of prolonging a call or getting rid of us. In fact, we get paid regardless. And don’t hang up on me in the middle of my pitch… I will just reschedule you for a call back. If you’re polite and nice to me, I’ll return the favor. However, if you are a moronic douchebag, odds are I will fight fire with fire.
Jeff M.
Editor’s Note: Jeff: Up until this point, the comments here have been constructive. The only reason I’m leaving this comment up here is so that everybody knows how big of assholes some of you telephone folks are.
Everybody, this guy’s IP address when he posted this was “12.20.121.52” and his e-mail is [email protected] (both are probably fake). If he’s going to be a prick to you, feel free to be a prick to him.
Dear Jeff M.;
your kind of rhetoric and threats is just enough to file a complaint with the FTC and FCC not to mention the local police dept. in your town. You just crossed the line buddy….start looking for a knock on your door by the police.
If anyone else would like to respond to Mr. Jeff M. then send email to his address at [email protected]. Make complaints to his yahoo server and lets get him shut down.
Don’t make threats Jeff…you never know who might be a law enforcement offical of some government type on these posts who could very easily check you out and make life difficult.
Thanks so much for your site — I received a call at 8:40 this a.m. and was so incensed I googled it, found your site, realized all the other 888 and 877 numbers I received were from the same group, realized I wasn’t alone, realized they weren’t going to stop, and sent this message out to vfop:
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:51 AM
Subject: Complaint about your fundraising efforts
You have a problem that you should address as soon as possible.
I understand that you may have contracted with JAk Productions to help with fundraising for your organization. Please note the following link, which contains numerous complaints about JAK Productions. This is not a minor problem; the only reason I know about this site is because JAk Productions has annoyed me so much that I looked up their numbers.
http://utterlyboring.com/archives/2003/07/06/do_not_call_list_red_hot_big_loopholes.php
You should be aware that this organization calls and hangs up at least five times a day. This morning, they called at 8:40 a.m. That was the last straw. When I called them back on their calle-rID identified numbers, all I got was a recording. That’s when I recognized them as the same group that harrassed me a few months ago. After they had called me at 7:40 a.m. one Saturday morning (and hung up), I called that number, got the same recording, and told them never to call me back. Apparently my call was meaningless to them.
These numbers are 866-785-0505, 877-300-3504, 877-827-2921, 888-243-0573, 888-832-2237, 888-844-8332, 800-690-6978, and possibly 678-992-2430. All of the above either lead to the same recording, or are always busy. These numbers are also identified on the website of complaints.
Prior to this morning, I might have considered your charity for my 2004 CFC donation. I understand that you have been contacted about it since at least April of this year about this organization, which is why I am unsympathetic about your plight. You should now go back to them and thank them for harassing me again, because you have ensured that your charity will live in infamy in my mind forever. I’m going to report them (and possibly you) to the FTC, FCC, and Virginia Consumer Affairs Dept. I hope that you will reconsider your support of this unscrupulous organization in order to salvage any remaining donations that you might have for the future.
In the meantime, this is my official request to have my number removed from any list, direct or indirect, related to your organization. I will keep an official record of this written request, as I understand that written evidence is helpful when establishing a potential lawsuit under the “DoNotCall” regulations.
Thank you, and have a nice day (I had hoped my day would be nice, too, but I have been up and angry since 8:40 a.m. on the only day that I have been able to take a day off and sleep past 9 a.m. since June of this year.)
This is the response I received this afternoon (note they do not deny their affiliation with JAK):
—– Original Message —–
From: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: Complaint about your fundraising efforts
We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. We assure you, your name will be removed from our calling list.
Bonnie Stinson
VA State Lodge
“Law is a Safeguard of Freedom”
Websites:
FOP of VA – vastatefop.com
National – http://www.grandlodgefop.org
My advice to everyone — write to vfop. If I get another call from these numbers again, I’m taking the next step. But tomorrow, I’m filing my complaints with Virginia Consumer Affairs and everybody else I can think of.
Take care,
Josephine
Also, if you search for “JAK and fop” you’ll find a proud posting at Colorado’s fop site regarding their contract with JAK for fundraising. So I wrote them this e-mail (which they have not responded to):
—– Original Message —–
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 10:36 AM
Subject: complaints about JAK Productions
You might want to check out the numerous complaints about JAK productions at http://utterlyboring.com/archives/2003/07/06/do_not_call_list_red_hot_big_loopholes.php. This telemarketing service is a problem in every state that a FOP contracts with them. I am in Virginia, and I am about to contact VFOP because JAK calls approx. 5 times a day and hangs up as soon as I pick up. This morning, 8:40 a.m., was the final straw. When you call their numbers back, all you get is a voicemail box. I told them to stop calling me and take my name off the list (by leaving my name and a very rude message on the voicemail box) when they called me at 7:30 a.m. two months ago, and now they are back.
Now that I know who contracts with them, I shall in my lifetime never contribute a single penny to such organizations. This is what you’re supporting, and the word is getting out. You may want to reconsider your contract.
I found this site by googling phone numbers from my caller ID. I would like to thank everyone for the helpful information.
I’ve been able to stop the harrassment, for now anyway, because my telephone service provider has an excellent selective call blocking service (up to thirty numbers). I am wondering what would happen if we all used call forwarding, instead, directing their calls back at them through other numbers that they use.
has anyone tried this? Any comments or suggestions?
to Dave: you would probably end up with a huge long distance bill given that they will call you multiple times per day. As you have done….I have found a safe haven from their calls with call block as well.
Thanks Gary, I assumed, probably incorrectly, that the service numbers are toll free. This is a new problem for me. I wasn’t receiving any of these calls until I called a toll free number in a newspaper ad for heavy equipment certification (800-589-4977). It turned out to be a scam and I’ve been getting calls from both the company that I called and the telemarketers. These calls were annoying before, but after reading Jeff M’s remarks, I’ve lost the capacity of courtesy and patience for these people.
Ya these calls are killing me really they are.I dont know what to do %&@!$#&^ charity people stop calling me damn.I’v tried to lose them but noooo!!!They still call and they still hang up like a pranksters.Well it is good to know im not alone.Well I hope y’all and yes,me, get these people back.
Does anyone have any names of the people responsible for these loopholes? Contact information, etc…?
If you guys are interested in making the telemarketers pay a bit, there are Google ads showing up down below at the bottom of this page for telemarketing outfits. Feel free to click away on their ads, as it will cost those outfits money every time you do (and I apologize to anybody who is subscribed to these comments — I was testing some formatting earlier and you probably got a few test messages from me).
Hello! I live in Southwest Virginia and I just got the phone call of this number “877-827-2921” number. I googled it and was directed here.
I did not answer this call at all. I don’t answer calls from numbers I do not know. To read Shari’s note 08/02/2004 – 05:12AM, I see that I am not alone. I have also encountered the other numbers, on my Caller ID that Shari has stated here. It’s annoying because these calls come any where from 4pm until 8pm. Sometimes I have had them even until 9pm. Most of these numbers that I encounter, show up as unknown name and just the numbers only. I have every so often, gotten on the Caller ID that it’s been the following: Area Services, Georgia, and other names. I’m surprised to see that it’s all over the US. I’m even more surprised at the amount of numbers these people are using to harrass us all.
If I’m frustrated enough – I just pick up and hang up. Figuring, if they are gonna interrupt my evening, then they can pay for the call if it’s long distance. I have also noticed getting the other numbers too. I don’t understand how they got my number, as I have not ever donated to charities over the phone. They all have done by mail.
I have to agree with Ben of 04/20/2004 – 05:55AM in how it feels like they are trying to find out when I am home. Because the calls happen when I am home and it’s annoying and feels very scary. I don’t appreciate this at all.
I am going to follow what Jo Freeman said on 07/29/04 @ 01:50 PM. I’m going to that website (www.vdacs.state.va.us) and going to fill out the paper there. I’m not sure what good it will do, as I REFUSE to answer these calls.
Hey folks…get call block…I have not been bothered since. Dave ( 12-14-04) has found piece of mind by getting call block as well.
I was just wondering if this JAK Productions outfit is for real cause I have heard so many bad things about the company is it even for real or not, cause there is a JAK callin center just opened in west virginia.
I work for JAK Productions in west virginia and I was wanting to know is this company for real or not I just started working for them and I want to know if I am even going to get paid or not or is it going to be like it was with Powertel am I just wasteing my time even working for these people??
I just wanted to let everyone know how JAK Productions treats their employees. I have been working for JAK Productions in Westy Virginia for just over a week. I have already been suspended and I’m still in my first training week. I called the owner to ask him a question, his response: he was rude, arrogant and told me that from talking to me, for only 15 seconds, that I shouldn’t be suspended, but fired.
To Amanda: who is the owner? It would be nice to get a name so maybe several of us people who have been harrassed by his outfit can band together and maybe get some sharp attorney to assist in filing a class action law suit.
How about a name please.
I have received 5 calls in 2 days from 800-379-8414. Everyone claims they are from the CIA to a porn website. The first time I answered it was a quick speaking recording claiming to be some Cancer Fund and gave a toll free 888 number. The next time I answered, I got a man asking for me, and I responded. He asked for me by first name and maiden name. I told him one was correct the other was not. He then asked for my 87 year old mother. I told him she did not take any calls. Here we go again, he asked for me by first name. I responded that the first name was correct, but not the last name. Quickly, he said he would call when he could talk to someone else, and hung up before I could tell him to take us off the list. If anyone knows what Cancer organization this is please post the information. Thank you
To Gary: The owner of JAK Productions is John Aberham Keller in Atlanta Ga. so feel free to sue him from what I have read and heard he is a millionare.
Have received calls from 800-279-4041 and 800-704-1645. That was only today. I just pick up and tell them to stop calling. I have googled a couple of the numbers and there seems to be a theme for Police Organizations. Another 800 I recieved was from Men’s Health Magazine selling my information to Runner’s World??? They found a way to avoid the caller ID block feature on your phone.
I’ve been tormented by calls from 800-990-1906. If you call this number you will not get a live answer, but a recorded message answering “youth development fund”. If anyone knows more about this, or if it is related to JAK, please post. Thank you.
Youth Development Fund’s info:
dba A Child’s Dream
8 Canberra Drive
Knoxville, TN 37923
Rick Bowen, President
865-690-8521
501(c)(3) charity
Per 2003 financial report:
Contributions rec’d: $4,080,467
Total Revenue: $4,080,467
Fundraising costs: $3,447,714 (84%)
Admin. costs: $ 175,088 (4%)
Spent on programs: $ 350,515 (8.5%)
Solicitor:
Associated Community Services
24681 Northwestern, #250
Southfield, MI 48075
Robert W. Burland, President
248-352-2600
Contract terms: YDF gets 18% of contributions raised. Avg. donation of $25: $4.50 to YDF, $20.50 to ACS
Complaints: Virginia consumers can contact Investigator Sheerie Ayres at [email protected]
Registration information for any charity soliciting in Virginia can be found at http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov or http://www.guidestar.org and many other state regulatory agency Web sites.
This is NOT a paid advertisement. State Charity Officials regularly provide public education about charities and their fundraisers as part of your state government at work. For links to your state regulatory agencies, visit http://www.NASCOnet.org and click on “US State Charity Offices.”
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As in the post of 10/31/2004, from the guy from Harrisonburg, VA, I also am in Harrisonburg and received a call from “mobile alabama” from 251-666-7633 and googled to this site. These people have called before and I usually don’t answer, but sometimes people calling using phone cards will show up as numbers from cities all over the country. So I answered this and was immediately hung up on. What’s their point?? Just to test to see if I’m a “live” number??
Oops, I meant the guy from 10/30/2004, who is also in Harrisonburg, VA.
I live in Northern Virginia, and have been harassed for several months now by nearly every number being posted here. I have filed a written complaint as Jo Freeman suggested, and hope that every single one of you do the same. And Jo Freeman- it would be terrific if you could keep us updated on any progress that is made!
i work for jak productions, i understand the frustration that can arise from phone calls while either trying to eat dinner, conduct business, or even take time to relax. jak is a company set up to run a thirteen hour shift, comprised of two lunch breaks and three ten minute breaks. it is like any other company conducting or selling thier product or service. i am not posting this to defend jak or to show any sympathy to those recieving the calls. i am asking for who ever may read this, when i call, or anyone calls trying to sell a product or service, to politely say, not interested, and hang up. is that so hard? why make a big deal and take the time to send e-mails, call back, threaten to sue, cost people thier job, and slow an economy even more than it already is. i also am an independent contractor, being able to call people would make my service a lot easier, but people filing complaints once again slowed the economy. now there is a national do not call pertaining to my service. if you arent interested, hang up. forget about it, and worry about things that are harmful and costing you money. or is that what it is all about? did you hear the owner of jak is rich, and you want a piece of the pie? sorry guys, all you are doing by complaining, is helping our good friend the FTC win a hard fought battle. they will prosper not any one person. you may no longer recieve phone calls. but the FTC will walk away with all the money, and put thousands if not millions out of work. we are trying to build a strong economy, and putting people out of work, charitable work for that matter, will weaken; if not cause a crumble in our economy as we know it.
my point is, telemarketers are not there to try to ruin your day guys. they are brief, promote a product in less than two minutes, if you dont want it hang up if you do, pledge or sign up. dont cost a guy his job by calling the number on your id back, leaving a message saying he was rude to you. think about it, if he was rude, he hasnt been selling anything, hes frustrated. its not you hes mad at, there is a 99% chance hes been told no several times in a row. when you work in fundraising you are told every two hours at a meeting to be polite and courteous, if you arent you will be fired. so see jak is not so bad. its just some individuals do not follow the rules, and will be terminated for being rude. they know that but think they wont be caught. THEY WILL! i ask of you all one thing, dont promote do not call lists, it will cause jobs to be lost, and you guys would miss us calling you anyways, you wouldnt have anyone to cuss and let out frustration on and not feel bad about doing it. to colorado,indiana, and virginia, im sorry for calling so much, all i can say is i am raising money for people who must need it, and if you can find it in your heart to spare 10 maybe 20 dollars, please do. if you are tired of the calls, just say so, ill remove you from my list. just dont file complaints, its bad for the soul. thank you and goodnight!
I got a call from 678-992-2430 that wasn’t asking for money!!! it was actually from the company that distributes the local yellow-pages confirming that we got them.
Dear TSR,
Maybe you should have taken the time to read ALL the posts on this site.
First of all, don’t assume we would ‘miss you guys calling’ just so we could have someone to cuss etc. We did not ask for your calls to begin with. Secondly, most, if not all of us, don’t normally cuss or otherwise act rude to callers…unless they happen to be from JAK and we tell them not to call us anymore but yet they continue to do so. Third, do your research…the majority of your funds raised go to cover the cost of your agency overhead and so called administrative costs.
Our esteemed sage of this web site…Jo Freeman, has done the research and has graciously shared the gleaned information about cretin organizations such as the one you work for presently.
Lastly,,,the economy would not even so much as hiccup or pass a little gas if telemarketers dissapeared altogether.
Just an update to everybody still following this thread: I’ve updated the original post with cached or archived links to the long-dead fortune.com articles, in case you missed them the first time.
I sent JAK a copy of the complaint form I sent to Virginia, and their lawyer at Copilevitz & Canter, just sent an e-mail and a letter back. In a nutshell, they promise never to call back (with some griping about how they tracked their calls to me but never hung up — but for the hang ups, I would never have complained!). The lawyer is Greg Lam
Copilevitz & Canter, LLC
Kansas City, MO 64105
(816) 472-9000
[email protected]
The company defends nonprofits and telemarketers (check them out on their website).
Good luck,
I live just outside of Harrisonburg, VA and while we were out this evening, I got a phone call from 727-449-9646 and it said POL PROTCT FUND in the caller ID. Anyone ever heard of them? I called the number back and it just rang and rang.
Add this number to the list: 703-863-9813. Calls from this number have been received morning through evening hours for months. No one at the other end. Voice mail box always full. Here is the twist. Caller ID reports Thomas Gardiner with the above number. The answering machine recording says Thomas Gardiner with Community Services asks for your contact info which you can’t do because VM is full. No google hits so far for this company, his name or number. Believe the area code and prefix point to northern VA (Alexandria, Falls Church). Have initiated a trace twice and contacted the local police department. Also called Cox, my telco, to have the guy on the other end say he had received calls from the same number on his cell phone. Anyone else seem this number?
Also Mobil AL Safty (as shown in caller ID) @ 251-666-7633 called tonight. No one at the other end. Found this forum by searching the phone number in Google.
I got a call this afternoon from 251-666-7633. The guy asked for Mr. (my last name), I said this was him speaking and then he asked for my wife by her first name. As soon as I answered he hung up.
Same as Dee, I googled the number and (shockingly) found it here. Bizzare..
I received a call from 800-650-3839. Some jackass who couldn’t hardly speak English(like most telemarketers) spoke. I heard the usual one second pause then the guy comes on and says ‘read this joke’. I hung up at that point. I read where you can buy a box that will screen all calls according to your own settings and even put in numbers to block. This eliminates the phone company block service and is way better. I guess the box answers the phone for you and obeys your preset commands before it actually rings your phone. If anyone has used or is using one please give us some feedback. I think its a great idea to eliminate these bastards once and for all and get these telemarketers to get off their asses and get a real job.
I think the biggest reality about all this is that it’s a shame that there are that many assholes invading our privacy everyday and knowing better but doing it anyway. It shows that many Americans are lazy cowards who would rather step on someone elses toes to make life easier for them. Dog eat dog. If you are not one of those kinds of Americans, GOD BLESS YOU.
we recieve calls frequently on our cell phones from 248-569-2247 and its crazy! I am surprised t see only 1 other person had this number listed. We live in NH, so I hope this problem isn’t spreading….good luck 2 every1!
I got a call from 877-300-3504 today and did not answer the call when I saw my caller id said “Out of Area”.
I’m really glad I googled this phone number and found this extremely informative and eye-opening message board.
I am going to look into getting the toll-free call block installed now. I’ve gotten phone calls in the past soliciting for the Fraternal Order of Police, but I always thought they were real police officers talking to me. Now that I know Jak Productions and their idiotic employees are the true solicitors and that only 15% of the money goes to the FOP, I will never offer to give them money ever again. I hope the FCC cracks down hard on them very soon.
I’ve come across this site after searching for numbers such as 888-243-0573. We live in Virginia and are on the National Do Not Freakin Call list. I am amazed that so many people seem to be encountering the same crap! I may try to contact some of the folks at the organization (supplied by some of the other posts) ..but I’m not sure if I want to go through all the time and aggravation.
FYI –
JAK PRODUCTIONS, INC.
(770) 612-1386
http://www.ganet.org/cgi-bin/pub/corp/corpsearch?corpid=J906601
ADDRESS:
4501 CIR 75 PKWY STE E5280
ATLANTA , GA 303393025
CEO: JOHN KELLER
CFO: ABRAHAM KELLER
SEC: SUSAN FRIED
GOOD STUFF HERE. WAY TO GO CATHY COX!
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/pressrel/020604.htm
Some background on the spammer’s firm:
JAK PRODUCTIONS, INC.
Corporate Officers
Title Name Address
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
JOHN KELLER 2660 PEACHTREE RD NW APT 25 D
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30305
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
ABRAHAM KELLER 46-3 JABOTINSKY ST. SHIKON G
BEER SHEVA, ISREAL 00000
SECRETARY
SUSAN FRIED 1016 HATEHNA NAVE PARDESIM
PARDES HANNA, ISREAL 00000
I get these calls too, but much less frequently than previously; about 11 per month. I have caller ID, and if I don’t recognize the caller, I don’t answer. When in doubt, don’t answer. If it’s someone you know, they’ll leave a message. If it’s a telephone solicitor, they won’t leave a message. If it’s someone you know and they don’t leave a message, it’s not important or they’ll call your mobile phone. (Mobile phones seem to be immune from telephone solicitors.)
Never donate to a telephone solicitor. If they can’t raise money for the organizations that hire them, they won’t be rehired and their busniess will evaporate.
Don’t be affraid to be rude to these people. Regardless of what Jeff M says, they are going to harrass you anyway. Hang up. It’s okay to be rude to someone rude enough to intrude on your privacy.
I tried the complaint route; I don’t think it’s working. It would probably be more effective to file a class action suite against JAK Productions.
By the way, the Virginia Fraternal Order of Police is not a charity; they are a union. That’s why they are not tax-deductible. They usually identify some social program that your donation is intended to support, but they are not obligated to use your money for that program. Many police organizations seeking contributions are unions. They are not tax-deductible because they are not really charities. If someone solicits a donation from you (by phone, by mail, by e-mail, whatever) and they are not tax-deductible, don’t donate. There is a reason they didn’t qualify for tax-deductible status.
Quality charitable organizations do not use telephone solicitors. My father was National Executive Director of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. My godfather is the current National Executive Director. They have a telemarketing center to receive donations, but they do not solicit donations. They do send donation requests by mail to donors, but they will remove you from that list at your request. I’ve looked through a few lists of the highest rated charitable organizations, and I’ve never received a call from any of them.
Do yourselves a favor. Do not contribute to telephone solicitors. Do not buy from telephone solicitors.
I have been occasionally pestered by calls from 877-300-3504 & 866-785-0505.
What complaint form do I use from the Virginia website?
The reason many people are getting repeat calls from different charities but with the same # is because the carities have hired an outside contractor to telemarket on their behalf. What you should also know is that the telemarketer keeps 90 cents of every dollar collected. I never donate to charities over the phone. I will only give directly to the organization I wish to support
A couple of days ago I got a pre-recorded “May I speak to the lady of the house…” call from 877-291-7322. I don’t know who it was from. I don’t think any real charity would specifically ask for the female of the house.
Today within a few minutes, I received calls from both 866-845-1834 and 866-785-0505. There was nobody on the line from the first call. Just silence. The second came about 15 minutes later and was the Fraternal Order of Police.
I have been receiving calls from 866-785-0505 and also found this site as a result. I contacted the VFOP and let’s see how that goes. Thanks all for the information.
I actually work for the so called virginia F.O.P. or the firefighters chairatable foundation. I can feel the hate you all express. I never realized how much we actually recall people. Actually the calls originate from W.Va.
from: cant say
Actually I call on behalf of a lot of orginizations including: Va. F.O.P. , junior police academy of denver , fire fighters f. f. , gwinette co. F.O.P. of Ga. and a few others. I live in W.Va.
Think about it!!!!!!!!!!!
I can be reached thru nitro-nut-9@hotmail remember only serious may call
To Cant say: Whats your point? Your post, like a few others who claim to work for JAK and or some others who work on behalf of an F.O.P, is replete with grammatical errors and poor logic.
Reference posts by ‘jeff’ and or ‘TSR’. Did you guys not graduate from High School or did you just skip English classes?
Do us all a favor and go away!
I received a call today from 877-291-7322 and when I answered, the man wanted to speak to the lady of the house. When I asked who it was and what it was in regards to, he got quiet for a second or two then said “This is D.O.V.E. and we’re not selling anything but conducting an interview with people who have small children or grandchildren living with or near them. Does this fit you? I didn’t say anything and he said well obviously this doesn’t apply to your household so there is no need to continue this call or call you again.” And he hung up. They called again an hour later but I didnt answer. Anyone ever heard of D.O.V.E.?
I have contacted Virginia FOP, both senators, my congressman,my state AG, the Georgia AG, and Give.org. Who does marketing by p***ing people off? That is a paradox, isn’t it? I’m at the point where I’m ready to change my phone number. 40 % of the calls on my phone this past week have been from that JAK Productions company. My borther lives in Atlanta, I wonder if he can do anything about it for me.
i am getting these stupid calls too and through my research, as I run a non profit, I have been told that these companies will use and reuse existing phone lists to haunt you in order to find the right charity for people to give to. This is not right at all. Plus I have call intercept on my lines because I hate telemarketing calls. These companies are slick, they have their autodialers call all day until you pick up, thats how they know you are home at a specific time. If you do not know the number, DO NOT ANSWER THE PHONE.. eventually they will take you off their list as a dead end number.
Oh one final note.. you know those little cards we use for the grocery store in order to rack up the points for something free later on and to save right now, if you use your telephone number in the machine because you forgot your card.. they are selling your phone number to these nice little companies to haunt you even more on products you just bought so do not forget that little card. In fact, change your phone number to 555-1212 on your registration card.
Have also been told that you can contact the Association of Direct Marketing and send them a letter requesting that all mail and phone call be haulted. I plan to send them a letter registered mail in order to be taken off their damn lists.
Also you can legally ask to be taken off thier list.. I just tell them that I am broke and out of work so not to bother me again. I know its rude to say that to someone but it seems to be working…. try it and maybe they will stop calling you too. Good luck everyone… and lets pray this madness stops once and for all! Telemarkers and spam really need to be outlawed!
B:)
I found this site because I, too live in Northern VA. the (727) 449-9646 just called me, rang 3 times and hung up. So I star six nined it and found this site.
Verizon allows you to change your phone number ONCE for free. I did that last May of 2004 and since then I have been delightfully telemarketer free…well until this stuff began about a month ago.
It’s a phishing call. It’s trying to see if anyone answers. I did. Now i’m a Positivie call for charity I guess, from what I’m reading up above.
Thanks for all the help!
I HAVE BEEN RECIEVING CALLS FROM THE NUMBER 1-800-990-1906 AND ITS GETTING REDICULUS. I RUN A BUSINESS AND DONT HAVE TIME TO ANSWER THESE CALLS. HAS ANYONE ELSE RECIEVED A CALL FROM THAT SPECIFIC NUMBER? AND IF SO WHO DOES THAT NUMBER BELONG TO? LET ME KNOW. THANKS!
I saw that a there were a few other complaints about someone calling from 877-291-7322 so I figured I may as well report whoever it is to donotcall.gov. So, a complaint has been submitted. Sure hope they do something about this “company”.
YOUR COMPLAINT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED
Thank you for filing your complaint with the National Do Not Call Registry.
Do not call complaints will be entered into a secure online database available to civil and criminal law enforcement agencies. While the FTC does not resolve individual consumer problems, your complaint will help the agency investigate the company, and could lead to law enforcement action.
Im in the Richmond VA area. Just got a call from 877-291-7732 (the DOVE organization) and got the same hang up treatment. They apparently also use several other numbers, some display DOVE foundation on the caller ID display, most do not. Wonderful Marketing Ploy. Maybe Girlscout cookie sales would increase if they sold them by the “knock on the door and then run away method?”
I got a call twice today at my work number from 877-300-3504. I have registered all 3 of my work phone lines with the Do Not Call registry. I sent the complaint to them today via their internet address: ftc.gov/donotcall. It only took a couple of minutes and you don’t have to leave your personal info unless you want to. I suggest we all continue to do this. At some point someone will have to do something.
I found this site the same way everyone else did. I was so tired of 888-243-0573 calling my house and hanging up on me I googled it to find out who it belongs to. Looks like I will report them to the FTC to add to the number of complaints. (P.S. I also live in No VA.)
866-845-1834 Add this number to the list it is the FOP in VA
877-291-7732 DOVE is some kind of right-wing group that targets people and groups that they hate under the guise of protecting children and families. It’s a hate group.
I found this site by googling 877-291-7732 also. I just received a call from them — 8:30 p.m. I’m in southeast Ohio. As I was double-checking what name it gave (unknown was on my callerID), I noticed I received a call from the DOVE foundation on 3/25 at 7:15 p.m. I didn’t answer either call.
Caller blocking usually does work, but it doesn’t deter the most ruthless of telemarketers, they enter *82 and re enter the phone number.
I’m in Massachusetts and I recieved a total of 6 calls in 5 days from unavailable callers from these numbers:
(3x ) 800-679-0336
(3x ) 877-291-7322
I was told these calls were from Dove by the people I spoke with. I called one of the numbers back because I had recieved two phone calls from this number in a very short time. I wanted to find out who it was–the woman who picked up the phone was startled. She didn’t care about the do not call list and said they were a charity so those rules didn’t apply to them. I knew they were going to keep calling me back. I let the phone ring a few days, then I picked up a call from a number everyone is getting calls from for the ” lady in the house”. I believe this was a prerecorded call but it was also live monitered. I frustrated this caller by turning the tables on him and asking questions, so he hung up. It seemed to me the calls were fishing for information about my family composition–the first caller asked if I had kids or grandchildren living with me, the second caller wanted to know if I had been to the video store with a child under 16. I asked them “how is that your business?” That’s how I got the name Dove. They don’t like it when you ask them questions, refuse to give them information, or confront them .
I asked a really good question from the second caller why the same firm was calling me from two different numbers. That’s when he hung up.
I asked around and I’m the only one in my area who got this phone call, that confirmed that I was being targeted. Does anyone know where this charity is?
I went to their site and I was surprised to find it was down. According to their notice they are moving.
This is another information broker : Wilkerson and Associates. They state they are an investment firm. I was really puzzled when I got their call demanding information for a survey. They scoffed at the do not call list. I wouldn’t even talk to them. The phone company is different down there so I couldn’t pin point which company they were. They operate in the Kentucky area. Does anyone have any information about them?
502-753-0430
I am going to complain to the FTC as well. The law should be changed.
Hi, folks. Thought I’d see if postings had resumed about JAK, since their phone calls to Virginia have resumed, according to some of my complainants.
Just to update you, I’m still working on these complaints. I cannot provide any details, due to the nature of my job, but I want to thank all those Virginians that filed complaints with my office and have updated me via e-mail from time to time.
I see several posts about Police Protective Fund. Here is some information for you about that organization:
Police Protective Fund
1114 W. 7th St. , Suite 3
Austin, TX 78703
Also: 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 949 Washington, DC – 20006
Contact: Phil LeConte, President
David Dierks, Chief Fiscal Officer
Phone: 512-476-1042; 800-227-1042
Org. hires in-house solicitors instead of contracting with professional solicitors, according to their registration form. However, their financial report states the names of 5 professional solicitors that they paid over $50,000 each in 2003.
2003 Financial report (2004 due May 15, 2005, unless extended up to Nov. 15):
Contributions rec’d: $4,838,012
Total Revenue: $4,842,738
Program expenses: $ 350,436
Administration: $ 107,623
Fundraising: $4,262,760
% of contributions spent on fundraising: 88%
% of Total Revenue spent on Programs: 7%
These percentages are NOT violations of law. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled more than once that laws cannot set limits on fundraising expenses or require certain minimums spent on programs, but that it is the mission of offices like mine to provide information to the public for the purposes of wise giving. That’s why I’m posting this information here.
Also I see remarks about the Dove Foundation, which is also registered with my office:
The Dove Foundation
245 State Street S.E., Suite 104
Grand Rapids, MI 49503-4245
Contact: Mr. David Lukens, Executive Director
Phone: 616-454-5024
Financial report for FYE 4/30/04:
Contributions received: $ 61,497
Total Revenue: $124,958
Program Expenses: $ 61,106
Administration: $ 44,869
Fundraising expense: $ 0
I, too, received a call at my home. They explained that they were conducting a survey and after they asked if I had any children under 16 yrs or dependent senior citizens in my home (“No”), they thanked me for my time and hung up.
I also fielded in inquiry about them that included 2 phone numbers. I called both numbers and each answered as The Dove Foundation. I talked to the person who answered and asked if they hire another company to phone consumers. They said that they did not, that it was all done in house. Their registration also reflects that answer.
I’d like to reiterate what others have found to be true. If it’s a phone call, most of the time it will be a paid solicitor calling (but not always). Paid solicitors are paid, on average, 70% of donations collected; some are paid more, some are paid less. These payments cover the costs of phones, overhead, and salaries (commissions) as well as their profit.
If the call is for a police, sheriffs, or any other kind of law enforcement group, your local police or sheriffs department does NOT benefit. I have interviewed police and sheriffs departments in VA and have been told that it strictly against their internal policy to allow their officers to solicit contributions from the public, due to the potential intimidation factor.
In general, the following groups are NOT 501(c)(3), and therefore donations are not tax deductible:
Fraternal Orders of Police
Police Associations
Police Unions
Benevolent Police Associations
These are types of fraternities, labor organizations, trade associations, and insurance benefit associations.
There are many, many 501(c)(3) organizations that use the words police, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, law enforcement, peace officers, firefighters, veterans, and children in their titles, because they know that these words touch people’s heartstrings the most.
Any organization that solicits contributions in Virginia (except churches, political groups that file with the State Board of Elections, or the Red Cross) are required to file with our office prior to soliciting contributions. Our office is a public information office. Any information filed here is public information, available by written request (copies) or a phone call (verbal information) to 800-552-9963 (VA only).
There are 40 states that require filing prior to solicitations. Most reside in either the Secretary of State’s office or the Office of the Attorney General. Search online for your state’s charities office. Many have information available online about the organizations that register.
Keep filing those complaints. The process may not be swift, but it is thorough.
Thanks,
Jo Freeman
Senior Investigator
VA Office of Consumer Affairs
I have been called 4 times in the past 4 hours by 877-291-7322. Finally, I googled it, which brought me to this site. In addtion to listing my phone # with the DNC registry, I have written to the Direct Marketing Association – apparently charities don’t spend the donations we give them to join this association. I do usually answer calls from #’s I do not recognize, but occasionally I forget to look before answereing. For those who are concerned that their favorite charity may be denied their donations, I tell them that I only donate to responses sent by mail.
Called three times in the past 16 hours by 877-827-2921 and 866-785-0505. Called them back and got a recording that the company is “Charitable Fundraising Offices”. But fits the profile of JAK. And for all of you regulatory folks, like Jo Freeman and Jody Wahl, your intentions are good, but why can’t we email our complaints to you? You force us to download, print, fill out and mail a form to you. Why not bring your agencies into the 21st Century and give us an online fillable form or email. Then you’d see more responses.
I too am getting calls from 248-569-2247. My caller ID shows “minac” I called it and of course no one spoke after picking up. I put Minac into google and found a sight for some kind of resort village in Canada. The area code for this place was 250, so I’m thinking that’s where I called. So I guess now I will have this on my phone bill (which I will call the phone company about) Could this be a scam to get you to call the number? Has anyone else called the number back?
Thanks for the info on the Dove Foundation. I am still getting multiple calls from them. I also am getting daily calls from a 800-378-8616. Anyone know who this number is?
Just a note that I live in the Chicago-land ‘burbs and received within a four-hour timeframe four calls from 877-291-7322. I do not have Caller ID, but got the number from doing a *69 after each hang up. I then Googled the number and found this site. Sigh…don’t these people have lives (other than ticking off the general public during private hours)?
I also received a call from 877-291-7322 asking for the lady of the house. When I asked who it was and what they wanted the person asked why, and I replied because I am on the DNC and his reply was we can take care of that and he hung up. The next step was to google the number which led me here.
I received a phone call from 727-449-9646 today and it came up as POL PROTCT FUND on the caller ID. They asked to speak to Mrs. So and So. I asked who they were and why they wanted to talk to her and the fellow identified himself as Omar and he was with the Virginia Police Protection Fund and they raised funds for the families of police officers killed in the line of duty in Virginia. I told him I wasn’t interested and to remove my name from their list, he got rather nasty, wanting to know why I wouldn’t help those poor widows and children whose family members died trying to protect me. I told him that I was sorry but my grandfather was a policeman and I wasn’t interested in helping that particular fund. He told me that my grnadfather’s name wasn’t on his list–how do you know what his name was? No answer but a lot of hemming and hawwing. He tried to make me feel guilty for not contributing, I told him that if I wanted to contribute to the policemen’s fund, there were other ways of doing it besides his and I was told that his was the only legimate orginization of this sort. He got rather nasty so I hung up on him.
I’ve had a minimum of 5 attempts from 877-291-7322 just today. Since I have been on the DNCL from the very beginning I went and submitted the number. I notice that they say charities and surveyors can still call. So it would seem that the current MO for these DOVE folks is now to attempt to disguise themselves as some sort of survey.
I had a phone call today from 877-291-7322. In by best Russian Accent, I told him that all are wise to his tactics and his yammering stammering dialog was not worth listening too. I then told him that I would hunt him down like a “Pig-Dog” if he called me again. I have to laugh because I told him I was an adult escort service (not really) and if he did not pick a blonde, brunette or redhead, I was going to charge him for my time! These DOVE people sure do have alot of nerve. I was surprised he could take my abuse as long as he did!
I’m also in the Chicago suburbs and have recently been receiving calls from an 877-291-7322 number. Actually, I think today was the first time, but have already received 4 calls within a four hour timeframe! I finally answered the last call only to hear the end of what sounded like a pre-recorded message about some survey, blah blah blah. Actually, I didn’t quite understand what the message was saying, and before I knew it they hung up. Thanks for all the info regarding this group.
As I have said before in at least 4 previous posts….you guys need to get call block from you phone company….you can block ten to twenty numbers….I have….and have not recieved a phone call from these morons in over 10 months!
My wife received an odd call from 502-753-0430. Wilkerson and Associates has a website: http://www.wilkersonresearch.com/indExp.htm
I have received several calls today from the 877-291-7322 number and I occassional get calls from something listed as WESTERN WATS and TELEFUND INC. Anyone know anything about them? I am in New Jersey, by the way.
I just received 2 calls in less than 2 hours from 877-291-7322. THey can keep calling, they won’t get an answer but I will file a complaint with the DNC because like a lot of you, I’ve been on singe the beginning.
I am getting calls from 877-291-7322 at least 4 times per day. And I have an unlisted number.
For future thought I am curious how these people manage calling us from supposedly toll free numbers. It’s my understanding that the way the 800 etc system works all a toll free number does is point to an actual local phone number. So how is it that these people are allowed to falsify their caller ID information?
I’m thinking we need to be writing our legislators and getting some laws passed to deal with these new problems.
I did a Google search to a couple numbers that have called me 6 times so far today. Both show as “Unavailable” on caller-ID and the 2 numbers are 877-291-7322 and 800-679-0336. I live in Southern New Jersey. I’m glad to know I’m not the only ones they’re bothering 😉
I received calls today from 877-291-7322. what is this #? where can I find more information on it?
Thanks so much for this entry; it’s really saved the day for me. I live in Indiana, and I, too, have been bombarded with phone calls from several numbers, but primarily 866-785-0505. I’ve put myself on the National AND the Indiana DNC lists, but it doesn’t seem to help with these so-called “charitable” organizations.
I feel like a real idiot, since I’ve already pledged over $300 to these pricks over the course of two years, and it makes my stomach ache to know that less than 15% of that actually went to the charities.
I really got mad when I pledged $100 to the “Luekemia Foundation” last month, and when I didn’t send in the money within two weeks (I had sudden unforeseen money shortage that month), I got a pink slip stamped SECOND NOTICE demanding I send in my pledge. Really rude. Now I have no intention of sending in that pledge.
I get 4-5 of calls from JAK each day, and one this morning at 7:00am, before my alarm even went off! That was the final straw! I contacted the Indiana Attorney General’s office, but it’s so hard to get a hold of someone there, and they don’t seem to have a form that addresses this sort of issue.
My phone company unfortunately doesn’t offer Privacy Call Service or Call Block in my area of Podunk, IN, so I’m screwed there, too.
My only hope now is to buy one of these: http://www.privacycorps.com/products/
Just found this site about the Dove Foundation. I’ve been wondering who has been so persistent in calling all day! This group does indeed look scary! Reading all of the patron comments as you go down the page is enlightening.
http://www.familyfirst.com/dove_foundation.html
It seems that the Policemen Protection Fund is going around south/central VA. I have only lived here since Sept and until today, all we have received are collections calls for the previous owner of our number. I have the full package from Verizon, so I guess its time to search the call block option online!!
I’m also going to fill out the form and send to Ms Freeman
On 3/19/05 my husband received a call from 877 291-7322 asking to speak to the “woman of the house”. My husband asked “what do you want?” The caller did not respond. So my husband hung up. On 3/20/05 a second call was received asking the same thin. I lowered my voice and asked “Who’s calling?” There was no response. I am concerned that callers even from charity marketing organizations could be tracking when we are at home & may be burglars.
I got four calls today from 877-291-7322. My number is unlisted and on DNCL. I’ve given this number out to no one only 1 family and 1 friend. I’m self-employed, I use my office phone number and address in another city for all of my business and personal activity. I’ve had this unlisted home phone number for 4 years. Between 11:45 and 3:10 today they called four my home four times.
Thanks, Elizabeth, for posting the link to the Dove Foundation, otherwise known to me as 877-291-7322! After searching through their pages, I found that a person is able to have their number removed from their calling list. I found the information on a FAQ page. I must admit to being a bit unsure about this, and was wondering what others thought. Here’s the link to their FAQ page:
http://www.dove.org/frames.asp?URL=surveys/dove_entertainment_survey_faq.htm
I live in shouthern NJ and ahve started to receive calls from 877-291-7322. I’ve also received a couple of calls from a public interest group conducting a survey. All of a sudden I’m getting these calls and I’m unlisted and on the DNC list. Does anyone know who everyone in NJ can contact?
Michelle,
I’m new to the posting but I just read your e-mail and checked out the link.
I am wondering if I give them e-mail address to remove my phone # if they’ll bother me via e-mail instead. I’d like to know if anyone tries this and has success?
Here’s what I did….IT WORKED! When I received my LAST call from 866-785-0505, I allowed the “caller” to pitch his charity of the day.
After a minute or so of not paying attention, the caller asked if I was still there. I said “Oh yes, I’m still here.” I said “I reported JAK Productions to the Indiana State Attorney General because they continually call me and WILL NOT honor my “do not call” request.” “I’ve also recorded this call for evidence and will forward it to the attorney general’s office as they have instructed me to do.” There was silence. Then the caller said “I’m sorry to have bothered you sir, your number will be added to the “do not call” list immediately. Have a nice day.”
CLICK.
You have to THROW IT BACK AT THEM. Let them know that you KNOW WHO THEY ARE and USE IT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
By the way, the Georgia State Attorney General’s web-site list this company as an “un-charitable” solicitor….they KEEP 85% of the money they “raise” for the organizations they make calls for! That’s 85 cents of EVERY dollar.
Also….”Area Services 770-933-8528″ IS JAK PRODUCTIONS. One in the same…”Area Services” is the “D.B.A.” of JAK PRODUCTIONS in Georgia.
Michele, I think the correct name is called “police protective fund”
To Pauly, John Keller is the president of JAK Production, he has offices in Atlanta, GA and Indiana
Claire you need to read this : http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff51882.htm
John Keller is the President of JAK Productions, the telemarketing fundraising company that keeps 85% or even more of the money
Yeah This is weird but I know why , See I recently got A verizon cell phone and so did my parents, well Eversince we got them this number called. incase you dident know Verizon charges for incoming calls, Well thanks to this number and other verizon scams our bill is up from $40 to $300
Its a Giant scam, And if you want to quit verizon the make you pay a large amount, so if you are getting this call are you with verizon………..
Not being the “lady of the house,” I nonetheless just called D.O.V.E back at 877-291-7322 and politely asked that they remove my numbers from their call lists. This organization seeks to promote “family friendly” entertainment, and apparently qualifies as a non-profit, and thus exempt from the do-not-call list requirement. However, if you ask them not to call you anymore then there are required by law to do that. They assured me they will, and I think I can believe it. If you’re interested in who they are, their website is http://www.dove.org.
I just got one of those lovely calls everyone here has been discussing here. And I have a solution but first let me explain…
I received a call from the well known 1-866-845-1834 and I reside in Aurora Colorado.
I took it upon myself to not only read almost every single post here but to do some researching.
Today when I got a call I got a live person who left no name and asked for my spouse. I replied that he was unavailable and received an abrupt and firm “Oh Thanks!” and then he hung up.
Well I decided to have my spouse google the phone # and of course to no surprise here we are at this website again.
WELL……..I did call trace the # which is a $1 charge but I felt this isn’t good enough for me. So I did some googeling of my own.
Found the local site for CPPA who has JAK contracted to fundraise for them.
Spoke with a wonderful gentleman named Skip who took down the phone # and answered all my questions pertaining to this matter.
I asked what they would do in this matter to resolve the situation. They fax over the # with their letterhead along with a note to remove the phone number from the call list.
I stated to Skip that I knew JAK was a profit company and that they keep a healthy % of whatever they collect for CPPA. He said I was correct.
I asked if they were going to be terminating their contract with JAK as he mentioned that they have been receiving calls occasionally from others in Colorado about the very same complaints I have read in this forum.
He informed me that the CPPA’s contract with JAK carry’s on to next year and once it is up they will be replacing them. He stated that JAK has not given posative PR in the tactics they use to fundraise money.
There are 2 people according to Skip who work in that office who answer the phones: Skip, and General Manager for CPPA Carol.
I told him about the forum and how the CPPA is being viewed by the public eye.
He stated that they are hopefull to be rid of JAK after the contract is up as this is not how they wish to be represented.
he also stated that any of the companies JAK is fundraising for, you can donate direct IF you like the organization. Doing donations and promise quote donations over the phone are not always a wise choice.
Now for our solution to remove ourselves from the call list which is generally a computer generated list or in some cases an auto dialer.
I asked Skip how can others like myself get removed from the call list?
There are 3 ways to do this if you are in Colorado….
Include your Phone # or #’s when contacting for removal from the call lists)
#1 E-mail (He suggested that if you send e-mail please put “Remove from Call List” in the subject.) This is the first and best way to do it.
E-Mail
[email protected]
#2 Snail Mail
Mailing Address
1485 Kelly Johnson Blvd
Suite 230
Colorado Springs, CO 80920
And #3 Phone.
Either Skip or Carol will answer. Just be curteous, They were very nice to me BTW.
Phone
800.320.2772
Those are the 3 ways Colorado residents can now be removed if they come across this site.
If you have any further questions feel free to e-mail me.
If for any reason this does not work out I think the next place people need to take this is to the Media to make everyone aware of this.
I included the website for the local CPPA if anyone is interested.
http://www.cppa.net
I wont be donating to them and after reading about FOP on here, I have stopped my mail donation of $5 every year to the local organization as well.
It is a hard lesson to learn when one hires the wrong people to represent them. I suggested to Skip that they should give locals a job and hire them to fundraise instead of some out of town company that treats their possible donors like mud.
Regards
Octavia in Aurora Colorado
877-291-7322
514-908-2492
Best way to deal with these people:
do not answer the phone.
I have trained my son – if you don’t know thee number – don’t answer it.
Just becasue the phone rings – does it have to be answered? I say not.
Answering machines are a lovely invention. None of the automated dialing zipperheads will leave a message.
Uanavailable or out of area? No one hone.
Dove Survery FAQs
Five calls came from 1-800-679-0336 yesterday. I don’t answer blocked caller ID calls and let them go into the answering machine, where the DOVE scum left multiple messages of silence.
Thank goodness for caller ID and answering machines. Maybe I’ll cancel that monthly unlisted number fee to SBC since it doesn’t seem to be doing much good.
Anyone had calls from 502-753-0430? I googled this number and it led to this website, but I can’t find out any more about it.
Thanks!
FYI – In response to Scott on 5/12, we also received an anonymous call from 514-908-2492. I called that number and found out that it is a survey organization. The first part of the automated message is in French. They will politely remove your number from their list if you give them a quick call to their 1-800 number: 800-243-3226. We’re on the Do-Not-Call list and it works for us most of the time. Now we rarely recieve this type of call, so I can spend the few minutes it takes to deal with the stragglers. Good Luck!
I got a call from Dove’s 877 number a week ago also. The operator of the survey (see below) was very pushy with their answers in trying to get me to take a call from one of it’s “brainwashers.” He/she just wouldn’t take “NO!” for an answer, unless said 3, 4, maybe even 5 times.
By the way, these are my favorite portion’s of Dove’s FAQ (which, by the way, I tried, and could not get to via the direct link on Dove’s website!).
Q: Is the survey taken by a live person?
A: Yes, the survey is being conducted by a live person. Meaning that the recipient of the call is speaking to a person who is then selecting pre-recorded responses to answer the recipient?s questions.
My take: So, no, I am not talking to a live person, but a live person is eavesdropping.
Q: I answered some of your questions and then I was disconnected. What happened?
A: A couple of things could have happened. One, the volunteer could have selected the wrong button and accidentally disconnected you. Or, there could have been a glitch in the automated phone system that inadvertently ended the call. We certainly apologize to anyone who had this happen. It is not our intent to hang up on anyone.
My take: Or maybe you answered with something that my computer wasn’t expecting so I engineered a glitch in my finger that accidentally dropped you.
I have read your comments in regards to Wilkerson and Associates. As mentioned above, their website is: http://www.wilkersonresearch.com/indExp.htm. If you access that it will give you all the info on this company that you need. It also has a client list that will give you an idea of who they are providing services to. To help assist further, I was able to find a name and contact info. That info is:
Tom Wilkerson
3339 Taylorsville Road
Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: 502-459-3133
Fax: 502 459-8392
E-mail: [email protected]
He is listed as the President. I verified on the secretary of state for Kentucky that the actual registered agent is Floyd T. Wilkerson, with the contact address being the same as above.
Floyd has also founded another company (now inactive) by the name of “Internet Campaign Services”. That company also had other various alias’, and was also run from that location. That company has been inactive since 2003.
I hope this info helps.
Sorry all. I gave you the wrong email address for Tom Wilkerson of Wilkerson and Associates. The correct address is: [email protected].
Actually to my surprise,Tom Wilkerson and Floyd T. Wilkerson are one in the same. Tom/Floyd is also the registered agent and/or direcetor for the following companies:
-The Telemarketing Consultant Group (inactive)
-Tom Wilkerson and Assoc, LLC
-EDMONSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, PUBLIC PROPERTIES CORPORATION
-EDMONSON COUNTY TOURIST AND CONVENTION COMMISSION INCORPORATED
It appears he makes his living harassing people through various organizations.
I hope this info will help.
I kept getting these calls from 727 449 9646. I answer the phone, the guy asks to speak with Mr. XXX. I calmly ask when was the last time you spoke with Mr. XXX. Their reply, oh just last month about contributing to the fund. I say, well I am sorry but Mr. XXX is resting right now and can’t take your call, but if you manage at a later date to speak with him, please tell him to contact his wife as I am very anxious to speak to him again. Their reply, aren’t you talking to him? Me, nope, not since he passed away last fall. Their reply, Lady you don’t need to be rude. Me, please remove this number from your list and you don’t need to lie either. I hang up.
With other solicitors who call asking for Mr. XXX, I tell them he can be reached at this number, xxx-xxxx. It is the number of the local funeral home.
I can’t believe the number of callers who lie about speaking with him in the past six months. I understand everyone has to make a living, but please be honest and not rude. I no longer answer the phone with a number in my caller id I do not recognize. If they want to talk to me, they can leave a message in voice mail or write me a letter.
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For those being pestered by Mobile Ala # 251-666-7633, before the pesterer got smart and removed her/his name and affiliation from various look-up services, it was listed as: Christine Gaddy, 3501 Shadowwood Ct, Mobile AL 36693, and also as “Alab Safety”. Some kind of write-in campaign might be in order (“This is notice that I am charging you $1000 for every unsolicited call you make to the number below; a record has been made of all of your illegal calls for this purpose.”). And/or a lawsuit might be organized ….
Three calls here from “Dove” 877.291.7322 . The calls were very brief – the caller was *very* evasive when asked who they were or why they were calling. Each time they called, they were told to *not* call back – obviously they ignored those requests.
I don’t care how they style themselves on their website, I am very suspicious of callers who will not identify themselves, are very evasive, and ask if there are children in the household. With the way children are being kidnapped these days, this sort of caller behavior sounds like nothing less than a scam from a child molester. They’ve certainly got my wife frightened. Even if dove.org is a respectable organization, how do I know that these callers are not just *pretending* to be with D.O.V.E?
I keep getting about 4 calls a day every day for months now from 877-291-7322. It comes up unknown name and the schmuck actually starts talking to the answering machine each time. He always says, Hi can I speak to the lady of the house? My husband wonders why I never answer the phone. Especially since he picked up an unknown caller call and got a free movie from Hollywood video for doing a survey. It’s just not right.I’d like to do a Seinfield and tell them I’ll call them back at home!!
Folks-
Hi. I will not identify myself because of obvious concerns and reasons, but I did work @ JAK from August of 2004-June of 2005. In fact, this Thursday is my last day. I have found a job across the state and will be moving there in a couple of weeks.
JAK don’t have very many campaigns under contract– as a matter of fact, as of right now, they have 4 states… Virginia, Indiana, Colorado and Georgia. It seems like all we call is Virginia… whether it’s Virginia FOP or Police Assn. of VA… yes, my head wants to explode. I get mad because I know what’s going to happen, ppl in VA say the same stuff… “I’ve already been called” or “I’ve been asked to be removed from your list.” What I don’t understand is why the number isn’t removed from the list by the computer. I just punch in the “Remove from list” code then disposition the call as such.
John Keller is a narcisstic pig. I have heard so much on him… I do know for a fact that he hails from Israel (as pro-Israel as I am… this fella just drives me bonkers.) and he is a Jew! Nothing against Jews either, but come on. He sounds like he is “fresh off the boat”, if y’all get my gist. I also heard that he likes fat women. Nothing against fat women, but I find it odd that a Jew-boy would like the calorically challenged to knock up…
The managers ALWAYS emphasise to be “polite and courteous”… well, I am always in a bad mood when I go to work there so I find it kind of hard to be “pc”… and it finally came back to bite me. I was wrote up for being a smart-arse and sent home for the rest of the shift. Eh, no big deal. My dog had to go to the vet anyways that day… of course, it’s kind of hard to be “pc” when the CCM Paul is the biggest dickhead in the whole place.
If you all wish to chat with me on a personal basis, my name is Jeremy… my email address IS: [email protected].
Feel free to email me with any questions, and please be nice to me.
Thanks!
-Jeremy R. Ashton III
Also folks, PLEASE NOTE, the National (or State) Do Not Call lists DO NOT APPLY to fundraising.
FOR EVERYONE INTERESTED, HERE’S THE INFORMATION ON “THE DOVE FOUNDATION” USING THE # 877-291-7322. THEIR WEBSITE IS DOVE.ORG. THE ADDRESS IS 535 EAST FULTON, STE 1A, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49503. ADDT. PHONE #’S ON THEIR SITE ARE 616-454-5021 & 800-968-8437. I JUST CALLED THEM & SPOKE TO THE RECEPTIONIST “DONNA” & ASKED HER TO REMOVE MY # FROM THEIR RECORDS. SHE WAS PLEASANT AND SAID WILL GIVE INFO. TO THE RIGHT PERSON & SHOULD BE OUT IN ABOUT 2 DAYS. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
GOOD LUCK ALL.
I have received a couple of calls from the number 877-291-7322 since last Thursday. So they are also calling Minnesota. I did a google on this number today and found this site and read a lot of the posts just now. I share in the frustration of receiving these calls. I just figured the callers were probably telemarketers and did not pick up the calls, since they are so annoying and time-consuming. Usually, when I have gotten the nerve to actually pick up and see who the heck has been calling all this time, I usually end up sounding so flakey on the phone that they probably wouldn’t want to call again. That would be great. And it would just depend on what kind of mood I was in that day as to how I would speak to them on the phone. This is just telemarketer calls in general, not this number specifically. I know they have their targets and their little lists of people to call, and they can’t score or check us off their lists unless they actually talk to us. So, sometimes I just let it go and just make a note of the number, and sometimes I might actually pick up and talk to them…that is, if there is anyone there to talk to. It really torques me off when there isn’t a live person or when they don’t leave a message. And I have this philosophy about anyone who calls, especially telemarketers: if they can’t get past my technology, then they, to be blunt, aren’t worthy of my time. I don’t like having this attitude about it, but it really is aggravating. And, I am not one to take action on something unless I feel it is a real problem. I am glad for the resources that have been shared via this site and it is good to know that there is recourse that we can take. I have a feeling that one of these days something definitive will be done to really take care of all this business about receiving unwanted calls, it might take some legislation (or more, if some already exists, I really don’t know that much about that aspect). I also am on the Do Not Call registry and we still get these annoying calls, so I just either let them go like a bit of undigested beef, or I face the tiger and let the chips fall where they may…so to speak. Thanks for reading. Thank God for the First Amendment.
For the last two months or so I have been getting these automated phone calls from a “Heather Kelly”, sometimes two a day. She says that I should call her back at 888-568-0073. I have not done so nor do intend to. Has anyone else gotten calls from from Heather? Can anyone tell me anymore about these calls? I promise that the bomb will be a small one. RAD
I got a call from 877-291-7322 around 5:45 this afternoon. They asked for my mother, just using her first name. I notice that others on this boadr have said they’ve gotten calls asking for “the lady of the house.” Perhaps these callers know a phrase like “the lady of the house” won’t really fly in the suburbs of New York. In any case, I said “She isn’t here.” The voice said, “I’ll call back.” I immediately said, “Maybe I can help you,” and the voice asked if this was “a household with children under sixteen.” I gave an answer, and then the voice said, “Can this be described as a household with children under sixteen.” I thought it was odd that the voice asked this again after I’d just answered. I answered again and the voice said, in the same exact tone as earlier, “Ah, I’ll call back.” Then we were disconnected. I have a theory: The voice is a computerized voice. This will explain why so many people seem unable to get answers out of the voice. I’ve had to talk to voice-computers on the phone before, so I do know that this technology is out there. But, getting a call FROM a voice-somputer is weird. Certainly, the company doing the calling doesn’t have to worry about a computer feeling sympathy for the harrassed person being called. The computer won’t give away anything.
I got a call from 727-449-9646 listed as POL PROTCT FUND on the Caller ID. I didn’t answer because anything with “Fund” in their name is going to be asking for money. I hate it when people do that. If they call back, they’ll get the same treatment. Apparently, these people have moved on to the midwest because I live in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO.
To address the question about the 888 number: I just did a google search on 888 numbers and found this site, which says at the top of its page: Toll-Free Telephone Number Scams. It has a lot of info about this whole topic, including the fact that some 888 and 800 numbers are in fact not completely toll free. Here is the site: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/tollfree.htm
Hope this info is helpful in some way. And that it might have a diffusing effect. If anyone asked me to call them back, and I didn’t know that person, I wouldn’t call them back either. This sounds like a good way to get an unwanted charge on the good old phone bill. Sounds like a very proactive, intelligent practice to not return calls from every thomas, richard, and heather who calls…. (names for illustrative purposes only, any connection with actual persons is purely coincidental, batteries not included, some restrictions apply, see store for details, no payments and no interest till…..well, ….forever!!…and that’s a really long time)
in Washington state I got a call from 877-291-7322 around 8:30pm Jun 9
also calls from 800-739-4805 3 times and 888-232-9543 in the last couple days
I never answer the phone so they were all hang ups with no message
These 8xx callers really are persistent, it seems. What a way to make a living. I hope they find fulfilling, meaningful work some day. Maybe they already have. But, that will probably remain an unknown for quite some time as to whether they have or not. I guess some mysteries are best left unsolved. Maybe they will just get bored with the whole thing and take their game and play somewhere else, like off-planet or something. I understand that there is some geological evidence that there has been liquid water on Mars; now that’s a fascinating mystery to ponder. This may be old news, but still kind of cool to think about. Nice to have some thinking space, now that we have liberated ourselves from feeling obligated to answer the phone every time it rings. I screen all my calls. Keeps the bugs out. I’m done running to catch the phone every time it rings only to have them hang up on me (I always look at the caller ID first; and then, depending on the prevailing mood of the moment, either let it go or pick it up. Usually it’s the former.) Guess having hangups is all part of that lovely human condition. And, I just want to say bravo to all the brain surgeons and rocket scientists of the world. We need those geniuses, in my opinion. Maybe they can figure out a way to put an end to this proliferation of 8xx calls. They are good at what they do for a living: making sure all systems are go. Maybe they can make some systems just go away. Far, far away.
I received a call from 877-291-7322 @9:49am on 6/17/05. He asked me my name, I said this is her. He then said”okay thanks for your time.” A while later I called the number back and asked what is this number and the lady said it was “The Dove Foundation”, working with children under sixteen.
now the clowns are calling seattle. Ihave an air horn for marine use that blast there ears with
My parents have been receiving tons of calls from 877-291-7322. They are specifically asking for me, but I haven’t lived with them for over 8 years. The caller ID says it’s the J.O.B.E. Foundation. My father finally said she doesn’t live here so don’t call back. But he’s had at least 2 call since. I’m on the DNC and so are my parents.
When you get a call from “Heather Kelly”, asking that you should call her back at 888-568-0073. She/they wanted my phone number. I gave it to them. She asked if a certain Hispanic “Jane Doe” lived at my address? I said, “no”, which was true. She said, “OK, I will take you off my computer callback list”. She then hangs-up before you can respond back. I’m guessing they are an agency for tracking down people with credit problems, or people avoiding the law.
I, too, have been bombarded with calls from 877-291-7322. When I answered today, the man asked he could speak to the “woman of the house”. I told him that she doesn’t live here. He also asked about children under 16. I told him no and he hung up.
You would think the wusses would google themselves to see what is being said about them. I guess they don’t give a s***.
so all of you know, YOU ARE ALL NUTTS! posting about J.A.K. Productions, whats wrong with you people? are you that bored with complaining about your own jobs that you have to start with ours?
I have done telemarkiting for over 7 years and have heard them all! sorry not home, he died, put me on the do not call list, even a woman that was person i was looking for saying she was 12 with a voice of a 30 year old telling me her mom left and she dont know when she will be back, i asked if she had a babysitter she said she was alone and when i said a officer would be over to make sure you are ok and she spoke up and said no sir its me you dont need to call them just take me off the list! i also got the ones where you people think you are so funny to hit the buttons on your phone to make us def or something, little do you know i just pull my head set from my ear wait till you see if we are still there and i go into my script hard core! most of you feel bad for doing that and give anyway! and to tell the truth when we talk about giving how many of you really give i mean i collect like $98 hr and my collections (meaning what you guys send back) is only like 34% umm so my $98 hr just got cut to like $20hr man i would get fired for that lol, also for you people in the keyser wv office i salute you all, you do a great job no matter what others say! we get in and collect the money needed for the charity and get out like we are asked to do! most of you guys from the keyser wv area really do care about the charity and some of you only need a job so both whys it works out! 2 thumbs up!! and for you goofy employees that like to read stuff like mens mag.,and wear hats bought from RG’s more power to you! also befor i go i must say that none of these employees or myself try and upset anyone when we call them! most of the time they are already upset giving use a ear full and we have to sit back and take it because it is our job!!! HAVE A NICE TELEMARKITING DAY!!!
man you guys ned to post more of the funny stuff i really liked it lol
We had an early morning call last Sunday which, when answered (can’t see caller ID without glasses), was a recording that said the call center was busy could we please hold.
Now that is chutzpah.
—*** STOP THIS PHONE SPAM ***—
Any idea guys how the heck – to stop them of calling us with their 2 cents cheap stories ?!.
I think I got some spammers off my back by saying following lines:
CALLER: “Good morning…Can I speak to Mr. XXXX – Mrs. XXX..” etc.
ME: “Hello there. Are you phone sales person ?”
CALLER: “Yes.”
ME: “Ok… how many times you already called me?… I ask you before to not contact me… Thank you very much.”
Then after awhile (caller felt very uncomfortable):
“….Ok sir. Thank you very much”.
HANG.
No more phone calls from them.
Try it 😉
Trust me, If I could – I would burn them down – arrest them – whatever their asses of big time, rich f***ckers getting richier by calling us and selling their products.
Just no time, for this crap.
*** MESSAGE FOR TELE-LOOSERS BELLOW ***
(we know you are doing research – so here is a true)
Get this right all tele-call-loosers:
——————————————
Most people don’t give a s**t about your products, 1-time deals, promotions till XXX day or your cheap deals that are NEVER REAL.
If we want something we will get it! Without talking with your broken English in most cases and answering you stupid reports.
Thank god owners and SPONSORS mainly of business you work for, are so stupid – so they waste money paying you dum-asses ($5-$9 per hour hahaha – I make that per second) which makes Us all very happy!
FROM: Costumers you – WON’T GET.
And learn English if you decide to make those phone calls.
I hate call-loosers FOREVER!
I just got the call from 887-291-7322 at 9:37. I just didn’t answer. I’ve seen it on my caller ID lots of times before. Irritating!
just ask caller to take u off the list it takes up to 60 days to do this so please be conciderate and know we dont want to talk to u either.
dont tell us u are not there or let the machine pick up or all the other dumn ways to avoid us we WILL callu back!
Just got a call from 877-291-7322 didn’t answer but I called them a few minutes later from my cell phone. The lady said they were from the Dove Foundation and asked me if there were any children in my home or grandchildren that were under the age of 16 (quite funny since I’m only 25) I told her no and she said that she would take my number off of their list. She was very polite about it to.
I just got a call from the Dove Foundatiion’s 877-291-7322 number. I didn’t answer the phone, but then, for some reason, decided to call it back. I was surprised when a live person answered, a very soft-spoken female. I asked why they didn’t leave a message and she said that they just don’t. Then she offered to explain why they called. When she got to the part about being the Dove Foundation, I stopped her and told her that I was on disability and couldn’t afford to send a donation. She said they weren’t soliciting donations. I told her to please take me off their call list. She was more than obliging and when I asked how long it would take, she said it was immediately removed from their call list. We’ll see, because I’ll be keeping a close eye on my caller ID. But it threw me for a loop to actually talk to someone who wasn’t the A-hole everyone else described. Curiouser and curiouser, as Alice said.
Hey there all. I have recently been getting these telemarkerts calling hear or chairity organizations whatever the manipulative individuals want to call themselves. But I can tell you how to deal with them it works for me. You may think it is crazy but it does work lol. First of all as far as I know you tell them not to call you they are to respect that so keep a log and ask them who they are first before anything What I do if they call me and I have told them before to quit niceless I go psycho on them really. I start screaming and asking them how did they get my number it is private I pay for it they have no business calling me I didn’t give them any rights and I keep asking them where did they get my number and they won’t tell you of course which I was mad a so called friend gave my number out careful who you trust. But Anyhow do not get off the phone with them till you have the last word. Keep a log of them, call the phone company call anyone to see what you can do and file harrasement charges. NOt sure what else will work and call the better business burea report them when you get your info. Do not let them go bug them for their info reverse the conversation give them a taste of what it feels like. Call your phone company get what features you can. You can get a feature where it will let you have so many numbers on the list and only those people can get through. I have that service. Havnt used it yet I have to many numbers, but also what I do you can have your calls forwarded to your cell phone or some other number to where it ends up your not getting bugged at home. Let me know how things worked. Some of these things can help. Tell friends and family remind them often your number is your business not every Tom Dick and Harry. My dad ws good at giving my number out to till I got very upset. Reverse psychology works on alot of idividual don’t let these telemarketers rule your life. Peace love and happiness good luck. Write back.
Besides telemarkters have to make money too. And i know it is easy money but find somehting better to do please then to harrase people. We have bills and medical and food and clothing and things we need and other things we want that are more important to spend our money own …HARD earn money. Telemarkters you are causeing alot of people stress. If nothing better to do then just donate your time to needy people. I am sure you don’t like it when telemarketrs bug you am I write? And Charity organization get out there in the real world and walk around with a name tag with company info and a number to who we can call and you carry a phone for people so we can find out if your really ligate or however u spell it lol. You could make more money for your orgnaization walking around like real work then hiding behind a phone. Bawk Bawk. LOL. PLH
Just found the site also after doing a search about # 502-753-0430 aka wilkerson & associates found out the following number’s there is even a cell phone,, could we call at 2:30-3:30 am “hello I am doing some research on research companies that call me” ha ha ha
Contacting wilkerson & Associates
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For current clients who would like to reach our client services staff please contact:
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For our finance, accounting, employment opportunities, and human resources please contact:
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Should you encounter any difficulties browsing our website or would like to make a comment or suggestion please contact:
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Hey good idea! Lets all do that hahahaha.
Hmm, yes. I keep receiving calls from 1-888-568-0073, which I believe, is one of Cavalry’s numbers. Then thing is, they keep asking for a man named Jerry/Jeremy/Jeremiah. Okay, first of all, I’m not a man. Second of all, none of those three names are mine nor do I know of this person they speak of. Thirdly, I’ve told them several times that I am not that person and I wish to be removed from their list. I asked politely, figuring that would work, and it didn’t. Now I guess I’ll have to start being mean. *shrugs*
FYI: Here are a few more numbers that belong to the JAK slimballs:
888-592-8181
888-211-9742
888-271-8484
JAK called me and hung up 3 times, once last week, July 25 2005 between 8:00 AM and 8:30 AM, July 26 between 8:00 and 8:30 AM.
One the first two occasions I called back and left a voice mail asking to be removed from all of their calling lists and all of the calling lists maintained by charities they represent. (The intro for the voice mail box identified them as “Charitable Fundraising Offices”). After the third call, I tried calling again, but the voice mailbox was full, so I just kept calling the number over and over waiting for the mailbox to become empty (BTW, this costs them $, since the person called pays for toll free calls).
While researching the number I ran across this web site and while reading was once again contacted by JAK. This time I answered before the hang up. The caller identified himself as “calling on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police”. I immediately asked him if he worked for “Charitable fundraising offices” in Georgia. He said he worked for JAK. I informed him that this was the 4th time JAK had disturbed my morning and that I had previously left 2 voice mails requesting not to ever be called by them again and thtat I indeed did not want to be called by them ever again. I also added that if I was ever called by JAK again in the future I would be contacting the FTC and personally filing a harrasment suit against them. He then said he would take me off the list.
I found a different address for JAK at http://atlanta.zami.com/Fund_Raising_Counselor/Other
JAK PRODUCTIONS INC
4501 Circle 75 Pkwy SE # E5280
Atlanta, GA 30339-3025
Phone: 770-612-1386
I just received a call from a company called DOVE who wanted to speak to my son. They wanted to know if he was under the age of 16, and if so, they wanted to interview him. He’ll be 25 years old next month! I informed the man on the phone that we were on the do-not-call list and he said they wouldn’t be calling back anyway because there weren’t any children under 16 in the household.
Reading through all the posted messages, I needed to write something. I am from the Netherlands and am living in texas for 3 years now… The current phone situation in the US is really bad, but it also started in the Netherlands some 15 years ago.
After 1 year of phone terror some TV guys developed an ‘anti-script’, it basically gathers information on the person calling you…
I really liked it and have been using it ever since, even in the US.
The intent is to gather the following pieces of information:
– name of the telemarketeer,
– number of years on the job,
– base salary of the telemarketeer,
– job satisfaction rating from (1 to 5),
– Do they like their boss,
– shoe size of the telemarketeer,
there is a lot more but I usually get a first laugh or silence at the shoe size…
then politely ask them to “have a good day” and add that they “have really helped the telemarketeers job satisfaction research project”
So, I have turned the annoying call into a fun event for me.. Trust me it is really fun, but sometimes the guy (usually guys) try to force me keep to their script, which then makes it a challange… sort of battle of wits. But you always have the upper hand, by slamming them with: “Look you called me and then I will ask you the questions else you hang up”. you actually need to repeat this a couple of times until they ‘lookup’ from their script and hear what you are saying then you stick in the shoe size…
The recent eruption of automated phone messages stopped the “fun of a telemarketing call”…
O and I have also been receiving telemarketing calls from India is this some new offshoring scheme in the works? the phone number then is as always from abroad “unknown caller”. It also takes the fun out of the anti-script, because outside of their script is a no-go-zone for those guys.
take care guys and girls at least you are not alone, but also keep some fun in ‘communication’ as well.
I received a call from 877-291-7322 but my phone is now a fax. Goggled the number and it lead me to this web site. Who do I complain to???
I received my first call from 877-291-7322 today. I googled the number and got this site. I see there haven’t been any posts for a few months, but it looks like the DOVE people are calling Nevada these days. They sound pretty scary, but I’m glad I was able to identify them through this. Someone asked about Telefund Inc. They would call every night, sometimes twice a day, and I wouldn’t pick up. But I got so tired of it that I picked up one night just to tell them to stop. I had found out on the web that they were a for-profit company working for non-profits.The young woman on the other end said they were calling on behalf of Amnesty International. She was polite and agreed to get me off their list. I had contributed to Amnesty Interntional in the past, but had not been able to continue. Still, I sent an email to Amnesty telling them I didn’t appreciate their hiring telemarketers to harass me at dinner time. I have not had a reply, but the calls did stop. Ii hope I can get rid of DOVE that easily.
they called indy today… told them i wasn’t interested… i’ll let you know if they try again.
Get a lot of calls from SRS/ PI 402-505-4144. I have been averaging one a day from these folks for over two months. They never leave a message.
I also received a call which comes up as “Unknown Name” in my caller ID screen: 888-232-9543
As for the fraternal order of police, they are a nuisance. Saying “no” to them has become a weekly and sometimes twice and thrice weekly event. I would get off the phone and my wife would tell me “I just said no to those @ssholes yesterday.”
Scott, I have a different way of dealing with these people. When they ask for the lady of the house I say “sure hold on” and set the phone down and walk away. Waste their time like they waste yours!
IMPORTANT TIP:
DO NOT ask to be taken off of the list.
Ask instead to be “put on the Do Not Call List”.
“Taken off of the list” is equivalent to them as saying “take me off of the do not call list”.
The jackass I was just on the phone with just now said he’d take me off of their list.
I said, “No. Put me on your Do Not Call list.”
He said, “We’ll take you off of our list then.”
I said, “No… put me on you Do Not Call List.”
Tough headed nincumpoop.
“FightBack” has a good point, ‘they’ are into the calls-per-minute mode, which if you drag ‘their’ call out for a nice long talk (like mentioned above) or put them on hold, ‘they’ will loose money and the added benefit if ‘they’ are talking to you, ‘they’ can not bother someone else…
good luck.
Area Services
Oad, Atlanta, GA 30303
(770) 956-7025
While you’re filing complaints and getting on DNCL’s, fight back against the toll-free number telemarketing companies! Call them back from a pay phone, call them every day, ask other people to call them as well.
The marketeers will pay for the LD call, and also have to pay a premium to the operator of the pay phone for each and every call you make…
My list, probably all JAK Productions, include: 877-874-9769, 800-491-9703, 866-877-9755 and 800-931-9744.
I live in Massachusetts and I also 1 call each from 877-291-7322 & 800-679-2166. But looking back on my caller ID that reaches back to July 12, that’s all I got.
Some Advice:
1. Get caller ID & an answering machine. Never answer the phone for an unidentified caller. If they suppress their caller ID and don’t leave a message, they’re up to no good. Never talk to them, they might try to sleeze some personal info from you.
2. There is a well known scam whereby the pest calls you and hangs up immediately if you answer. The idea is that you’re supposed to get curious or afraid you lost an important call. Either they want to call the caller ID number, often a number that charges you for calling (as even many 800, etc. numbers do), or they’re telemarketers who want you to call them. That is why they usually use toll-free numbers. Sprint did this to me incessantly for 2 months trying to get me to pay my bill before it was due and without disputing the illicit charges (right after they were caught mischarging the government). I cancelled my service.
3. Get a Telezapper device. This is probably why I get fewer calls. When the phone is answered, it sends out a tone to tell the pest’s dialer that your number does not exist. It doesn’t work on all pests, but it really helps. With a little work, you can find on the web a way to get your answering machine to send the tone & save the cost of the device.
4. Blocking phone numbers does not help. There are too many of these sleezes out there and they often change their number.
5. Verizon told me that they have a service that forces unidentified callers to identify themselves before they’ll let it ring your phone. I haven’t tried this yet.
By the way, I used to work for a company that made voicemail computers for phone companies. It is actually not that hard to filter out calls based on the telephone number or if the caller ID was suppressed. Some enterprising person could fairly easily invent an advanced home answering machine that did the forced identification and filtered out calls based on their number with the user able to easily add up to several hundred numbers. It could also download known pest numbers from the web, just like some people do to advertising sites in their hosts file.
Hi ya from Oceanside, CA! (This got a little longer than I anticipated…sorry)
I’ve stumbled upon this Blog in my desparate reverse number search for an 888 number left on my Caller ID and answering machine. Luckily, I found you and have learned it’s some company called Cavalry.
I NEVER answer unrecognizable or supressed number calls. NEVER!! Just answering one of those things automatically flags your number as “reachable”. And then it gets passed around – sold many times over. Voice mails and even ancient tape recorded answering machines send your voice digitally or with some humanly unheard electronic signal through the lines alerting the dialing computer and attached sleeze-bucket to either leave a message or hang up fast and call the next sucker.
My land line as well as my cell is supposedly on the that Do Not Call Registry…. which by the way – is only valid for a period of two years so mark your calendars and don’t forget to sign up again.
Some may or may not know this, but if you so even as make one call to a “catalog” generating company, i.e. renewing your subscription to National Geographic, you just knocked yourself off that Do Not Call Registry. Heaven forbid you had to call Lowe’s or Home Depot because your cat loves hanging on your window screens with her claws begging to be let in or out…. And of course, we never ORDER anything online or hang out on Ebay because if we pay for anything with our credit cards we must give a valid phone number along with that zip code and matching billing address.
I learned the hard way how some of those ******* (pardon me…) loop holes quickly became the biggest gaping hole exposing your private gaping hole. Just bend over, please.
Some companies have even gotten around the “Privacy Service” of the phone companies where they must identify verbally or reveal their number before it rings your phone…. I’ve seen numerous anonymous calls where it looks like my phone messed up the lettering and all that shows up of the number is #000-000-0344 cleverly revealing only the last few digits. I fell for that one once – never again, I tell you.
The collections people are always looking for some mystery person at my house – and I’ve had the same number and address for 12 years. I’m pretty sure I know everyone at this address – me (female – single mom now for 8 years) and my 11 year old son. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t legally qualify for any credit yet…. not even as a student. I believe the minimum age with parental co-signature is 16… But I could be wrong there.
I got so mad with those telemarketers, collections, or whom ever last year that I started using drastic measures. (It was a spur of the moment retort that seemed to work better than anything else you could buy, use, etc… not even getting a lawyer to write and call those companies worked as well as this – I use it anytime now I get caught off guard, usually when I’m expecting my folks or friends to call me back):
I had just stuffed my first bite of dinner in my mouth when the phone rang….. I muffled a hello through my bar-b-qued steak and baked potato. Some guy with napkins stuck in his mouth starts harassing me about something I have no clue about and I replied with “Have you been saved?” ” uh…. excuse me?” he says. “Have you found God?” “Ah, Mam, I’m calling on behalf of so and so and need to discuss…” “GOD!”- I yelled. “Let us first say a prayer to have his grace fill us with wisdom and….”
“You’re NUTS!” he said aggravatedly… and hung up.
LOL… I’ve had fewer and fewer disruptive, false, and harassing calls. I refuse to oblige anyone with any comment, nicely or viciously about whatever they want to talk about. I just keep insisting we first talk about God or something along those lines. Once I kept quickly asking the sleeze-bag that called to recite whatever bible verses I could dig out of the crevasses of my brain everytime they attempted to start talking to me. I was amazed how dumb founded these idiots would become not knowing how to deal with some religious fruit cake! I mean no offense or disrespect by doing that…. but not one of them called back a second time nor did I get pawned off to someone else at their end and the annoying calls have dwindled considerably.
Sorry about the long rant…. I’m really not an angry person by nature….
Respectfully submitted by –
Cleverly Disguised as a Responsible Adult Perpetually Recovering from Permanent Brain Damage caused by Over-Exposer to Peroxide
Tired of DOVE calling (877-291-7322)? It’s time to screw with them like they do us! Go to http://www.dove.org/Frames.asp?URL=contact.htm and tell them what you think or take their survey at http://www.dove.org/surveys/ . Make sure to complete the survey truthfully!
The number “1-800-448-2755” has been calling me several times a day, several days out of every week. When called back, it claims to be the Bank of America. The number shows up as “unavailable” on my Caller-ID, but still displays the 1-800 number in full.
We got the same calls day and night but we dont answer them. When I called them they answered the phone and had me give them the number and said they would immediatly take it off their list. If in a week the calls stop I will beleive them. If not Im calling the police. I did this once before on a telemarket company and some federal government agencey stepped in and fined that company. It was quit a large fine. So always remember you dont have to live like this!
Convince the caller you are a telemarketing review & evaluation service and attempt to sell them on a 5 page written evaluation of their telemarketing approach in return for a certified check from them for $1,000 made out to Master Marketing Reviews and Evaluations. Give them a non-existent PO Box to mail the check to. Ask to speak to the person who’s interested in improving the results of their telemarketing program. Than ask to speak to his/her boss. At some point they’ll hang up but in my experience they never call back. Remember they get paid for calls attempted so a call and hangup is another notch in their daily tally without having to talk to anybody or get cussed out. See, telemarketers don’t like to be dumped on either. Ask for thier home phone number which you won’t get because they don’t want to be harassed either.
877 291 7322 called me 6 minutes after 8pm tonight (8-31-05). A few hours earlier ‘unavaliable’ called. I wonder if letting my fax machine answer the call would help, or will I just start getting fax-ads?
portland, oregon by the way
I just received a call from 1-877-291-7322 they asked to speak with the “lady of the house” when I said this is they say Thank you have a nice day. This bothered me so I called the number back and the voice that called me answered the phone “customer service” I asked the nature & name of the company. He asked why – I explained to him what happened and asked why on earth he felt it ok to interupt my day to see is there was a lady of the house – he went on to explain that they were a charity of sorts trying to straighten up our tv shows-graphics and language and such. I told him I really didnt give a hoot what his company did and that he needed to remove my number from his call list – he asked for my number, apologized profusley and guarenteed me that my number would not be called again. Give me a break!!
We have been getting calls from 877-291-7322. Today we got the Lady of the House speil but we have also received several phone calls from this number where someone asks for Nick. We have had both male and female voices do so. The last one was after 10:30 pm.
These guys are up to something not good, I just don’t know what. I am going to talk to the police tomorrow morning.
The law here in California is any creditor, solicitor, telemarketer, or the like is restricted from calling during “quiet hours” – 9:01 p.m. to 7:59 a.m. Pacific Time (my local time).
Aside from the typical calls during dinner time… I can almost always bet if the phone rings between 8:35 – 8:57 p.m. and 8:03 – 8:05 a.m., it’s not someone I know or am interested in speaking with.
They really like trying to slip in right before or after those opening and closing minutes because how often does one expect a call at those hours from anyone but friends or family?
I have a first and last name that is always mispronounced and only my friends and relatives call me by my short “version” or actually pronounce my name correctly. That’s also a great indicator in the event I get snagged because I didn’t look at caller ID (washing dishes or more often when I’m expecting an actual call from someone so I don’t look in time at the caller ID).
Those sleeze-buckets are champions at butchering my name – it’s not that hard really, but it just looks long and difficult to pronounce to those who have a rather limited education and assume each letter must have its own syllabic stress mark. (Which also means they assume I’m some foreign native with sh** (pardon me) for brains).
you reminded me, ive heard of people asking their phone co. to change caller id display name to just their nick name for the reason that no one recognizes their real name! so you could just have it say ‘stinky,’ or ‘jojo,’ for example. actually, it sounds like a nice way to keep your name anonymous with out being blocked by anonymous call rejection..
Hmmm… I’ll change my name to Koral Reif, that would be a good one…. wonder how how many different ways they’d tried to pronounce that…LOL
Which brings me to another thought, often times now, since I don’t answer recognizable or unpublished number calls – they turn out to be junk fax mails. I share my land line with my fax machine and I can’t stand the waste of ink and paper for realtors’ pitches and investment companies. I’ve tried blocking the numbers, but my phone company’s blocking service is unable to do so most of the time. I researched the last number this happened with (905) 370-0090 but without having to pay Intelius ™ or PeopleSearch (c) to release the name of the company – I was able to narrow it down to Thornton (I can’t quite remember the city) Ontario, Canada.
I refuse to call the junk mail’s toll free number because that automatically unblocks my name and number to them. I learned about that a number of years ago – (where anytime you dial a toll free number – it automatically releases your blocked/unpublishe/unlisted number to the receiving end) when I needed to “activate” my VISA checkcard. I never thought about it before, but anytime a credit card with a new expiration date or ATM/debit card comes in the mail – you have to call that toll free number on the sticker from your home in order to “activate” or “turn it on”. Can’t do it from the local payphone or work since it’s supposed to be a measure of security that you truly desired and requested the card. You never speak to anyone – just punch in the toll free number and verify with some form of personal info such as you zip code, birth date, or last four digits of your SSN. But it has to be from the home phone number they have on file for you in order for it to work.
The worst thing about that is… going back to the DO NOT CALL REGISTRY – often we may get a VISA or MasterCard through our banks. They actually don’t produce or manage the credit card services and have sub-contracted the credit card services through another company who has trademark and copyright licenses with VISA & MASTERCARD and prints your bank’s name on it. These third and fourth party people snag your number when you call to activate the dang thing and you just bumped yourself off the Registry list. Meanwhile – your number gets sold and resold on list after list to whomever out there to start harrassing you again.
It’s truly a nightmare and major pain in the a** (pardon me).
Cleverly Disguised as a Responsible Adult Perpetually Recovering from Permanent Brain Damage Caused by Over-Exposure to Peroxide
Sorry I keep getting so long winded! I only mean well… I start out trying to be short and sweet and then it’s like a broken dam – flooding all over. Truly apologize.
Oh – one last thought I’d like to hear from anyone about is ….
Our cell phones aren’t safe from these sleeze-buckets anymore either. And I supposedly have that number on the DO NOT CALL REGISTRY.
Cleverly Disguised as a Responsilbe Adult Perpetually Recovering and Continuously Suffering from Permanent Brain Damage Caused by Over-Exposure to Peroxide.
its a war, thats what it really is. each trying to out think the other until one side believes they cant win and give up. an arms race of telephone manipulation technology. the alternative is just not using phones/computers etc (which i am getting closer to every day). but hey, without advertisers how would we know what to spend our money on? im too stupid to figure that out on my own. please call me and tell me what to do with all this money laying around.. anyway, how hard would it be to make a device for consumers to filter ALL inbound calls? i mean theres firewalls and routers for computers, and im just talking about a simple telephone. Koral Reif: yes mobile phones are not so sacred anymore. anything they can do to a land line theyll do with a mobile phone someday. even worse with mobile is dealing with built in cameras and internet connection exploitations/viruses. also, the do not call registry seems to have plenty of loop holes its self (see the 2nd post on the top of this page). i was pretty happy to hear about the do not call list when it first came out, but decided that the less information i give out to anyone, the better. now when ever i have to give my number or whatever (the last time was for buying camera at circuit city) i bust out an aquard and obnoxious questioning like “are you going to call my house for marketing or surveys? are you going to give or sell my information to someone who will? are you going to send me mail? i dont want to be on any of your lists. i dont agree to be placed on any lists.” i always use my old (incorrect) number anyway if its possible. i think that works best if you can get away with it and usually you can. war sucks.. just want to be honest and kind but also left alone.
I’m located in Lakewood, CO. In the past week, I have gotten 6 calls from the following numbers:
1-800-481-9703
1-800-931-9744 (twice)
1-877-874-9769 (twice)
1-866-877-9755
On my caller ID, they all said “toll free” as the name of the caller. Most of these calls came within hours of each other on the same days. I tried calling the numbers back, since they are toll free, and some just rang, others went to a voicemail box for “charitabe contributions office” or something like that, and of course was full so I couldn’t leave a message. Every time they have called, until today, I have not been home, so they just left hangups on my answering machine. This morning, one called at 8:45 (the 866 number). I answered the phone, thinking I would finally find out who has been calling me, but I got hung up on. Then, a half hour later, I got a call from the 877 number. This time, there was actually someone on the other end. He said he was calling for the Colorado Policemen’s association (or something to that effect), and that they were seeking donations. First I said no thanks, and he kind of tried to guilt trip me, trying to make me feel like a bad person if I didn’t support my police officers. I then asked him where he was calling from, and he said he was in West Virginia, but assured me that donations would go to my local police. I told him to take me off the call list, because I have gotten several calls from them in the past week and don’t appreciate being bothered. I tried to be polite, but he didn’t want to take no for an answer, so I got a little snappy with him. To his credit, he did back off, but I doubt I got taken off the list. I googled in one of the numbers and came up with this website. I have gotten some good info from the postings, and it’s nice to know i am not the only one being plagued by these unwanted calls! Thanks!
PS..does anyone know how to get ahold of the disabled american veterans? I get several voicemails a month from them too, asking to donate items. When I do answer, there is just the recording, but they don’t leave a way to get off their call list. I’d like to contact them, but am at a loss. thanks
Hi ya, Carrie! Here’s a link I checked out for you. I think you’ll find it helpful. Good Luck!
http://www.dav.org/membership/dept_chapt_links.html
Cleverly Disguised as a Responsible Adult Chronically Suffering Brain Damage from Over-Exposure to Peroxide
I have been getting hang up calls from 1-502-753-0430 Wilkerson & Associates but i went to there website and this number isnt on there contact list so if anyone else has a problem list it on here. Thanks here is the link to there website http://www.wilkersonresearch.com/indExp.htm
We need to band to togather and flood there lines by calling them back and bitching them out.
Lets start with this number for the Dove foundation 877-291-7322 everyone call this number.
877–291-7322 If you been getting calls and hang ups this is who is behind it call them and tell them off!
The Dove Foundation
535 E. Fulton, Suite 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 454-5021
(800) 968-8437
Thanks for the web link to the DAV, Kat! I will try it out!
I am in Oregon and have been getting all sorts of calls from 877-291-7322. I ended up doing the goolge search and found this website as well. When I have answered the phone there isn’t ever anyone there! I also did some research regarding DOVE which I saw posted here but no luck. PNC registry is next stop! Sheesh, it’s a real pain to deal with this stuff!
somebody mentioned 888-232-9543. if you call it back, you’ll find that it’s an automatic system reminding you to take your car in for inspection. the machine prompts you if you’d like to be off that list.
We get about 64 phone calls a week.
We have our ringers all off.
Forever.
we have cell phones.
Now what happens when telemarketers get the cell numbers?
Are they still allowed to call them?
I know I’ve gotten a few calls already that have been “wrong numbers”
The problem with the DNC list is that charities now buy the list knowing they have access to every number on that list, even the unlisted ones. What a shame.
Regarding 877-291-7322. I am in Pennsylvania. They were calling my old cell phone number 6-7 times a day. I never answered and they never left a message. I am on the DNC list. I just got a new cell phone with a new carrier last month. Guess who called today???
Arrrggggggg. This is a serious problem when you do not have free incoming calls. Even if they hang up, that first minute is recorded. I try to call the number back and keep getting a recording saying the number is not in service.
Oh, and by the way, Rob R comment on 3-22-05 about the girl scouts. You killed me with that. Knock on the door and run away. Too funny!!! Thanks for the laugh.
Anyone receiving calls from a 515-288-9550 number? My caller ID shows the name as Customer SVC FE. I have a sneaking suspicion that it’s our pals at the DOVE Foundation, but I’m not sure. We began receiving a call from this number faithfully each day since the 7th of this month. Thanks for any help!
Just an update…I was correct about the 515-288 number. I spoke with my husband and was unaware that he answered a call from the 877-291-7322 number. He answered their questions without giving any personal info. and told them certain questions they were asking were irrelevant and had nothing to do with their survey. They told him that someone would be calling back, thus the calls from the 515 number. They called again today and he asked to be placed on the Do Not Call list, but not before they asked if we would buy at least two of their movies! Hope not to be bothered by them again.
Got a call from 877-291-7322 at 10:30 am. He said hello twice; I said hello twice then I hung up. Found this site. Would call him back on my cell phone, but he may have caller id and don’t want that number out.
Tom in Oregon
Re the 877-291-7322 number, which I understand is the DOVE Foundation, I was awakened at 0130 AM by someone at this number asking if I would accept a collect call from them!!! I was so mad, I was awake for an hour.
Regarding the Dove Foundation: I too have received many calls from them. I have never actually been home to answer them, but have received at least a dozen messages on my answering machine consisting of a long, annoying beep. Their number (877-291-7322) came up on one of the last of these that I checked. I called the company back to ask them to take my number off of their call list, which they agreed to do. Yesterday, I got another of the same messages. So I called them again, and asked what their company name was, which they wouldnt give me, but asked if i might have just 20 seconds to answer a question. I said no, I just want your name so I can complain to the Do not call registry. She said what some others have said, that they were exempt because they are a charity. I said fine, hung up, and filed a complaint anyway. Also, I went to their website (www.dove.org) and sent them a “suggestion” that perhaps their mission was not so bad, but pestering people constantly over the phone was not at all a good way to go about raising money or conducting surveys and was just leading to a lot of animosity from the public. Or somethign along those lines. Who knows if they will actually even read it, but if they do, perhaps they’ll get the point! If everyone else getting irritating calls from these people does the same, maybe it would do some good.
KLF
I called the Dove Foundation in Grand Rapids Michigan about 4:30 pm Eastern time the chairman of the board answered the phone. The number I used was 800-968-8437 I explained that I had asked to be removed from the foundation’s call list several weeks ago and that my next call would be to the FCC. He sais he would look into the matter and get me removed from the list.
He defended the company that the foundation hires to do the calling saying it was a wonderfull company and he could not understand why I was still getting unwanted calls. People I think you all should call the same number I did and ask for the chairman of the board and register you complaint with getting unwanted calls from the Dove foundation. Lets send the Dove Foundation a loud and clear message.. “No more calls!”
Hi, I’m in California and received a call from the so called “Dove Foundation.” He asked me if I had any kids under 16 and I didn’t give him a straight answer. He then preceded to ask me a question which is where I got mad and hung up on the creep. As far as I’m concerned, it’s none of his business if I have kids under 16. In fact, it’s nobody’s business except for those that are important to me and those I trust who I’ll tell anything about my private life. Should I get on the “do not call list?” Will it make things worse? The phone number: 1-800-679-0336
Jen do what in my post just on top of yours of 9/22/05.
I’m amazed at all the complaints about telephone calls. We always think we’re the only people who are bothered. I just sent in a complaint to the FTC about a collection agency calling for my daughter who no longer lives at my house. They’ve called every week-day for the past month, sometimes 3X a day and leave computer voice messages. I called and told them my daughter no longer lives at my address and to stop calling our house. The person I spoke with said my daughter owed a very small balance. I called my daughter and asked her about it. I don’t know how anyone else feels, but I don’t think $323.00 is a small balance. The very next day the calls started again. So I wrote the complaint to the FTC.
And with regard to those messages I read about the Fraternal Order of Police, I agree with all those people who are aggravated. We live in New Jersey. My husband answered a call from the FOP and when he said he couldn’t make a donation because he is on a fixed income, the caller actually threatened him. The caller said he had better watch out when he was driving his car–that he might get a surprise. If I had ever had a thought to possibly make a donation, it will be a cold day in you know where before I ever do.
I have rec’d 30-40 calls from 800-379-8414 over the past month (Sept 2005)…each time I hear someone on the other end, then they hang up without saying a word. I try to call the number back and it is either busy or rings 50+ times before I get disconnected. I have registered complaints 10+ times with the Do Not Call List but never heard back. Well, today, somebody finally responded when I said hello. He claimed to be with the MD State Fraternal Order of Police. I asked him why he continually calls me at all times of day, breathes into the phone and hangs up. He had no response. I told him that I have registered complaints with the DNCList for his phone number multiple times in the past couple of weeks. He told me not to worry, he is with the police. I told him that anybody could say that on the phone without any way for me to verify it…and I told him I considered this call another harassing call. I instructed him to remove my name and number from whatever list he was using…thanked him for wasting my time…and hung up.
I received a call from the 877-291-7322 # this morning and several other 8** #’s lately. I want them to stop calling me. The call this morning distracted me and caused me a trip to the emergency room with my daughter. I only turned my back for a minute or two but that’s all it took. How do I get these people to stop calling me?
I got a solicitation phone call from 510-845-0751 that was from a ‘Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation’. You want to know what time they called me? 11:00 p.m.!!! When someone calls at that time of night you go through the whole repertoire of loved ones and what could have happened to them. My stomach dropped because my parents are aging.
After listening politely for . . . oh about 5 seconds . . . I finally (in a not so polite way) asked what made him think that calling me at that time of night was okay? I started to get another memorized speech about how different people go to bed at different times. When I pointed out that it was 11:00 p.m., he became apologetic and stated ‘I’m sorry, I called you from the wrong list’. Wonder what that means, ‘the wrong list’?
When I asked him for his name and information (although caller ID already pointed that out) he tried bluffing by telling me it was ‘Berkeley something’, I had to say ‘Tenderloin what?’ to get him to tell me the truth. Googling told me they were a non-profit, so they will slide through the legislation cracks. I did file a complaint with the Do Not Call Registry, with my complaint I was wishing that we could write comments of specific complaints (other than just being called!) so we could specifically point out the time in which they called beyond noting it in a pull down menu. 11:00 p.m. is totally unacceptable.
I just started getting calls from the Dove Foundation in the last few weeks from 877-291-7322, they are calling frequently and at all hours of the day. Luckily Caller ID and this website have educated me as to who they are since their name does not pop up but says ‘Unavailable’. I have yet to answer one of their calls, and will not in hopes of them thinking that my number is dead.
If I ever accidentally answer the phone from a solicitor I like to waste their time by listening as long as I can stomach it, then give my standard response of ‘Our family policy is to never donate to any organization that does telephone solicitation, please remove this number from your calling list’.
Received a call from 877 291 7322 this morning. Called them back, asked to be removed from their call list, found out it was the Dove Foundation (http://www.dove.org/). Emailed them explaining that as they consider telemarketing as an acceptable way of spreading their word and raising funds, they are now OFF my list of charities to whom I will donate. Dunno if this will help, but any charity which calls me will receive the same explanation and treatment.
Isn’t the internet great. A quick search on the founder and chairman of the Dove Foundation, and you find his bio. “Dick and his wife Mary reside in western Michigan”. I bet he and his wife don’t like telemarketing calls any more than you or I do……
Yeah I think that’s good to tell them their boycotted due to these specific tactics. Vote with your dollars. Calls to my home from 877 291 7322 have stopped after a couple of weeks. I never answered once.
Moore Information
http://www.moore-info.com/
178 SW Harrison St.
Portland Oregon 97210
203 221 3100
Phone surveys funded by republicans.
encompass Teleservices, inc
http://encompass-ts.com/
15350 NW Greenbrier Parkway
Beaverton, OR 97006
503 629 7915
many departments. Voicestream, AAA, others. This place had their paychecks bounce quite often when I worked there.
acs, inc
(Affiliated Computer Services, Inc)
http://www.acs-inc.com/
Portland Oregon (SE Powell somewhere)
another typical call center
stream
http://www.stream.com
3601 S.W. Murray Boulevard,
Suite 200
Beaverton, OR 97005
computer/customer service help
I’m just making them miserable. They get on the phone, I tell them I’m not interested, if they continue, I start shouting obcenities at them. I malign thier parents, call them the worst names I can think of and pretty much am just rude and obnoxious. When they complain I inform them (with obscenities interspersed) that they invaded my privacy by calling and if they don’t like it, don’t call. It may not do any good but it’s a hell of a lot of fun and it does get the anger over dealing with them out of your system.
I am getting calls from 877-291-7322 and my search led me here. Is there any new info on this number?
Thanks for the comment on the 888-232-9543 being a auto maintenance call system… Who knows how many days I would have gone before I finally called them back in annoyance and shut that off. They have my cell number so sonstantly in meetings I am getting these annoying no msg calls.
First off the Do not call list only applys to Anoying calls from some jughead in another country trying to sell a person a cheep Vacume cleaner that is worthless. Charitable, and Political Organizations that JAK does these for is ABSOLUTLY IMMUNE from the Do not Call list and noone can sue, or get a satisfication of doing anything about it. You are only waisting your time. Like the TSR said If you don’t want to hear it just hang up or just politely ask them to take you off the calling list! If the TSR is smart enough they will do it. When someone gets a repeat call after telling the TSR not to call back, Sometimes the TSR forgets to disposition the call correctly! And Another thing, JAK call centers are all OVER the US. I live in West Virginia, I’m damn proud of it. I am a TSR, its a job for now not a career oppertunity. it is helping me right now. I have a son I have not seen in a while and I’m in this job with hopes of seeing and provide for him untill somthing comes up. We are human too, We may be TSR’s but it is a job for us too. Take a long look around you! Look at your kids, your home, and think to your self ” what would you do on our end, Would YOU take a job any Job to keep thoes most important things in your life?” Most of us TSR’s have families and we have to have a way to support them. I’d rather work at JAK than live either without a job, and starve to death or let my child starve! What kind of a Father would I be? You people are just anoyed at nothing! ABSOULUTLY NOTHING and NOTHING that you can do about it. If you tried to sue a TSR or A Call center a Judge would laugh you out of a court room! I’ve had enough Business law, Political Science, and State and local Government to know this. All of the TRS’s that are working ARE suppose to be Polite, courtious, And friendly. But to big mouthed little bitchy Radicals that try and blast a boat horn and hit the buttons on the phone in our ears thinks it may annoy us. Where is mutual respect? Most of the people I call from my home Call center are polite, and I’m polite first. I get madd when some grouchy old morone yells in my ear, but I don’t bitch about it. HEY I get anoyed when Telemarketers call me I just politely tell them I’m NOt interested and thank them and I hang up. Step back and look at your self. i’m in my late 20’s with a child age 11 I do what I can for my child , he comes first in my life. I may not see him right now but he is on my thoughts now and when I’m on thoes phones working for JAK. JAK has provided jobs for a lot of people where I live!
I did a search this morning on the number 877-291-7322 and found this place. I have not yet picked up a call from them. My outgoing answering machine message says “We screen calls with IDs that we don’t recognize, and we COMPLETELY IGNORE all forms of telemarketing. If you still need to talk to us, leave a message.” That alone has taken care of dealing with a lot of unwanted calls. But I have seen the above number on the ID frequently in the past few months. The ID comes through as “800 Service.” I’ve been on the DNS list since the beginning. Between that and my answering machine message, I am able to avoid or ignore a lot of crap. Just thought I’d pass it along.
acs, inc
(Affiliated Computer Services, Inc)
http://www.acs-inc.com/
Portland Oregon (SE Powell somewhere)
another typical call center
They’ve moved to Greshem (181st & Sandy, and have smeared their logo feces all over the busses now. They are no longer “typical” they are worse.
Thanks for the info everyone. I have been harassed with phone calls from a bogus Police Dept from 1-877-874-9769 as well. It seems someone else on this post has as well. Thought you might want to add it to your list.
peace,
– Ralph
I googled 502 753 0430, a Kentucky call that has called me three times in one day and left one message of just jibberish.
This site was one of the search results and I see a couple people have had the same problem.
Calls from 877-291-7322
CallerID TOLLFREE NUMBER
are from
Dove Foundation
registered in SC under:
Mr. David Lukens, Executive Director
535 East Fulton Ste. 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Hope this helps
I googled this site looking for information on Wilkerson & Ass. What is scary about this first time call…they called my childrens unlisted number. We have had the # for 2 years now. It’s strickly for my teenage children. My husband doesn’t even know the number….how did they get it? Oh…in regards to D.O.V.E. I was getting several calls from them a day a few months back. I stopped them by telling them that we were all into watching sci-fi and horror flicks, as a mater of fact I was watching Amittyville right then and that we were practicing Wiccans…did they want me to have a candle ceremony for them? The calls from D.O.V.E stopped.
I *69ed today after having the phone ring like 3 different times in an hour or so. I thought it was just coincidence and I wasn’t getting to the phone fast enough, each time it rang I was busy and took a bit to reach it. But the *69 gave me 800-931-9744, and I became curious and Googled for it, leading to this site. Now I see I’m not the only one…wonder why all the hang-up calls, maybe they have a malfunction? Also, I thought an organization had to pass on a minimum of 50% of collected funds to qualify as a charity-85% kept someone stated above is outrageous!
I am from Newport News VA, and I HAVE donated to the FOP in the past…now that I think of it though, it was soon after that when I started getting calls from the fire department and some other police charity that I refused to deal with because they said they were NOT affiliated with the FOP when I asked them. I am on the national no call list, and I have Cavalier phone service, for anyone that’s keeping track.
I got a call from 877-291-7322 this morning at 8:09 am. I didn’t answer because I was sleeping. Googled the # and found this site. After reading a comment that said they called and asked for commenter’s mother by first name and said they would call back, I remembered I had that same conversation with someone who called the night before. So, that’s now two calls in about 12 hours. I’m in Connecticut, by the way, so I guess they’re calling this state, too.
My self and my wife (different cell phones)keep getting the same number after 4:00 pm…(248) 569-2247 and nobody will answer when we say hello. On the national do not call list (it really did help) But this is a pain, 5 times in a week. Nothing better to do I guess.
Smack the Penguin
Don’t play this at work, otherwise you’ll keep trying it until you beat my score: Good luck 🙂 Update: The above link is down, but one of the comments gave…
Got a call from Dove 877-294-7322
Here are some info:
The Dove Foundation
535 E. Fulton Ste. 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
US
And for all of us that are as pissed as me about this….here is more info and a number that we all can call back to ANNOY at 8am in the morning:
Rolfe, Scott
[email protected]
535 E. Fulton Ste. 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
US
Phone: 616-454-5021
Fax: 616-454-5036
Found this guy on the WHOIS info for dove.org
He is the guy that administor the Dove.org website. At least it’s a direct number. At least it’s someone in DOVE. At least it’s someone I can piss off like they did to me. By the way…I’ve submitted his email to some porn sites. I’m sure he will be getting alot more SPAM than usual.
877-291-7322
They don’t even tell you up front who they are – they just ask if you can spare some time for a survey. I had to say that my number was on the ‘do not call’ list before the woman said, “as a charity, we are exempt from that list.” I said, “well, until now, I didn’t know the call was from a charity.” I told her I didn’t have small children in my household and she agreed to take my number off their list. Here’s their info:
Dove Family Approved Videos, Movies & Video Games
The Dove Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to encourage the creation, production, distribution and consumption of family friendly …
http://www.dove.org/default.asp
I have received many calls from these people as you have said JAK Productions. I am in Fredericksburg VA
and was instructed by OCA Richmond to call and discuss this with OCA in Atlanta.
OCA Atlanta wanted a copy of this website, however to just copy the subsequent posts on this page are over 60 pages of regualar letter sized sheets.
The numbers that have all called me are as follows:
888-592-8181
888-271-8484
800-931-9744
877-874-9769
866-877-9755
and all these people do is call multiple times a day, leave no message on the machine. This has the equivalence of ringing a door bell and running. These people need to be stopped. I am filing a complaint with the information provided above with OCA-Atlanta and the FCC.
For the fellow Virginians, Call OCA-Atlanta because our state laws are written to direct you there and not to Richmond.
OCA -Atlanta
2 MLK JR DR
STE 355
Atlanta GA 30334
Fax # 404-651-9018
Voice # 404-656-3790
I’m a DJ and I’m going to involve the media. People will talk. People will unite.
Hopefully we can give these people a good kick in the seat of the pants.
Legitimate people who are professionals would be professionals enough to at least identify themselves instead of being wusses and “hit and run” phone calling. If they were serious they could raise their heads high and be proud of who they work for but noo they have to resort to these chilish illegal games without regard to other states and their laws. It’s not just the Georgia laws that JAK has to contend with with the laws of the people in the other states they call.
If these people were at all seriously concerned with raising funds, there are clearly more legitimate ways than crank calling the people they are trying to get them from. One of the first ways to possibly get somewhere would just simply be to identify themselves and who they are with. And then if they were told they are are not interested to leave them alone. A professional company would do that.
I kept getting calls from 515-288-9550 and today I called the number back and got customer service for Feature Films for Family. I asked the man to remove my name and number from the call list. He was very polite and said he would remove my name and number today from their list.
Feature Films for Families is a DOVE organization. When you go to the DOVE website, that’s the company they tout.
Just received my first call from Dove 800-679-0336. Male voice said, “This is Rob. Is this Sheila?” I answered in the affirmative, and he said “Thank you for your time” and hung up. I called the number back and got the story about Dove Foundation and she appologized saying that the were in the process of updating their database and asked whether we had children or grandchildre…took my phone number and said they would remove it from their list. ….so you expect me to get more calls???
I am an accountant and have worked in many industries including not-for-profit corporations and a telemarketing company. I have been reading these posts and must comment. I have to say I am amazed how off the wall many of the comments are. With all that is going on in this world you are getting so upset about some annoying unsolicited phone calls, many of which you do not answer, what is the problem just delete the number from your caller ID and move on. Why get so upset. I too get many of these calls, I used to work out of a home office and I would estimate I would receive maybe 7-10 a day, they would come across my caller ID, I do not recognize the number or name I do not answer it, if it is important they leave a message. If you are that annoyed by unsolicited telephone calls then there are many products out there that can almost completely cease unwanted calls, many are offered with in conjunction with your telephone service. Spend your time on the internet researching these products or contact your telephone provider instead of spending time ranting and raving about it. Unless complaining makes you feel better. Spend your energy on more productive things. In other words get a life, quit complaining, quit being a victim and do something about it.
Next, many people do donate to charities mostly by telephone solicitation. Just in Colorado, one state that the company JAK calls into and where a lot of the above rants are from donations that were made to paid solicitors were 96 million dollars in 2004. 96 MILLION! JAK Productions collected 977 thousand dollars from the citizens of Colorado that same year. This information is available from the Colorado Secretary of State?s web site. I am sure the numbers for Virginia and any other state are probably per capita equivalent. This shows that there are quite a lot of people that do donate through these paid solicitors, so in a sense, all of you complaining could be the minority.
Next, the many telemarketing companies are employing thousands of people, possibly hundreds of thousands of people across the United States, helping them provide for their families, helping college students through school, helping them with employee benefits, most importantly health insurance. It is an industry that makes money. They are not going away, this is a capitalistic society and where there is money to be made there will be someone there to do the job. So get used to it. Again, quit complaining and if you do not want the calls be proactive and do something about it.
Next, you all are going about this in the wrong way. Think logically. Screaming and yelling at the telemarketing person that is calling is not going to do any good. Since you are dealing a person, some people are good, some are bad. Yelling at them, as some of the TSRs above noted, makes them put you back in the system to be called again. I agree this practice is appalling and annoying but they are doing exactly what they want to do, they are ruining your day, making you angry etc. They have won. What you need to do is find out where they are calling from and get their address. You can even act like you want to donate so they will give you their address. Use the address to write a polite letter to the telemarketing firm to take your number off the list. THEY WILL. If you think about it, the owners of the company do not want to call someone that is not going to give, does not want the product etc. They are paying salaries to employees and paying for every outgoing call to their telephone company, and it is not cost effective to make calls to someone that does not want to be contacted. Some of you subscribe to the idea that they are calling simply to harass you, this is not the case from the management view, if it is a reputable company. If anything it is the individual employee that you yelled at, cussed at, blew a fog horn in his/her ear that is harassing you. And maybe you deserve it, maybe you do nott. But I can assure you the management does not realize that you do not want to be called. I cannot speak for JAK but I can certainly assume that the management of JAK is concerned with profits, therefore do not want to waste money, salary and telephone charges, calling someone that is not interested. So instead of spending time complaining take the time to write a letter and the calls will cease.
The bottom line is lighten up, if all you have in your life to be upset about is annoying phone calls, think of yourself lucky. There are many people not as fortunate as you.
Think about it.
Thank you for your time.
In Response to TheDJ’s comment, you have to answer your phone. If you just let it ring they are not going to leave a message, it is an automated system that is calling your number and when you do not answer they are assuming you are not there. How are they supposed to know that you are there not answering the phone. Once you anserwer follow my directions above, the calls will cease.
You will also be surprised how many companies you deal with call back to see if you are satisfied with a service or product, the will keep on calling you until you answer and acknowledge thier call. I know SBC called me 5 or six times a day when I changed my phone service to another company. Once I answered the phone and told them I was happy with my new service. The calls stopped. You will never know who really is calling you unless you answer the phone. If you are not home and just annoyed by seening numbers that you do not know on you caller ID you might think about cancelling it if it is getting you that upset. Otherwise just delete the numbers and move on.
When attempts to answer the phone are made, there is often no one on the other end, just a silence. Here we greet that silence with silence. This often resembles a “Skip trace” which is a common tactic used by bill collectors to collect past due bills.
You wonder why telemarketers are rude to you? Because you people are fools! You tell us “take me off of your do not call list!” and then you get pissed when you are still getting calls. Or better yet you tell us you already gave when we can see on the screen infront of us that you havent given since March of 1997. You MAY have given to ANOTHER group but just because someone calls you from a phone asking for money doesnt mean we are all the same thing. Its just like your mom and your brother are both family, but they sure as hell arent the same now are they? Just remember how ignorant you sound next time you talk to a telemarketer and that way when you say “I’m sorry” and we say “Yes sir/maam, I agree” you’ll understand what we mean
Dude, I think you need to just chill out. Your outburst does not do your cause any good. The point here is that these calls persist, and there is no one on the other end of the line asking for money. You answer the phone and nobody at all responds to you. This is telephone stalking. It is mischief has the same effect as ringing somebody’s doorbell and running.
Your use of strong words here do nothing to promote your cause, infact they detract from it. Have you ever thought about pursuing a different line of work? One that doesn’t cause you to get so worked up like this?
Just because I own a phone, does not give the entire world the right to call it. Just because you think your cause is noble does not give you the right to interrupt my day or my meal or my peace and quiet.
My phone number is unlisted, and I’m on the state and national Do Not Call registries. That should be enough. I should not have to independently notify every charity and pseudo-charity not to call me.
Unfortunately, Bid Caller, the law only stops profit making organizations from calling if our phone numbers are on the DCL. Charitable and political organizations are exempt. Unfortunately again, they have begun to excessively abuse this privilege. You are required to tell them to remove you when they call. I don’t like it and neither does anyone else, but that’s how Congress set it up. Until we get them to change it, or unless you set up an answering machine that requests removal (which many won’t know because their CSRs will hang up if a machine answers – nice that they don’t have to listen, but we do, huh?), we’re stuck.
Info on 877-291-7322 :
Just received call from them. He asked for “The Lady of the House” When I asked who it was he said it’s not a sales call, I’m from the D.O.V.E Foundation and this is just a survey about children 16 and under,, I said well there is no children under 16 here, he continued talking right over me… “We’ll call back and discuss it later”,. I’m like Uh, No there’s no kids under 16 here, He then continued “We’ll further explain it when we call back!” I then started yelling, HELLO I JUST TOLD YOU THERE WAS NOONE UNDER 16 HERE WHY WOULD YOU NEED TO CALL BACK? and he must’ve muted me becz it was dead air.
What the F*&$ Is wrong with these people? I reported them to the DOnot call but if they are disguising as charity, etc. it won’t help.
This is harassment. Someone should shut them down.
Report it to your state’s Attorney General as a fraudulent charity?
If you want to stop the calls from the Dove Foundation then you should call them and ask for the Chairmen and tell him to get the calls stopped. I did this and have not got any more calls.
Stop Bitching and start into action.
The Dove Foundation
535 E. Fulton, Suite 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 454-5021
(800) 968-8437
Rolfe, Scott
[email protected]
535 E. Fulton Ste. 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
US
Phone: 616-454-5021
Fax: 616-454-5036
Dick Rolfe, is the Chairman of the Dove Foundation. When you call to bitch ask for him.
The Dove Foundation
535 E. Fulton, Suite 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 454-5021
(800) 968-8437
Great, info folks. Re: Wilkerson, that is.
I have noticed their calls too, but have missed each one. My phone tells me the following party has been trying to call me:
Wilkerson & Ass
I would like to commend this company for their truth in advertising!
Apparently, some of the calls we get are fax numbers, which means you won’t get an answer if you return the call. 905-370-0090 shows on the caller id, but there were several million faxes sent from this number.
check this “http://www.junkfax.org/fax/broadcasters/visionlab/VisionLab.htm
I came across this site as I too have been getting calls from 877-291-7322 which is obviously the DOVE Harrassment Company of America.
I am also a Deputy Sheriff here in Michigan and would advise everyone to DONATE ONLY to your LOCAL Law Enforcement Agencies. Most have programs to help Fallen Officers, K9 Units, Dive Teams, Drug Education Programs and many others.
Here in Michigan no Individual Dept or Agency will call you to solicit money.
Never give out your Personal Information AT ALL.
Ive been called from companies saying that they halp fallen officers, and when I listen to their sad stories I kindy inform them that I am a Deputy Sheriff and the FUNNY THING that happens is they hang up ….. Hmmmmmmm
This is a great site thanks !!
Emailed DOVE to stop the calls.
mailto:[email protected]?subject=Please add me to your do not call list.
Emailed DOVE to stop the calls.
mailto:[email protected]?subject=Please add me to your do not call list.
DOVE Organization – Maybe these people need to receive some calls from us…
THE OFFICERS:
Richard K. Rolfe – (Founder & Chairman) Vice President, Mastermedia International
Dar Vander Ark – (Secretary/Treasurer) Executive Director, MDAC
THE DIRECTORS:
Robert Bratt – Producer, Consultant
Keith Lang – Executive Director, Bibles for Missions Thrift Centers, Inc.
Ronald J. Lubbers – President, R.J. Lubbers & Co.
Janis Petrini – Co-owner, Express Personnel Services
Gordon Toering – Attorney, Warner Norcross & Judd LLP
THE ADVISORY BOARD:
Cindy Bond – President & COO, Promenade Pictures
Terry Botwick – Managing Partner, Thunder Point Studios
James Buick – former CEO, Zondervan Corporation
Robert J. Campbell, Jr. – Chairman, Alpha Omega Publications
George T. Cook – Sr. Vice President, Salomon Smith Barney
Leslie Dietzman – President, Berean Christian Stores
Bill Ewing – President, Every Tribe Entertainment
William Kanaga – Chairman retired, Arthur Young & Co.; former Chairman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dean Jones – Actor, Producer
Al Kasha – two time Academy Award-winning composer
Holly McClure – Radio Host; Film Critic
Michael Medved – Author, Film Critic, Radio Host
Dr. Laura Schlessinger – Author; Broadcaster
David Seibert – Managing Director – New Ventures, Lifeway Christian Resources
Nancy Stafford – Actress; Television Host; Author
Kenneth Wales – Executive Producer, TV series “Christy”
Patricia A. Warner – Associate Hospital Director U of M Hospitals and Health Center
Rev. B.J. Weber – President, New York Fellowship
Lisa Whelchel – Actress; Author
Martha Williamson � Executive Producer, �Touched by an Angel.�
Ralph Winter – Film Producer
THE STAFF:
Dave Lukens – Executive Director
Scott Rolfe – IT Director
Donna Rolfe – Executive Assistant
Julie Kemme – Executive Assistant
Received 2 calls. One yesterday, One today. Answered the phone today. The phone numbers were 888-271-8484 and 888-592-8181 I googled them, found this place and when I answered the phone today, found out that they were calling for the Fraternal Order of Police.
I guess it is that time of year again, huh?
Has anyone else been getting 1-000-000-0000 caller ID numbers. I’ve had 4 in the last 5 days and they have always been dead when I answer (once on the second ring). Qwest (Colorado) was no help except to advise me to use their call trace service ($1.00, reasonable) where 3 *57 traces to the same caller will cause Qwest to activate their Annoyance Call Bureau (1-800-883-0655) and the caller will be “asked” to cease. You will not be told who it was but there is at least a mechanism for dealing with this. I don’t know if it is actually effective and it does also remove any thrill of taking the caller to court and winning $$.
Just remember “Caller ID”. If we don’t
recognize the name/number, we don’t
answer. No sweat. No worry. If the phone
ringing aggravates you, turn the tone volume down.
Life is too short.
The Dove Foundation
535 E. Fulton, Suite 1A
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
(616) 454-5021
(800) 968-8437
Dick Rolfe, is the Chairman of the Dove
Dick told me the Foundation hires a company to do all the calling and was very happy with the performance of that company. I told him the company only let the phone ring 3 times then hangs up. I asked him how he would like it if I rang his door bell and then ran away before he got to the door 4 or 5 times a day?
He told me he would not like that.
I asked him if he thought that would be harassment? He thought it would be.
I told him the foundation is doing the same thing with the phone calls.
It is time everyone calls the Dove Foundation on the 800 number I have provided and tell Dick no more calls.
He may stop thinking the company he is using is so wonderful if we give it right back to him on his 800 number.
Then it will start to cost the foundation MONEY.
Call trace only works if the caller id can capture the number.
I’ve got those zero zero numbers too
caller ID can be manipulated, somewhat easily. Try this search: spoof caller id
I just received a call from 877-291-7322. I seem to remember getting calls from them about six months ago, then it stopped, but started again today. I called thier number off the contact page on thier website (616-454-5021) and they appologized for any inconveinance, and said I won’t be getting any more calls.
Well – how about this site? I decided I no longer wanted to subscribe or receive notifications of additional postings to this page, but even when I use the “unsubscribe” links provided in the emails, it says there is no record of my subscription. Does that mean that UtterlyBoring is as much of a nuiscance as these toll-free numbers and that they are also perpetrators of harassment? I say YES!! I will be putting them on my mail block list because they don’t allow me to block them using their own methods.
Ahhh, JAK has struck again! I was getting their calls about 6 months ago and after threatening to take legal action since they ignored my request to be placed on their Do Not Call List, the calls stopped. This morning, I get one from 888-271-8484 and found my way here (again) after googling the number. Six months ago, they were collecting for the VA FOP, harrassing me that I’ve never made a contribution (they followed me from Newport News, VA to where I am south of Petersburg now… even stating my old address… and my phone numbers are always unlisted!). Watch out fellow Virginians… they’re at it again!
I just received several calls from DOVE 877-291-7322. I Must say it was annoying. To Kenn from NY, unfortunately, it takes a bit of nastiness to get your point across. I’ve tried both polite and nasty ways to get people from calling my house. And I must admit that when I become rude and a pain in the tush, these caller STOP CALLING MY HOUSE! Now as for these D.O.V.E. callers, they haven’t heard my nasty side yet. But it’s coming. I don’t know what their intentions are but it’s ridiculous.
I have also received several calls from 877-291-7322 which is the Dove Foundation and have told them to take my number off their list. They called again last night and my wife answered, they refused to answer any of her questions and ended up hanging up on her. Since I am located near them in Michigan I gave them a call. I informed them that their calling practices are against Michigan State Law and criminal charges would be sought if they did not stop the harassment. I gave him my phone number and he said that he would take my number off their list immediately.
I suggest that if you are having problems you call them and ask that your number be taken off their list. If they do not comply feel free to follow up with your local police department, the Grand Rapids Police Department in Michigan (where they are located), or http://give.org. I found Give.org when I checking the Better Business Bureau for them, so try filing a complaint and see how it goes.
Just received 2 calls from 877-291-7322 – one at 7am, the next after 8am. I’m trying to figure out if my phone company can block these calls. When I did a Reverse Look-up, it came up with JR Homes.
I also have an unlisted number, but I recently did my Voter’s Registration. Maybe a leak there?
Received a call from 800-679-0336 on Oct. 7, 2005, which I got from *69, they left no message. Received a call on Dec. 1, 2005, from 877-291-7322 around 8 pm, again no message, but I screen my calls. Sometimes if there’s no message I *69, since I have no caller ID. According to this website, both numbers are from Dove Foundation. Anyway, am fed up and I just filed 2 complaints (because I documented dates/ times/numbers) both instances) with the http://www.donotcall.gov website. I have had a number of similiar calls with no message and suspect them of other recent attempts at my home phone.
I too just got a call from the Dove Foundation. Thanks to Mark on 12/01/05 for posting their site. I was able to find out exactly who was call a very private number. No one knows it except the people I want to know the number. That is a small number..maybe 6 at best. The number of course is listed with Colorado’s No Call List. How they ended up with the number I do not know, unless it was sequential dialing. I worked as a repairman for the local phone company for 30 years and had to explain to many customers how it works. Most often a computer does the dialing and an operator waits for a hit. If a hit occurs then the operator reading from the computer screen goes through a dialog posted, checking off various answers to questions. A correct answer usually will get a call back. Be careful of what you say to these people. Once marked in the computer system you will receive a lot of calls.
I called JAD and they told me the charitable organizations were exempt from the no call laws. . . . .
I also recieved these calls. I found information about the DOVE foundation at this website:
http://www.dove.org/frames/background.htm
If you call the Dove Foundation at 877-291-7322 and ask to be removed from thier call list, they say they will do it. The http://www.dove.org site also says that you can email them your phone number and they will remove it. I’ll let you know if they call me any more.
Dove is performing surveys and SELLING their product, which I inadvertantly purchased once last year and have been plagued with their calls ever since. My question is that, since they are selling a product, how can they be excempted from the DCL? I also gave to the CO FOP last year, and when they called last I told them I’d donate if they gave me a job. The CO FOP hasn’t called back.
Also, the point that sceams out to me regarding JAK and these Fraternal Orders of Police is that they are NOT charities. And what many telemarketers and victims fail to think about is the huge number of scams out there, and the millions of dollars victims lose every year in this country. Callers need to find a new profession and those at home deciding whether or not to answer the phone need to be wiser.
We’ve been watching our caller ID and when unknown nos. or hidden numbers appear, we pick up our Uniden remote press the answer button and immediately press the end button. No talking, no sounds, just quickly punch those two buttons in sequence and lo and behold, we are not getting calls from Florida and unknown places. I may need to do this for three days or three calls, but it is working. Even from people we have done business with and are probably calling us on some automatic dialer to pitch their new services or whatever. It sure is getting quiet around here.
i used to work for jak productions and co.they are nothing but a bunch of fucking druggies, i’ve seen more shit in 1 year than i care to comment about
I have received several calls from (502)753-0430. Tonight they said they were from Columbia Gas. I googled them and found it was Wilkerson & Ass which is what came up on caller ID. They asked for me by name and my daughter old them I was not available, that I would get back to them.
Why are they calling????????
Our pet pain in the rear is 607-654-0047 “Binghamton NY”. Tonight’s call muttered some gibberish, when I said “excuse me?” he yelled my wife’s name, and when I started to complain that he’d called 5 times in the last week, screamed something unintelligible and hung up. Whee! I’m sure that’s a big help to whoever he’s working for.
Getting calls from 503-254-4274. CallerID says CUSTOMER SVC FE. This number Googles to a guy named Gregory Ross: (503) 254-4274, 205 NE 72nd Ave, Portland, OR 97213. When called the answering machine says Feature Films For Families. Related to DOVE I see. They dont know when to stop. Getting hammered by phone calls and hangups. I’m on national DNC list also. Thanks for the posts in this thread for the info. Taking action.
I got a call today from these people.(877-291-7322) I wasn’t home but hubby didn’t pick it up and then I Googled the number and wound up here. What I did though was I added it to my blocked numbers. *60 on some phones. Now if they call me from that number again it will give them a message that says it is blocked and never again ring through to my phone.
I am getting calls daily from these no-lifers.I am on do not call registry.Especially guy at this number do not know how to give up: 800-679-0336
How about these Beaverton Oregon numbers:
503 635 4716
503 635 2861
Name claims to be: OBRIEN IRENE
I get a few calls every month from these two autodialers. Never answered. Never will.
Irene. if your reading, I’m the guy that calls you back and stays on your line for hours blocking your dialer from calling out. ucallmeicallu okay?
Getting calls about once every 20 minutes or so from 1-800-990-1906. Thanks for all of the above info. I am going to file a complaint and make a print-out of my phone log. I consider this harrassment. I want it treated as such.
i googled this site just to see what is all about and it makes me sick that all you people have to do is sit and bad mouth telemarketing. i have worked for 6 years as a telemarketer and am proud of my occuipation. We are raising funds for very deserving orginizations. I call for the nclf and that provides the make a dream come true program that provides a CHILD dying one last wish to see snow or to see disney world and im sorry but if some one were to call me and ask for a donation to help a family from losing their child i can at least do my part as an american citizen and give to those in need.
And for you people to sit and boo-hoo at this site and try to put good harted people like myself out of a job just because you think you can is beyond me cause believe it or not telemarketing helps orginizations like the FOP, National CHILDRENS Leukemia Foundation,American Breast Cancer Foundation,ect with essential funds needed to help others in need americans like yourselves are cold harted selfish pricks and not only are you representing everything we SHOULD NOT be but you are also instilling that in you children. I`m sorry but when i call your home to send out a pledge packet and i get a 4+ yrold yelling “QUIT CALLIN HERE or “GET A JOB” or even belittle them to where the parents won`t even take the call and tell them some hateful message to relay to another PERSON it makes me sick.
why dont you people get a life and have love for your fellow man or woman and if you just not interested be polite and say as much and maybe if you are nice and polite about that they can take you off the list … but being an asshole like most of you are is just going to get you more call you decide!
I think that contacting the charity itself is the way to go. It’s not likely that they are encouraging the harrassment and rude behavior demonstrated by the calling company. It’s very likely that the charity would be displeased to hear that their name is being associated with this type of behavior as I’m sure they are aware that those calls directly influence their cause! Let them know what’s going on and how you are treated during a call. I did this and 5 months later recieved a call from the states attorney general about my incident. The calling company is under investigation!!!
I can’t take anything serious from someone who doesn’t even know how to spell Michelle correctly………
Thanks, to whoever maintains this Utterly Boring list. It’s Sunday afternoon and I received yet another of zillions of calls noted on mycaller id as being from 866-877-9755. They call early in the morning, late at night, at dinnertime…aaargh.
knowing other have the problem helps (misery loves company).I just called it back, got a message that said “if you wish to donate to a charity, etc.’ I simply said I want THIS number placed on your do not call list, then recited my number six times and said that further calls would be reported to the State Corporation commission. Now I have my fingers crossed.
I’m with Sven. That person’s spell checker must have broke.
It is sad that legitimate charities would have to resort to hire debt collection agents to do their dirty work. Especially when nobody owes anyone anything.
This is why people are so distrusting. & now that Verizon is MCI, at least they won’t be calling in the middle of supper.
I did a little research today, and took some action after googling 877-874-9769and getting to this site . (I have received dozens of calls from that number before, all hangups). I called that number, and reached an answering machine from “The charitable and non-profit organization fund raising office”. I left a message asking that my number be put on their “do not call” list or that I would report them to the Virginia Corporation Commission. Within three hours I got calls from three OTHER numbers, listed below:
888-211-9742
866-877-9755
800-491-9703
About half an hour after each call (because I got a busy signal immediately after) I called each number and got the exact same answering machine message from the alleged “charitable and nonproft fundraising office.” I lleft messages on the first two stating that my number should be placed on their do not call list, then realized that some odd person was just having me called from another number. After the last number, I called and asked the my number be placed on the do not call list for that specific phone number and any number or organization affiliated with the “charitable and nonprofit fundraising office”.
Then I went to the FTC web site and filed a complaint about deceptive telemarketing in their section for general complaints, as well as a complaint for each number that called on the “do not call”complaint site. What baffles me is WHY people would do this…they leave no message and when you answer hang up. What’s the point?
In any case, I can only hope I’ve stopped mine. I pity folks without caller ID…
Does anybody know this number -800-448-2755. I got my current telephone number over a year and a half ago. This company keeps calling after I’ve repeatedly told them that the previous owner no longer has the number. Over the last 4 days they’ve called me six times. I’ve been as polite as I can be, but I’m getting fed-up. I no longer answer the phone, if I see their number on my caller ID and just let it go into my answering machine. Of course, they never leave a message. Sometimes they call twice a day. If anyone knows anything about this number and has any suggestions for dealing with this, I’d be most grateful for your reply. thx,
Clare please read my posts above.
The Virginia State Corporation Commission isn’t going to have hardly any jurisdiction in this matter.
I just got a call from that 877# he said it was from the DOVE foundation about movies, blah blah blah.. he wanted someone else to call me, NO I don’t want anyone else to call me ok!!
don’t answer the phone–when it rings,just pick up quickly and immediately — immediately– hit the number sign repeatedly about ten times — this interrupts their signal and it tells their computer that this is not a working number — no more calls — unfortunately if they call while you are out and your voice mail picks up you cant help that ….
Hannah: 800-448-2755 is Bank of America calling to try and sell you insurance. They refuse to take no from me (when I am listed on the account) and insist on talking to my husband and they call during the day when he’s at work (brilliant). They had better hope that they don’t ever get him at home or they are going to get a serious earful.
It’s bad enough they spam our snail mail with insurance offers, now the phone too. Next time I’m telling them if they don’t quit, we’re switching to Wachovia.
At least with the snail mail I can feed it to the paper shredder! Envelope included.
The shreds go to help scouts with their firecraft merits. So it’s recycling at work.
TheDJ: yeah, we shredded credit card offers, insurance offers and other junkmail and used it as packing material when we moved last fall. Quite handy 🙂
Chord G. Thanks for your response. I actually traced the number on the web and found out that it was indeed, Bank of America. Called their offices in NC and told them that I requested that my number be removed from their list to no avail and that if they didn’t remove my number I was going to contact our State Attorney General’s office… I haven’t had a call since. What a pain! Good luck to all.
Granma, thanks for the hitting the pound key idea. I did that on Sunday for yet another number from the alleged nonprofit fundraising association.
But Hannah, as someone said before–you’ve got it wrong. You do not ask to be “taken off” their list. You ask to be PUT ON their “Do Not Call” list. Your bank would have to honor that. Unfortunately, too many people still say “take me off your list” which is essentially giving them permission to keep calling you. Next time someone calls you, say “Please place this number (give your number) ON your “Do Not Call” list and tell them that if they don’t, you’ll file a complait with the Federal Communications Commision. Then say it again.
This “Dove Foundation” has made a mistake. Apparantly, they wanted my full and undivided attention. Not sure where they solicited any of my cell numbers, but they won’t go away. So, it’s time to waste their money. Ccall them from various payphones on their (877) 291-7322 number. Costs me nothing, I see plenty of payphones in my travels. What the hell, just pick up a payphone and call them on their dime a few times a day from various places. Either “take” their survey, and give them some wonderfully interesting answers, or just let it go till they disconnect. Got a few minutes waiting on the bus? Payphone coming out from the food store? Bank of them as you walk by in the mall? A subtle “Up Yours!”
I do have a bit of a critique for the “proud telemarketers” who posted here. While I’m not stereotyping everyone in the industry, the gems who have posted here have sure done wonders for the negative reputation for this “industry”. Apparantly a GED or HS Diploma is considered “advanced education” here. My best friend’s 8 year old can spell better, I’m not providing a name, because they might look for a target “Oooh child under 16!!!”
And for “machelle”, beynd your gramatically challenged post, emphaisizing “CHILD” or “CHILDREN” is supposed to open people’s wallets? This is not to knock the Make A Wish Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Fund, etc. Noble causes, I’m sure. The fact that you feel the need to donate to every cause does not imply that everyone needs to do likewise. Doesn’t make you holier than someone else by feeding back into your machine. IF I’m going to donate to a particular cause, then I will seek out and go to them. I don’t want some uneducated, degenerate, bullyragging, or even [dare I say] pleasant soliciter trying to pry open my wallet. You want to “help the kids”, then give your own money. If I decide, it’ll be on MY terms, not some nuisance’s. Oh, by the way, would you like to make a donation to this charity I’m starting for the children? It’s called “Hey, I Need The Money” after all, it’s for the CHILDREN…
I started to get unsolicited calls on my cell phone, which frankly made no sense. Then I realized that I had my resume posted on Monster.com and CareerBuilder.com. Naturally, on your resume, you list your cell number. My home number is also listed – an unpublished number. The companies that collect information mine for data in creative ways. Maybe the “work from home” ads you see are linked to this – that “data mining” is one of the work from home careers.
I just realized another source of unlisted telephone numbers. In Texas for sure, maybe countrywide, the Republican Party has gone to the Conservative Protestant churches and asked for a list of their membership to put those names on mailing lists for political mailings. It stands to reason telephone numbers are included. Some churches in Texas refused; however, some complied. You really have to stop and think about who actually has your telephone number – the doctor, the pharmacist, the church, the school, the bank, etc. Hacking is being accomplished by teenagers. Identity theft is what we usually think as the major crime. What if they also collect telephone numbers and sell the lists? Once you have a list, it’s nothing but a function in Excel to pull the list of numbers.
Today’s news…7 million people are emplyed by telemarketing call centers in the U.S. compared to 400,000 in India. etc.
I have been receiving calls from The Police Protection Fund for a year now (1-727-449-9646). I politely refused to donate to their charity in the beginning, but when they continued to call and ask for donations, I found out from my local police department that the Police Protection Fund doesn’t exist/is a fraud.
I have repeatedly requested that they put me on a DNC list, but still get the calls. Now I have been also getting calls from 636-327-4442, and they say that they are also with the PPF. I did a backwards search of that number on Anywho.com and came up with a residence in Wentsville, MO. They called me twice/day for 4 days straight, often just hanging up when I answer. But they don’t hang up when my husband answers.
So I called the 1st number back (in Clearwater, FL) and left this message on their machine:
(ME) “Hi, this is *C.Hill* and my phone number is ***-***-****. I have asked you repeatedly not to call my home again. We are not going to donate money to you. But you still continue to call. And now you have someone calling me from Wentsville, MO too. I am sick of these calls. If you call my home one more time, I will be forced to file a harrasment claim against you and your company for both of these phone numbers.”
I’m happy (but somewhat reluctant) to report that I have not heard from either number in 6 days. If I do, I have the times/dates/phone numbers from my caller-ID logged onto a piece of paper and I WILL turn them over to Missouri’s Attorney General.
I was so frustrated at a point I started going to out of town payphones in my own area code and giving anyone who called me like that, that payphone number. Most of these payphones don’t accept incoming calls.
This “Device” they have been advertising on this site at http://www.privacycorps.com looks pretty good
from what I’ve seen of it. I’m thinking about checking it out.
I bought a device off ebay and it didn’t stop anybody. So, I started just picking up the phone and immediately pressing the stop button on my hand held. Sometimes I press the #. I get very few calls anymore and have no intention of answering any that are not someone I recognize on caller ID. It may take several click-offs for their machine to recognize my rebuff.
I did the same thing banjo cited. When I’m home, I hit TALK and OFF simultaneously. If I’m not at home, I list the number in my address book as SCAM, which then flashes on my Caller ID. I’ve given SCAM calls a distinctive ring and color so the drill of TALK/OFF is automatic. In about a week, I’ve had at least a 50% reduction. Today is Primary Election day so I expect starting tomorrow and even bigger decrease in the annoyances.
I call the DOVE foundation back and the woman who answered said, “Customer Service.” I asked who I was speaking to and she went into her, “do you have just 30 seconds for me to tell you how we’re cleaning up home entertainment?” I told her I enjoyed the crappy programming on TV and asked to be removed. She took my number and politely took me off the list… or so we’ll see…
877-291-7322 is working the Kansas City area tonight.
It must be Spring…JAK is at it again in southern Virginia.
888-211-9742
888-271-8484
I just received an unavailable call from 877-291-7322 which I did not answer. After I Googled the number and found this site (which I read in its entirety) I called it back. A man answered but did not give his name or his company name. I asked what company this was and he responded by going into his sales pitch of give me twenty seconds of your time…blah blah blah. I interrupted him and said that I was not interested in anything he had to sell and that I do not donate over the phone and that I wanted him to remove my name from his calling list. He tried to go back into his pitch but I firmly (but politely) told him that I WAS NOT INTERESTED and to place my number on their do not call list. He then said no problem and asked for my phone number (which I gave him although I am sure they got it on caller ID but figured they already had it so why not give it to him to get removed) and then he told me he would get my number removed from their system. I believe (perhaps blindly) that he will remove my number. I have found that initially if I am polite (but firm) telemarketers will typically remove you with no problem…if they fail to remove me thats when I get nasty. Time will tell if they actually removed my number. I like most every one else on this site am on the national DNC list but I wonder if that is where some of these companies get my number.
My theory is that a company gets the DNC list (as required by law) but then they put those numbers on another list that they sell to other companies. Who then call. It is my understanding that they only have to update their call registry quarterly so if they buy a list with a DNC registered number, that number can stay on their system for up to 3 months until their next DNC list purge takes place. This is just my theory and I may have misinterpted the law and if so, feel free to correct me.
Thanks for letting me rant….goodluck all
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR JAK. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET EMPLOYED BY THEM, AND THEY DO NOT RETURN MY CALLS, I’M EXPERIENCED AT CALL CENTER WORK. ANY INFO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. GOOD OR BAD. THANKS EMAIL ME AT [email protected]
TO AMANDA IN WEST VIRGINIA, PLEASE EMAIL ME, I NEED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT YOUR’RE BEING FIRED. I’M IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING SOME PRETTY SERIOUS STEPS AGAINST THIS JAK CO. I DON’T WANT TO GO INTO DETAIL ALSO THE GENTLEMEN BELOW YOU ON THIS SITE I FORGET HIS NAME. COULD YOU BOTHER EMAIL ME AT [email protected] ASAP
The folks at the Dove foundation (877) 291-7322, are a bunch of bible thumpers that are trying to get movies and television shows to have no sex, no profanities and no violence. They are kind of a creepy bunch of people that are focusing their efforts on contacting single mom’s with kids or just kids….. Email them at this address (‘[email protected]’) and ask if they will remove your phone number from their calling lists. I suggest contacting them from an email address you don’t use often (they may start spamming you on email)….. But it’s worth a try asking them to remove your number…..
I find it rather ironic that the email alerts I’ve been getting regarding this site have listed as the first link some kind of porno. I haven’t linked because I read. How many other people didn’t? Seems like a rather questionable affiliate program.
It seems the spammers are active on this site. They are as bad as or worse than an insistent telemarketer.
PLEASE REMOVE MY COMMENTS THANKS
reguarding the 888-232-9543 number: it is a survey/reminder company that is contracted by different automotive businesses. they will call and remind you of appointments, and they call for surveys reguarding customer service at your dealership or mechanic shop.
AT home, I receive the same damn (248) 569-2247 caller.
I believe these are the very people who call my cell phone and when answering the UNKNOWN CALLER, no one is there to speak with me. Perhaps a computer generated call?
Just the same.. Al Gore is behind it.
IMPORTANT>>>
It appears an ex girlfriend met up with another ex girlfriend (or two) and have been posting private pics of me from days gone by, of me (and some with them) online with a variety of porn sites. My name is now used as a sex search engine key word!
Any ideas how to cleant his up? I am a business man and potential clients have brought this to my attention.
john lewis mealer
Colorado here. I’m getting 2-4 calls a day from 866-746-8640. How do I find out who this is? I call it and it is a recording saying they are a “Political” survey and they are legal. They also give the option to remove yourself from the list. I’ve done it 4-5 times over the last couple of months. I answered the phone today and asked the person on the other end some questions and she just hung up. I’m going to have to write our local idiot Gov. Bill Owens. I know it is useless to write to a useless politician but I don’t know what else to do. I want to find out what political survey this rude lady called me from so I can call them back and talk to them.
Calls from 248-569-2247. They use predictive dialing, so you often pick up to find a dead line. This is a marketing firm working for your car dealer to arrange your next oil change. Call the number and learn “write us at … to be put on our do not call list.” Company operates as “Minac” or “Minacs” and says any problem calls originated from another company which is now out of business. Sounds fishy to me. If they bother you, call your auto dealer and complain about Minacs.
Recieved a call and hang-up from 888-232-9543. Source of caller is unknown? Google search references poker site???
In Georgia – Dove has been calling me for months and I refused to answer the phone – they didn’t give up even though I would turn up the volume up on my 48″ speakers to the highest setting and put the receiver right on the speakers – they still called back, but never ever left a message. They have probably called me 30 or more times. Today I gave up – answered the phone – was very rude and told them to remove me from their call list. I’ll let you know if it works. I would like to see all telemarketers heavily fined and spend a long term in prison.
Does anyone know how to communicate with the Special Trade Commission in Washington? Maybe if we ALL call them they will do something about these scams and DOVE should be the first target.
This DOVE Foundation has been calling us over and over from various numbers, the most recent one being 877-291-7322
They like to call before 9am or after 8pm.
They also ask “May I speak to the lady of the house?”
This proves they don’t even bother to check who they are calling. The first time, about 3 weeks ago, I listened to her speak, then told her no. the question she asked was “will you allow our affiliate to call you at a later time.” I told her no, then I told her I was only 12, and my mommys phone was paid unlisted and that we are on the state and federal do not call lists. She sounded like she giggled then hung up promptly. They’ve called about 50 times in total since then. The calller ID lists them as Unknown Name and I get no answer when trying to call them back.
The claim the lady made was that they are working with a company to make family friendly pg movies. We have no minor children and all in all, they just want our hard earned money.
We pay to be unlisted, we put our names and numbers on do not call lists, and we’re still awakened by these people who are being paid to bother us. I did do the *57, and will do so as much as it takes. Verizon says 3 or more “traces” of the same number calling you will get legal attention, though they did not give me any details on how or when.
Good luck to the rest of you, and thanks for the info provided on this page. I also found it by googling the phone number.
800-679-0336
The Dove Foundation has been calling me, too. I’ve not answered yet, but I think I will next time to tell them to put me on the do not call list. What surprised me is the last call came at 8:30 pm California time – which would be 11:30 pm in Michigan. I sure hope they aren’t calling from multiple sites around the country now.
Got 2 hang-up calls that match your info. I’m in Ashburn, VA.
800-491-9703 at 9:14am
888-592-8181 at 9:34am
Getting numerous calls from “Utah Call” 801-437-3150. I’ve also gotten several from 636-327-4442. I report them all to the Missouri AG office, my state No Call control.
Over here, in the UK, this problem doesn’t seem to be as bad, but I’ve found one method that seems to work (though only with non-prerecorded calls). What you do is when you pick up the phone, and realise it’s a marketing call, or whatever, simply put it down on the table (not hang up, just put it down), then go off and do whatever it is you were doing. Every half an hour or so, simply pick it up to see if they’re still there. If they’re not, hang up. If they are, simply put it back down and go off again. Since I’ve started doing that, no company has called me more than twice.
i live in kentucky and i get all kinds of telemarketing call and it really pisses me off why put your name on the do not call list if you are just going to get get more unwanted calls so
I just got a call from 636-327-4442 myself. They beeped at me and then hung up.
I just got a call from 636-327-4442 on my do not call cell phone/home phone. They beeped and then hung up after I answered.
I was reading on here that the #877-874-9769 was calling a lot of people and that when you try to call and leave a message saying put your number on their do not call list you get a bunch more calls. I had a friend whom worked at a telemarketing company and here’s what she had to say. When they get a negitive response from someone they just hand the number to another one in the office and the person will call you also. They have several different lines with different numbers so this could go on for quite some time. I have caller incept which is offered by my phone company (you’ll have to see what your’s offers, it’s called privacy manger for some). I just added them to the list.
I used to work for a phone survey company. This is how surveys (I don’t know anything about telemarketers – they have different ways of doing things that aren’t apparent to the person on the receiving end of the call) work and how to stop them if you don’t want them.
First, it’s not someone sitting at a phone with a printed list of numbers punching them in to call you. They use computers that automatically dial the numbers from a set that came with the project the company commissioning the survey provided.
This means two things for people on the receiving end of the calls. One is that the individuals conducting the interviews for the survey don’t control what number they call or when they call it, so they can’t do much in the way of special favors for you by skipping your number or anything like that if you ask them to do so. The other is that each survey might have its own list of numbers. This means that being on or off a list for one survey does not mean you are on or off a list for another.
In the United States, as someone here has probably already mentioned, companies conducting phone surveys that DON’T lead up to a sales pitch are unaffected by the federal do-not-call list. That only stops telemarketers, not survey companies.
The most effective way to prevent phone survey companies from calling you is to sign up for your phone company’s version of privacy manager. Privacy manager services require callers from unidentified numbers to tell who they and what number they are calling from before it lets the call get through. When the interviewer sitting in his or her cubicle hears something on the other end of the phone other than an individual willing to do the survey, he or she enters something into the computer that indicates that it was an answering machine, the person requested for the survey wasn’t in, it’s a fax machine number, etc. If the person hears a privacy manager recorded message, that person will immediately code the number as such and it will be removed from the system. You will never be disturbed by companies conducting phone surveys when you have that service.
If you don’t feel like paying for that, your other options are to tell the person you don’t vote if the survey is political, that your number is a business number and not a residential number, that it’s a payphone, or that the person the caller is trying to reach (some surveys are only meant for a specific person) is dead or moved away a long time ago. These will, however, only stop calls for the current survey, they may not stop future surveys from other companies.
Things that don’t work are yelling, threats, hanging up, or not answering. If you’re rude to the person, they’ll code you as not home and you’ll just get called again. Worse yet, you have no idea what personal information the caller on the other end has about you, and if you make them angry, you don’t know what they may do with it (they’re supposed to keep your information confidential, but you never know what an angry individual will do).
I just got a call from (636) 327-4442 on my no call home number; when I answered, a man said my name, which I acknowledged; he then hung up. What was the point? Reverse directory shows call is from Foristell, MO…
MORE ON (636) 327-4442: When I called the number I got a message saying that “the voice mail box for HARRY PALMER is full.”
We’ve had hang up calls 2 days in a row now from 636-327-4442. When I tried to call back it wouldn’t go through as if it wasn’t a working no.
I am writing this for the benefit of anyone in Law Enforcment looking to take down Dove Foundation of Grand Rapids, MI and Feature Films For Families, Inc. of Murray, Utah, and for those consumers who are trying to figure out why these phone calls from the Dove Foundation just don’t “smell right.” Specifically, those phone calls from a computer that seem to have started in November, 2005.
I turned in the Dove Foundation to the Michigan Attorney General’s office for calling me after I told them to stop. The reply from Dove’s lawyer was from one of at least four lawyers that are located at 5282 South Commerce Drive, Suite D-292, Murray, Utah 84107. I found four lawyers listed with this address on the Utah Bar Association’s web site. They are Melvin S. Martin, Matthew G. Cooper, Russell C. Harris, and Edward T. Wells. Utah? For a Michigan non profit organization? Well, if you go into an online phone directory, Feature Films for Families is listed at 5286 Commerce Drive, Murray, Utah 84107. This is the same Feature Films for Families that is mentioned in the Missouri Attorney General’s press release of March 27th, 2006. ago.mo.gov.
Why Missouri? Well, there is another Dove Foundation in Missouri, DOVEMIDWEST dot ORG. I would not be surprised if the fine people in St. Charles, MO complained to their AG. Even the people in Missouri must have found those robotic calls from Michigan-based Dove Foundation obnoxious.
The Missouri AG asserts there is a connection between Dove Foundation of Grand Rapids, MI and Feature Films For Families of Murray, Utah. Feature Films For Families is a for-profit operation. Claiming FFF can telemarket in violation of the Do Not Call law because of their “agreement” with the Dove Foundation does not pass the “ha-ha” test. Now law enforcement just has to establish who owns the call center employed, who owns the “Rob” robot, etc. to see if they can get a conviction.
WESTERN WATS is a market research firm. They are asking you to participate in a survey for statistical purposes. I suggest you asnwer the phone and politely ask them to put you on their internal “do not call” list. I know many people who work for this company, and trust me, they are are not solicitors. They will not push for you to complete the survey AND IF THEY DO ask to speak to their supervisor and they will gt fired. Usually their surveys only last a few mintues, and whoever the (usually a college kid) interviewer is would be ecstatic to do it with you if you have the time.
If you prefer not to do the survey for any reason, it would be great if you do not yell or curse at these kids. They usually don’t know anything about the survey or whats going on, it’s probably their first job. If anything, ask to speak to a manager and give them your two cents.
I have worked at these type of centers myself (back when I was a poor college student needing a bit of money). They don’t get paid unless they get the surveys done, so as you can imagine, it can be very stressful and frustrating for them. It would be great if everyone could learn how to REFUSE a survey nicely. (When you decline to do a survey, it will be classified as a refusal, and you should not be called again.)
If you never want to be called ever again, it’s not hard to calmly ask to be put on the do not call list.
If there is no one on the other line, it’s usually not on purpose. Look them up on the BBB. THEY ARE NOT SELLING ANYTHING.
The DOVE foundation has found me again. 800-679-0336 on the caller ID. I wasn’t home to take the call.
They’d called me several times a year or so ago, and I went to their website and gave them a dose of STFU. I’d moved in the meantime, and they seem to have found me again. I had the phone company (Bellsouth) set my old phone number to answer with the “number disconnected, no further information available” recording, so they did not get my new number that way.
Granted, I might fall in to their target demographics since my politics fall somewhere to the right of Pat Buchanan, even if I’m definitely NOT a bible thumber… but I’m a single guy who lives paycheck to paycheck, which they might not realize.
anyone care to send me your comments re: organization called American Association of Police Officers (“AAPO”)? Particularly interested in comments from Illinois. Thanks.
Got a call from this # 248-569-2247 about my husbands subaru needing its 35,000 checkup. When I looked up the # on yellowpages 2 modeling agencies came up. What in the World??
I just received my first calls from the Dove Foundation today. (Googled the 800 number and found this website). I can tell you with absolute certainty that they did NOT find me by way of an automatic dialer.
I have two unlisted phone numbers that are completely different from one another (I’m in Colorado and on both the state and national do-not-call registries). The Dove people called the first number (I didn’t answer), and then the second one exactly 5 minutes later. I’m still wondering what kind of records they could have obtained that would have both phone numbers. One of the phone numbers is fairly private — I don’t remember giving it out. It’s obviously not a very *informed* list of phone numbers though — I give money to organizations that sound like the opposite of everything the Dove Foundation represents!
To Azure:
Where they are getting the numbers is the $64,000 question. I still don’t know. People on other message boards and blogs have speculated Dove is getting them off the “Do Not Call” lists. Dove calls themselves a non profit organization. If the speculators are correct, Dove Foundation must think it is fun to get lists of numbers of people to call from the lists of “Do Not Call” numbers compiled by the government through its contractor, AT&T.
Thank you for your comments, Dove Investigator. I hadn’t really considered until reading this Web page that these groups might have a database of numbers that they can logically group by some kind of household identifier. It seems too much of a coincidence that they called both of my numbers within five minutes, so they had some kind of way of associating my numbers with my house. The national do-not-call registry DOES require that you enter an email address, so that could be the link — if the email is provided along with the telephone numbers. Their FAQ states that only the telephone numbers will be provided to the telemarketers, so this still seems unlikely to me. I’m still thinking somebody else sold me out! (If I found out who did this, I would stop doing business with them immediately!)
I only just recently registered with a political party — I don’t remember giving them both phone numbers, but I wasn’t thinking about telemarketers/harassers at the time, so I suppose it’s possible. Can anyone else trace their first phone calls to joining a political party?
Azure,
I have never seen how the numbers are organized on those Do Not Call lists that the government sells to the telemarketers. If you registered both numbers at the same time, they may be very close on the list. We also don’t know how many lines or ports that robotic IVR system has. If they are doing 23 calls at once on a ISDN line, it would not take long to contact all the numbers on the Do Not Call list of a given telephone exchange.
I have a question… If there was a product on the market that would guarantee that 100% of all telemarketers would never call you again… What would you pay??? $5.00… $10.00…? I don’t want to charge alot for it… I have something of my own design that I use and have not spoken to a telemarketer in 4 years… not one, and they don’t call back. Would it be worth it to try and market it??? And yes, it also works on fax machines…
You can’t be 26256 serious?!?
Any chance someone can make a list/web site that we can all just add to each time this happens, imagine a comprehensive call blocking list. With my VOIP phone CO. I can block incoming calls by number, the better the list, the fewer calls. my list so far thanks to this site:
(888) 888-8888
(000) 000-0000
(602) 889-8022
(863) 765-4321
(111) 111-1111
(800) 491-9703
(877) 874-9769
(877) 877-9755
(888) 211-9742
(800) 271-8484
(888) 766-3512
(888) 592-8181
(248) 286-1282
(866) 999-3340
(800) 882-9609
(866) 877-9755
(801) 437-3150
(800) 679-0336
(636) 327-4442
A friend in MO told me about the DNC list. So I added myself to it. My calls went from one every other month to one every 4 hours. I see that there are loopholes, but I never thought the list would be sold to charities.
Could it be that some of the charities are really being charitable toward those who could not get a job other than working the phones in an automated call center?
So, Jeff, you’ve sort of piqued my interest, but that interest comes with a rather large dose of skepticism. Just what sort of product could you have designed that would achieve such miraculous results as to guarantee that I would never receive another call from a telemarketer? Barring the act of unplugging my phone altogether, which wouldn’t be your own design, I don’t see how this is possible. True, I have neither the knowledge nor the gumption to acquire the knowledge through my own personal diligence to come up with such a gadget, but I’m not all that gullible either. Nevertheless, I’m rather fed up with unwanted calls and your ‘come-on’ post leaves just enough unsaid for me to inquire… what’s the scoop on your mysterious product?
Just got a call from Research International from 602-889-8022. They’re “surveyors” and the “law says they can call”.
Their corporate office is 1-800-829-5255. I spoke with Guillermo Romaro. I suggest we ask for his home phone number and call to bug him!!!
In response to ‘Johnson on 07/07/06 @ 04:55 PM’, it turns out that that is the Subaru dealer. But I live in Reno…and we don’t have area code 248. What in the world?
Got a call from Research International as well last night, at 9:45!! On a Sunday, even. My husband is furious, the phone woke up the baby.
1-800-448-2755 is still alive and well. I looked it up here to see who they were, (Bank of America wanting to sell insurance), so I called them back and went through their automated system to be removed from their list or put on their Do Not Call list, or whatever the heck they said it was called. It takes 30 days for it to be processed… how stupid is that?
I’m actually considering getting rid of my LAN line totally and going with a cell for all my phone stuff. So far, they haven’t messed with my cell yet… *crossed fingers*
This is a way to get back at telemarketers. Have 1 telemarketer call another through: http://jajah.com/
It is not traceable.. It is actually quite funny.
Or… Get the phone number for the telemarketing job hotline and have the telemarketer telemarket their own human resource department.
For Minacs: the job recruiters number is
416-380-3770
The telemarketers number is: 248-569-2247
here is info on Minacs Telemarketing company.
“Over the next few months, Minacs will be recruiting for all positions, … Interested applicants can apply on-line by going to the Minacs website at …” pdf file with the phone number is here:
http://www.sreda.com/docs/news/Minacs%20to%20Open%20New%20Facility%20in%20Saskatoon-Sept%2007%2005.pdf
This is wild…I have been receiving calls from 636-327-4442 almost everyday now for a couple of weeks. Somehow I have missed every one of them, so my curiosity got the best of me and I put the number into google to see what popped up. I am amazed that so many people are being harrased by this idiot. I’m going to do some more research on this….
Well, you prbably already have this info, but this is what I got for the numer 636-327-4442
Police Protective Fund Inc 104 E Main St Wentzville, MO 63385 Phone: (636) 327-4442
I received a cal from 678-992-2430 that was asking if I had received my phone book, just as Chris posted above (01/12/05 @ 09:50 AM)
I’m getting calls from 801-437-3150. I’ll give them a call back and inform them to stop calling or explain to a judge why they will not. If they call after being advised to not call they can be sued, most effectively in small claims court, for various harrassment, tresspass, and similar laws enacted in various states especially for telecommunications jproblems. Check with your state civil codes and Attorneys General. Normally, all you need in small claims court is a mailing address in order to file. You file, they don’t show up and you win by default; then go after remuneration with tenacity!
Here is a solid information address regarding the owners of 801-437-3150.
Integra Telecom of Utah
Wasatch Corporate Park
3676 California Ave., Suite B-105
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
You might like to visit their site:
http://www.integratelecom.com/contact/default.asp
And here is a copy of the e-mail I just sent them:
Ohio Camp Cooks
http://www.ohiocampcooks.org
Gentlemen, I discovered that I have received several phone calls from 801-437-3150. A Google search revealed that this particular number is suspect in numerous events of privacy invasion, harassment, and unwelcome intrusions by your agents who are offering some kind of a lengthy survey. I received an invitation yesterday morning to participate in a survey and hung up the phone. I am registered on the National “Do Not Call list. While I realize that you may not be in violation of the protection laws provided by such registration you are certainly in violation of my wishes.
Please do not call me again. My number is 740-XXX-XXXX. Further attempts by your agents will be treated as harassment and may be litigated in our county Small Claims Court. As a matter of decency and just plain good manners why not ask yourself this question? “How is it that I ever got the idea that pissing off potential customers is a good idea?”
Regards;
Phil Foreman
aka/ pawclaws,
Cpl Kass Irons, CSA
888-271-8484
I keep getting calls from this #, the “Charitable and Nonprofit Organizations Fundraising Office.” Many of them are at 8:00 a.m., 15 freakin’ minutes before my alarm goes off. I’ve asked to be removed from the list and the idiot on the other side said “I guess so.” I guess so??? This is harassment. Any ideas of what I can do?
I sent a very polite e-mail to the folk with the 801-437-3150 number explaining that while they may not be in violation of the laws regarding the “Do Not Call” register that they were still in violation of my will and that as such they were guilty of harrassment under FCC rules and State Law. I advised them that should they decide to call again that I would file suit in small claims court locally which would require them to hire a local attorney or travel from Colorado to attend court. I finished by asking them when the thought occurred to them that pissing off potential clients was a good idea. I have not heard from them since. 🙂 You might try the same and send an information copy of your letter to the charity being represented by the boiler room as well. Here is something else to consider. Often, these solicitors are criminal enterprises. Some are even operated from prisons. My worst fear here is that this is an easy way for good hearted Americans to end up sending hard earned money straight to criminals or potential terrorist activities. Continue with caution. Good luck.
Phil Foreman
http://www.ohiocampcooks.org
A vaguely satisfying thing to do if cold-called by a police donations fund is to ask the caller to provide you with statistics on arrests for panhandling in your area.
8:22 a.m. – Charitable and Nonprofit Organizations Fundraising Office, aka JAK, called again. This was my only day to sleep in. They called from this number today: 888-211-9742.
I found it vaguely satisfying to fill their answering machine. You can do so by calling them back at either number, record a long, long message (or just put phone next to the radio), hit #2 (to save) and hang up. I also filed a complaint with the Virginia Attorney General, as this could be considered a Class 3 misdemeanor. Their # is 800-451-1525. I also wrote to Virginia Fraternal Order of Police, who said they would take me off of their list: [email protected].
I wanted to support police widows. Now I’m getting harassed by the very people who are supposed to protect citizens.
I am from Wyoming and after reading the dialogue on this site I am convinced that the Dove organization, the modeling agencies, and the many-named bogus police and fire fighter charities are all connected. I have received hang up calls from 248-569-2247 and other numbers that are from modeling agencies, and telemarketing calls from the said bogus charities and they all come around the same time. Also, the guys from the bogus police and fire fighter charities get very nasty when I politely refuse to give or ask questions. Now I just hang up on them when I first realize who they are or I just lay the phone down….don’t got no caller ID. 😉 The calls are becoming less frequent! I do, however, plan to file a formal complaint.
More info on 636-327-4442….
After reading an article about this number in my local newspaper, I have found out that the Wentzville, MO police would like to know if this person calls you. Apparently, they are trying to go after him. He called me a few minutes ago and hung up on me when I told him he has called over 20 times and not to call anymore. I called the police. Im getting really annoyed! For those who are interested…
636-332-5105 Wentzville police dept. #
I got a call from 888-232-9543 today as well. I did not answer it. I agree with everyone on this board, it?s an automotive reminder. In my case, I recall that just yesterday I called a car dealership parts counter inquiring about availability of a tiny part – cost $5. I did not leave my name or number. They must be automatically collecting their incoming calls and making a call list out of that.
I just got a call vrom 636-327-4442. I have told them to take me off their list before and they have not done it. This is really making me mad.
I also was called on 11/16/2005 and the guy said his name was Quinten Barr and said the Police Protective Fund address is 500 West Chestnut Expressway, Springfield, MO 65801 which is a post office in Sprigfield. He called from 727-449-9646 and told me his number was 877-493-2200. If you call that toll-free number there is a recording that says it is the Police Protective Fund.
They’re in Oregon now. They called last night with Private Name Private Number and asked to speak to the man of the house. DH said he didn’t want to. Then they called today from 800-679-0336 to speak to the woman of the house, promising they would take no more than 90 seconds. Kame (pro: calmee) gave her spiel that rating systems aren’t enough and other than monitoring something more should be done. Did I agree? “NO”. This stumped her.
“Oh! Well then…” spiel about feeling that there should be a way to keep children away from this kind of programming. I told her to turn off her TV and hung up on her.
I will be sure to tell them to put me on their do not call list.
So, they called back with “Unknown Name” from 000-000-0000! Now I’m ticked!
As a very successfull telemartker telemarketers, I have some info that may be of interest to all of you.
I have been raising money for charities for over 3 years and make 50-70K per year working 25-30 hours a week. The national average for charitable organizations calling by phone roughly under 10%. That means when you give $10, only $1 is used for charity ($50, $5 / $100, $10 / etc). Many of these organizations hire ex-cons and felons to raise money because of the huge tax exemptions on labor, even though they talk like an officer/vet/firefighter/etc. I’ve even had the calls at my home where I inquire and they straight up lie to me. They say its local, tell me %100 goes to the charity, lie about what the $ (that goes to the charity) is used for, and say they are an officer, vet, etc.
TO STOP THE CALLS, here’s what you ask:
1. What did you say your name is?
2. Who are you calling for?
3. Which company (that you work for) is raising $ for this charity?
4. What percentage goes to the program?
5. Tell them that you have wrote their info and the time the called.
6. Ask them to take you off ALL their lists and tell them if they do not, you will file a grievance with the state attorney generals office or state of consumer affairs.
If you continue to get the calls, visit the state attorney generals website and report all the information you have collected. Following through is very important and very effective to stop these calls.
ALSO, beware of the one’s that say you already have donated when you really have not.
I just got JAK-ed by JAK Productions. Yes the famous telemarketing company operating at 1915 Dudley Avenue, Parkersburg, WV 26101. I did get to speak to Jeff Matenly (which I believe is the one who posted the 12/09/04 post), his supervisor is Todd Cooper, and the manager is Paul Susie. They are using 800-931-9744 and they are calling for the FOP of Virginia. You can call JAK Productions at 304-422-9363 or 304-422-9360. Boy these guys are real pricks. They skirt the issues and don’t want to answer any questions. I don’t like them selling me donations to the FOP when they keep 85 cents on the dollar. Thanks for this website, at least I can vent!
Gary – to end the calls, write to Virginia Fraternal Order of Police: [email protected]. It took a couple of days, but they finally took me off after I e-mailed. You also may want to let them know you if you won’t be supporting their cause anymore because of the rudeness of JAK productions.
If they are calling before 9:00 am, you can file a complaint with the Virginia Attorney General, as this could be considered a Class 3 misdemeanor. Their # is 800-451-1525.
Other VA FOP contact info: 1-800-367-0317
WEB SITE : VaStateFop.com
You gotta love an VoIP provider like ViaTalk. I forward any calls coming from JAK Productions’ 800 and 866 numbers to their registered number 304-422-9363. Keep calling guys!
I just got a call from JAK..1-800-931-9744. I did not answer! Some one said somewhere back up at the begining that the charities got a break when the do not call lists were made…they are right!!! I use to work for the phone company here in Denver. Most calls are computer generated. When someone answers an operator will come on line and speak to you….the first trick is not to answere!!! If you do, you are “tagged by the machine and will get numerous calls from JAK and other “charity” people!!!!
I just got two calls today that I did not answer. 800-491-9703 and 888-211-9742. As I said yesterday…do not answer. My mistake was answering a call last year!!! Do not answer or you will go thru the same stuff I am now!!!
Every morning they call me! 866-877-9755.
And they call BEFORE 8:30, I work at night and these b@stards wake me up after 2 hours of sleep — they’re killing me. I have to leave the phone on because of my work. I answered once, early on, when I didn’t recognize the number. I don’t answer now thanks to this website, but they call at least 3x a day. Each 9755 call is followed 20 minutes later by an ‘unknown caller’. They use a variety of other numbers as well. What kind of moron thinks I’d give money to someone who relentlessly harrasses me after I’ve asked them to stop?? At this point, I honestly believe their only mission is to harrass and punish people who said ‘no’ to them.
Me again. Here’s a partial list of JAK numbers I collected in a 5 day period back in September. Each number called multiple times. The calls begin at approx. 8:07 a.m. and continue until 10:45 p.m. on a daily basis. They’re still calling, of course.
202-470-6987
866-877-9755
800-931-9744
800-491-9703
888-211-9742
888-271-8484
888-592-8181
888-665-9359
There are other numbers, but I got tired of writing them down. I’m really annoyed by this and am amazed that the State Police would let these people represent them.
This has worked, but I have caller ID and pretty well know who might be calling, The phone rings….on the second ring caller ID gives me an unknown number……I use my Uniden walkabout phone……I punch the talk button and immediately punch the cancel call button without speaking and without wasting a moment between talk and cancel. I guess that tells their stupid machine something and after a couple calls cancelled, I don’t hear from them for a while. It is quiet around here.
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I discovered that if you have a unlisted number (Up here in Canada) that you get almost no telescum calls except for the ones from the credit card companies trying to con you into getting some extra service you don’t need with your card.
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Just to let you know telemarketers are people too. I have been in the telemarketing world for 8 years now. I hate when people tell me that I am stupid and uneducated. How dare you people cast judgement on me. I did graduate from high school and college. I am a single mom that has 2 small children and this job gives me the flexability I need to be there for my children. I have tried to find work in my field but to be honest the telemarketing job I have pays more. I can make $14-$15 an hour! I can tell you that I am very good at my job and not at all the telemarketer from hell. Yes some of them can be very rude and I don’t blame you for hating them but there are alot of us that are there to provide you with a quality service. Please don’t place us all in the same catergory, it’s not fair. We have good and bad experiences with the customers we contact just like you have good and bad experiences with telemarketers. Just a little food for thought the next time the phone rings!!!
I just don’t even answer the phone anymore. I let voicemail take everything. I’ve even turned off the ringers on all the phones. Actually, the only reason that I even have a phone line is for my DSL. I use my Cell pretty much for everything.
JAK Productions are now using 800-614-9023
I’ve looked through all of these comments and i’m very happy to say that the company I work for is not on the list. I guess I can’t be that bad.
And for all of you that hate us so much I can tell you that I actually helped a family today who was having a very difficult time. SOOOO I guess there is some good to us TELEMARKETERS!!!
Been getting calls from a 503-581-6147 out of Salem Oregon. Caller ID says they are Baha Marketing? Google search shows them as some British owned hotel group? They’ve called after 10 PM at night and obviously don’t understand English when they’re told to never call again. Personally, I advocate the drawing, quartering then burning the worthless carcass of all telemarketers. They’re all the illegitimate spawn of a road lizard
Ladies and Gentlemen, make sure you give to the Disable Police Officers of America, at least that was what the telemarketer said. I received a call from DyTel Inc. 1284 Meadowview Lane, Suite E, Pelham Al 35124 (205) 644-9499(corporate Office). Their call originated from Dytel Inc. 1230 Forestdale Blvd., Birmingham Alabama, 35214 (205) 798-1226. Give them a call, I had a nice 45 minute conversation with Lamonte Maggitt and Randell King. Unfortunately their boss Thomas Williams was not available at 9:15 in the evening like I was. I’m sorry I was unable to get the number they called me from. I’ll work on it next time guys.
Got two calls within 3 mintues from 1-800-614-9023. 11:10 and 11:13 Eastern. Tried #69 and just calling the number back directly but got nothing for about 15 seconds then a busy signal. Looked here first for comments-this is a great site that has helped me with previous “unknowns.” I’ll be doing some investigating and getting back to you. If this is like the others I’m sure they will call back tomorrow at the same time.
Folks, here is a strategy I use when receiving a telemarketers call. First of all I’m usually working on my computer in the evening, so that sort of helps. Let me explain. When I get the call, first and foremost, I’m very professional and I let them say their entire pitch, then I start with the questions, such as: What is your name? (Take your time and let them know that your are writing this down, also confirm the spelling), Ask them where they are located? (Try to get the city and state, and emphasize that you want to know where “he” is located, not the corporate office.) Then ask him what his company’s name and mailing address is, here is where they try to give you the corporate office or the point of contact for the charitable organization they are representing. At this point I start reminding them of the required information they are to give when asked (I really don’t know what they are required to give, but if you sound convincing, usually they don’t know either). So be specific and phrase it like, “If your building was burning down right now, where would I send the fire trucks?” While they are stalling on this issue, I’m on-line searching for the local chamber of commerce business directory for where they are located and I’m searching for any telemarketer information. When I give them their address, they usually get surprised. Now that the low ranking agent is busted, and I ask to talk to a supervisor. When the supervisor gets on the phone, I start at step one again. I admit that I’m confused from some of the answers I received from the first agent and I need additional clarification. At this point I start asking for his name, the corporate office name, and the procedures for having my name removed from their list. Now if he is calling from one location and the corporate office is at a different location, your need to start doubting that your name will be removed from all lists not just the one they are using. Ask for written confirmation that your name is going to be removed from all lists. Now if you have identified their location from the local chamber of commerce business directory, you should also have a local number for where he is calling from. Now, why it is so important to get their names. Because at this point (at least 45 minutes into the call) you are satisfied that they have answered your questions, thank them and let them have a good evening. Immediately when you get off the phone, call the company’s front desk and ask for the last person you were talking to, tell them he is a friend of yours. When they get on the phone, and you explain that you were just talking to him and you had a couple more questions, they are 1. startled, 2. curious as to how you got their number, 3. now a little niffed. Why, because you have their number and you can call them any time you like. They do not like this. Plus sometimes I perform a white directory phone number search for the local area looking for home phone number for the same person. If I get one, I like to confirm their home address and phone number over the phone. This is when they get mad. At this point I like to remind them that nobody likes to get called at home at all hours of the evening.
Quick reminder
1. Get names, names, names.
2. Try to get a location of where they are calling from. Try “It’s raining here what is it doing where you are. (What ever they answer) Oh, were is that? Then talk like you never heard of the town, etc….
3. Get a corporate mailing address.
4. Get the name of their company, not the charitable organization they are calling for.
5. Ask how much of $1.00 goes to the charitable organization (usually .15 cents of a dollar).
6. Talk long and screw up their call time.
7. Ask to be removed from their call list, mailing list (ones they sell to other call centers), and all other call lists they may have. This is important because if you were on one charity list, your name may not be on another charity list. Just emphasize “ALL” call lists.
8. When you are dont with this one, start all over with the supervisor.
Remember you have a call agent, floor supervisor, call center manager, area manager, company VP, etc. You can always get to the call center manager before you hit a dead end.
9. Get confirmation in writing that your name will be removed from all call lists. Yes I received a letter from my post of 12/18/06. Yes they said they were sorry, and my name was removed.
10. Be professional, and polite, if you are angry, they have a reason to hang up. If you are calm collective, they can’t hang up until you are satisfied they have answered your questions.
Use this strategy as you see fit and good look.
Let people do their jobs. They are just earning a living and not sponging off the welfare sysytem.
Good Stuff. I just got another call from one of the numbers listed above. Glad to see that I’m sane. Same things.
Trac Fones come in handy for this kinda stuff.
Sandiss, post your phone number. I’m sure there are a few people who would like to call you when you least expect it. I’d never call you during your favorite TV show, or when you are working on something. Heaven forbid if I call you while your are in the shower, or going to the bathroom. I’d never call to see if you are there just to hang up. I’d never shower you with a prerecorded message that takes at least 3 minutes to listen too. I’d never solicit you for any money where 15% of the dollar goes into my pocket and the rest I’ll give to charity. I’d never sell your number to anyone else. Go ahead post your number because nobody said you deserved welfare. It’s a sad fact that many of those on welfare are still pestered by your company and you. I’d rather help someone on welfare than help you. Don’t take any of this personally because of your decision to work in a crappy job profession. Remember nobody is forcing you to work there.
P.S. Have a nice day.
I also received a call from 678-992-2430 . I called it back (after reading this post) and they said it was asking if I had received my phone book, just as Chris posted above (01/12/05 @ 09:50 AM)
I just got off the phone with the Wentzville police detective handling the ‘Police Protective Fund’. They are legal, but only because of a loophole they exploit by donating 2% of what they reap to some charity. They are not actually located in Missouri at all, although the number 636-327-4442 is located outside St. Louis. The only way to stop them is state by state to close the loophole allowing them to solicit as a charity if they donate only as little as 2% of their take. Contact your states attorney general to close this loophole! and stop these predators!
Following up to Janice’s comments. I also received a call from 636-327-4442 at 8:45 pm.
At 8:27 this morning, I received a call from 800-614-7871 and the man stated that he was from JAK calling on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Polilce and wanted me to donate to the “Death Benefits Fund” for officers killed in the line of duty. I politely asked him to remove my name from his list as that group had done nothing for my family when my grandfather was killed in the line of duty (true). He apoligized and said he would remove my name. He was very polite. I was surprised at his response. In the past, they have been extremely nasty, rude, and all around unpleasant to talk to.
I was searching for the following numbers:
866-877-9755
877-874-9769
888-592-8181
888-271-8484
800-931-9744
800-658-0047
I did want to say that I have Sunrocket VOIP and can log into my account and put a block on any and all nuisance calls from these numbers. I can see that they call 5 times within a 5 minute timeframe but I never get the call because it is blocked. Such a wonderful feature of my new phone company. After I had a Fraternal Order of the Police ring my house at 8.19 am (of which even my own family knows NOT to do) and I yelled at the guy asking him who the heck he thought he was that he could my home so early in the morning??? I started blocking their numbers. Just a thought.
888-592-8181
888-271-8484
This morning at 8:14 and 8:34
I received 2 phone calls tonight from the Police Protective Fund out of Wentzville, MO (I too did a reverse search on the phone number). When I answered the call, the individual at the other end had the audacity to ask “Who’s this?” instead of going through the normal “Hi, my name is…and I’m calling on behalf of…”. When I wouldn’t provide any information, I received a “God, you don’t have to be so snotty about it.” I asked what he was calling for…”a donation” was his reponse. I informed him that he needed to remove my number from his calling list and the response was a “I don’t know how to do that” (in a childish voice). I will be contacting the Missouri State Attorney General’s office. One phone call is bad enough, but 2 in one night is ridiculous
Just wanted to share, that I, too, am receiving numerous “Out of Area” phone calls from #1-877-291-7322, DOVE Foundation. They have yet to leave a msg, and I have yet to answer any of their calls. I am in California, the Bay Area. They have called at all hours, starting at 7:00am PST, up until 9:30pm PST. And numerous attempts each day.
I just got a call from Dove Foundation, also- 877-291-7322. They were saying something about slipping standards for age ratings and violence on television causing violence in youth. When I interrupted and asked, “Get to the point- are you asking me for money?” I was hung up on. (I just wanted to know, because I’m a stay-at-home mom, so I don’t have money to give.) I called back, and they answer, “Customer Service”- they don’t even identify themselves.
Got a call from 800 679 0336 and googled it and now I know all about “Dave Lukens” and “The DOVE Foundation”.
http://www.taxexemptworld.com/organization.asp?tn=767508
We keep getting the out-of-area calls, and 888-211-0786 and 877-297-0258 and at the most annoying times. They too, never leave a message.
Thank God for caller ID – @ least I don’t ever answer them! So much for No Call
Listing. Great idea, but don’t think it’s working.
I figure, if they can’t leave a message, then it must not be important enough to waste my time answering them.
JAK productions is calling people on a ‘no pay’ list, people who promise to pay and do not. Many of these ‘no pays’ are years old, yet the caller says they made a pledge ‘a few months ago’, thus tricking the person into giving. Do not fall for this, ask questions. Demand a payment history, they are required to give it to you. Keep records of when you paid, the decals, ect. They are calling people monthy, changing the pitch. Pay attention to the name of the organization. The scripts are fashioned in such a way as to fool people into thinking they are giving to a different organization.
I just had these jokers call twice in 10 minutes, disconnect and both *69 gave the same 800-614-9023.
Their business phone # is on page 6 of this official Colorado Dept Of State report. Amazing what kind of crap our state government allows to go on…
http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/bingo_raffles/2006_annual_report.pdf
Had them call in MO. Called Wentzville Police
636-332-5105 Wentzville police dept. # robert major.
they are legal, but only because of a loophole they exploit by donating 2% of what they
reap to some charity. They are not actually located in Missouri at all, although the
number 636-327-4442 is located outside St. Louis. The only way to stop them is state
by state to close the loophole allowing them to solicit as a charity if they donate
only as little as 2% of their take. Contact your states attorney general to close this
loophole! and stop these predators!
1-877-493-2200
104 E Main St Wentzville, MO 63385
500 West Chestnut Expressway, Springfield, MO 65801
877-300-3504, 866-288-8879, 866-785-0505, 866-243-0573, 800-650-3839
JAK Productions
The Colorado Police Protective Association
770-956-7025 720-744-7365 770 690-8489
Skip Stogsdill at [email protected] or call 800.320.2772.
The CPPA’s Colorado registration # is 20023004090
JAK Production’s Colorado registration # is 20023003576
From phone listings:
JAK Productions Inc
4501 Circle 75 Parkway Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303
(770) 612-1386
If you would like your telephone number removed from the calling list please contact the
CPPA office either by telephone or email at 800.320.2772 or [email protected] and leave the
entire telephone number to include area code that you want removed. It takes five business
days to process your request.
Under their Telemarketing Sales Rule, solicitors calling for charities are required to honor
potential donors’ requests to be put on their in-house do not call lists. Failure to do
so is a prosecutable offense. I suspect that failure to provide consumers with the
opportunity to ask to be put on such a list would also be an offense, since the law
that created the National Do Not Call Registry covers harrassing hang-up calls (call
abandonment). The FTC’s Web site also has a link for filing complaints at http://www.ftc.gov.
The manager at the Parkersburg office, Robert Johnson, is a convicted child sex offender. His picture can be seen on the sex offender registry site for WV. The office is right between two schools. Pretty scary. It also has drug use within the workplace.
The manager Robert Johnson is a CONVICTED SEX OFFender majorly…so bad that it happened in 1995 and he was 16 , so bad he was tried as an adult!! served 2yrs 9 months. for asulting a family member little girl 0-5..He is a rude prick and needs to be terminated for the good of the company!! JAK in Parkersburg is located within 500ft of the local high school on one side and on the other side of the building an Elementry school..humm makes ya think Robert Johnson is definately representing the scuzz of the earth !! Fire him before he grabs a kid !!
P.S. he is the one selling the drugs to callers in the office…a little F.Y.I
Local Virginians here is a reply to an e-mail I sent Governor Kaine concerning telemarketing calls on behalf of the state police.
*********************
Dear Mr. XXXXXXXXXX :
Thank you for your recent e-mail to Governor Kaine concerning telemarketing. I am responding on behalf of the Governor.
The Virginia State Police does not solicit the general public for donations. Internal State Police policy states: “No employee shall solicit subscriptions, sell tickets or collect donations for any purpose while in uniform, while on duty, or in such a way as to indicate that it is in behalf of or endorsed by the Department without permission from the Superintendent.” As such, the Superintendent has not made such authorization.
There are many organizations that Virginia State Police personnel may pay dues and belong to, if they choose. These associations are fraternal/professional organizations and could be compared to the associations that nurses and teachers belong to in their respective professions. Organizationally, these associations are not a part of the Virginia Department of State Police or any part of state government as they are separate entities.
Thank you for contacting the Governor with your inquiry.
Sincerely,
John W. Marshall
Secretary of Public Safety
JWM/JPD/la
cc: Colonel W. Steven Flaherty
Department of State Police
*************
Next time someone calls on behalf of the Virginia State Police, report it, they are breaking the law.
enjoy
To Also anonymous,
Yeah, this pervert who is the manager for JAK at the Parkersburg office lives with a bimbo who has a small child.
The Parkersburg office is filled with felons, druggies, homosexuals, and sex offenders. One of their top callers was arrested recently for murder. At least two more top callers are on meth. I personally observed drug use in that office.
What a wonderful way for the Police to be represented.
Are you listening FOP of Virginia?
Former employee here.
I did indeed see things in the Parkersburg office that blows the mind. No way of proving if Robert Johnson is selling drugs. He is a sex offender, that is documented. And the office is located between Parkersburg High School and Mckinley Elementary. If I were the administrators of those schools, I would keep a careful eye out.
Nixon sues California police charity
By Bill Smith
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/25/2007
A California police charity that says it helps the families of police officers killed in the line of duty has repeatedly used “harassing and intimidating tactics” to defraud Missouri donors, Attorney General Jay Nixon said Tuesday.
In a lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court, Nixon accuses telemarketers of Police Protective Fund of bullying Missourians, especially the elderly, into giving to the charity.
The suit says the charity took in more than $5.9 million nationally in donations last year, with just a total of $37,000 going to the families of deceased officers. Of the $5.9 million, $3.7 million went to pay the expenses of professional fundraisers. Much of the rest of the charity’s income went to pay salaries, payroll taxes, rent and a variety of other expenses.
Police Protective Fund, based in Hollywood, was founded by Phil LeConte and David Dierks, who met while both were students at the University of Illinois.
Also named in the suit is the American Association of Police Officers, which Nixon says is the administrative charity for Police Protective Fund and receives management fees from charitable donations raised by Police Protective Fund.
The suit accuses Police Protective Fund of violating Missouri consumer protection laws. It says that potential donors solicited by phone are not told that benefits to officers’ families are capped at a total of $40,000 a year.
The suit says that the attorney general’s office has received complaints from the public, alleging that telemarketers for the charity have been belligerent and rude and “would not take ‘no’ for an answer, even when consumers said they were on a fixed income and could not afford to donate.”
Some said the callers told them that unless they contributed, “you may call the police one day and they won’t respond.”
The suit asks that the court stop the charity from making fraudulent solicitations, that the charity be forced to make full restitution to all consumers who have been defrauded and that the charity pay several other fines and penalties.
“Abusive telemarketing calls will not be tolerated in Missouri,” Nixon said.
Records from 2005 list LeConte as a director and executive officer of Police Protective Fund with a salary of $112,652.
Police Protective Fund and related groups such as the American Association of Police Officers and the Junior Police Academy have been the focus of legal action in several states.
A call to the offices of the three organizations was not returned Tuesday.
Be a good idea for people to look into Civic Development Group, AKA Millenium. They are calling Missouri and across the country.
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/056/ripoff0056847.htm
jak is an evil compamy the logs written in defense of jak resemble teh verbage of none other than John Keller he is an evil man and no amount of money he earns will prevent him from a liftime of misery… just a little karma coming back at ya John Akeller He lives in Atlanta Ga
JAK is a dishonest company he is a loser
the tsr and John Keller a one in the same shut this guy down a class action suit. Visit his home in atlanta We work hard here in VA and he is a discrace to our FOP and should have his company closed he is the demon behind all of this John Keller Owns Jak and lives in Atlanta Shame on him for ruining Parkersburb Va. His manager is a sex offender and told us John Keller does not mind what he does with little boys as long as JAK makes money someone help us shut this guy down… concerned file a class action lawsuit
A class action suit would shut him down they need to be closed JAK is calling us all the time they are liars and cheaters
not the poor callers the owner JOHN KELLER. the way to beat him in court is show he does not honor the remove from list File acomplaint with you atorrney general We can beat his crooked attorneys. We need to unite.
Well, you are right going after the owner, but dont feel too sorry for the callers. I worked there for a few months and by the time I left i felt dirty inside for even soiling myself with that place.
Any caller with half a brain and at least SOME morals will figure out what is going on pretty quickly. Thats why the longest callers there are people who cannot get jobs anywhere else. they’re drug addicts, criminals and sex offenders.
As far as I know Robert Johnson is still the manager of the Parkersburg office, located between two schools. A simple search of the WV sex offender registry will show his record.
But Parkersburg is small city and I think they are slowing down now. they will probably shut down and head for another city. And im sure Johnson will go there with them.
Make sure it isnt your city.
BTW, i hope you nail John Keller. But the guy who actually OWNS the company lives in Israel. I have no clue if he is exepmt from US telemarketing laws. You might have an uphill battle. A lot of these outfits are locating overseas to avoid legal problems.
I BOUGHT A DEVICE AT THE DOLLAR STORE THAT WHEN I RECEIVE THESE CALLS IT TRANSFERS THEM TO A NUMBER THAT CUTS THEM OFF.MY PHONE DON’T RING BUT ONCE,I WAS GETTING AT LEAST 15 CALLS A DAY,WHEN I PUT THE DEVICE ON MY PHONE IT WENT DOWN TO ONCE A WEEK AFTER I TOOK IT OFF.I HAVE SEEN THE SAME DEVICE ON THE INTERNET FOR $60-$80 DOLLARS,YOU CAN FIND IT BY ENTERING INTO KEYWORD TELEPHONE BUGS.IT WILL BRING A WEB PAGE UP THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO QUITE A FEW COMPANYS THAT SELL THESE BY-PASS DEVICES.I WAS JUST LUCKY TO GET MINE FROM THE DOLLAR STORE,THEY SOLD OUT & HAVEN’T HAD THEM SINCE.
No cost to you. I still just wait 2 rings for the caller ID, I decide to keep or delete. To delete, I press the talk button and immediately press the end button, cutting them off and resetting their auto-dialer. It may take a couple tries, but it works and costs nothing.
JAK and Civic Development Group in Parkersburg Wv seem to be slowing down. They have exhausted the employee base for the mid ohio valley and will probably move to another city. These outfits are always on the move to avoid prosecution. Someone needs to track these groups before they enter into another area. Wherever they go, they bring with them crime, drugs, and the sex offenders that work for them are transferred along with the company.
A manager at CDG, an outfit far worse then JAK was just arrested for a third DUI and drug offense.
These companies are getting more brazen and worse with time.
Where is the FBI?
Let them come to Stafford,Virginia,the police and courts do not screw around.Even for the smallest, pettiest of charges you get the max allowed for anything. They will all end up in the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford,Va . Once you get in the system here, it’s impossible to get out.
Well, Nameless One I’m glad to hear that. JAK calls statewide for the FOP of Virginia. The pitches are very precise and deceiving, thats the reason they want their callers to pitch ‘word for word’. They are designed to con people into giving. These people are pure trash and they will use any method to get what they want.
The office in Parkersburg is located between two schools, and they hire teen-agers. This is a drug-infested environment. It’s worse than having a crackhouse in the neighborhood. It is filled with felons, druggies, homosexuals, and sex offenders. In fact if you want an employee registry, just go to the WV sex offender registry website.
These are the ‘citizens’ they employ to con people over the phone. These are the ‘citizens’ who are representing ‘law and order’.
Where is the FBI?
“It is filled with felons, druggies, homosexuals…”
Probably the most ignorant thing ever said. So I guess you assume that all people that hate telemarketers hate homosexuals? You are a moron of the highest caliber and I hope that you get telemarketing calls till you die.
Telemarketing is a business, just like that lady in the mall that squirts perfume on you. You just need to be firm and persistent when talking to these people. And yes you are going to get repeat calls from different companies, when in reality all calls are stemming from the same call center. GET OVER IT. Just tell each individual that calls to be taken off of the calling list. I don’t know what you are talking about, but at one of the telemarketing centers in parkersburg i saw a guy get turned away for wearing a tee shirt, so you really think that they will let people in who are on crack as long as they wear a collared shirt? No. Listen you guys are the one who want to bring this on a personal level, I just want to feed my kid. Tell me you aren’t interested, I’ll take you off the list, and we can all get over it. MMMK?
PROUD TELEMARKETER,YOU HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE GOOD ONE’S THAT RESPECTS THE PERSON THAT YOUR CALLING.I HAVE HAD SOME THAT HAVE CUSSED ME OUT,OR KEEP CALLING ME TO MAKE ME MAD.
I can’t speak for every telemarketing place in the world, but at the one I work at, every call is recorded and reviewed. I know this because 2 people were fired yesterday for cussing. Just know that those people will get whats coming to them.
As a former JAK Employee who worked at the Parkersburg “Office” off-and-on from August 2003-February 2006, I feel compelled to talk about my time there, as well as answer what seem to be some questions…
JAK skirts laws and ethics. While federal law prohibits a TSR from explicitly mis-repping themselves as a member of the organization or an actual police officer, we are encouraged to “project our voices” and sound like an officer. To me, that’s INDIRECT misrepresentation. Make sense?
Second, I have seen some of the postings on here from people who say they have worked or are currently working @ JAK. I have to say that “Jeff M” was most likely the manager mentioned later on in the comments section. That guy is a top-tier prick, plain and simple. I also saw where “Teresa” was mentioned. She was told to “hit the bricks” this past summer by the VP of the Company because she and Paul Susie would go into a back office, smoke some doobies and have sex. A secretary spilled all of the beans to John Keller. Todd Cooper is a good individual. He actually made working there fun, believe it or not. Robert Johnson… yes, he is indeed a registered sex offender, and yes, JAK is located between a high school and an elementary school. I hope he winds up on Dateline NBC one of these days. Paul Susie is a waste, plain and simple. He has no purpose in life, he lucked into that job back when that office was located in Indiana, and has been around ever since. Yes, there are druggies, felons, and homos that work there. However, I know that once the gays are outed, they don’t last… sad, but true. At the same time, there are honest people working there trying to make a living in a town that doesn’t have too much going on for it… Good pay for s–tty work.
Now, there was actually a class-action lawsuit filed against JAK back in the Summer of 2005, with attorney Bill Merriman being the lawyer in the case. Each call center that has been in Parkersburg has been slapped with this suit (CDG, TeleResponse, ICT) for not using timecards to keep track of employees time worked (as per WV law.) However, JAK was also getting sued for other things such as cutting an employee’s pay without prior notification and consent, mis-leading advertising in the newspaper, I could go on, but you all get my point. Suddenly, I received a letter from the lawyer in September 2006 saying that he could not pursue the suit any further! I couldn’t believe it! John Keller paid this monkey lawyer off! Seems like JAK still lives another day with breaking pay laws. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if somebody attempted to file this suit again with a DIFFERENT lawyer, one that isn’t a monkey.
Now, the DNC requests: When somebody asked me to remove them from the list or put them on the Do Not Call List, I did just that. There’s no point in arguing with somebody who doesn’t want to be called. And, I was nice about it. Made the job easier because the managers couldn’t get on to me for “not rebuttaling” them. If you don’t want to give, then you don’t want to give, plain and simple. We’re supposed to take “3 No’s” on every call.
One last point: The other call centers in Parkersburg aren’t much better: CDG and TeleResponse (now known as 1-2-1 Direct Response.) CDG is on the decline because they always piss off their workforce by being assholes… 1-2-1 is filled with whiny brats.
I hate telemarketing, and am glad I haven’t worked that job for quite some time now!
Hey ProudAsshole,
something tells me that YOU are a manager at the Parkersburg office, maybe Johnson himself.
You are a liar.
I worked in that hellhole and I personally saw for myself what goes on there.
Don’t give a rats ass for the homo part, but the others are right on about the drug use and half the stinkin’ room being on a sex offender list.
Telemarketing is on the way out. It is an antiquaited business that loses money every year. Losers like you need to get a real job.
I don’t understand how you can sleep at night knowing you steal money from old people and those dumb enough to buy your ‘pitch’. But then, if you had a conscience, you wouldn’t be doing telemarketing at all.
Change your username to ProudTrash.
Fmr JAK Worker
Great post!
So apparently you are a reformed asshole right anonymous? How long did you take to look up the word antiquated and then decide to spell it incorrectly so it looks like you didn’t look it up. The way I understand it is the organizations contract US out to do their work for them, not the other way around. Obviously, since they continue contracting us, we are in no hurry of going out of business anytime soon. Listen, I really don’t want to start throwing insults at a personal level, but before you think I just drank the koolaid and went along with what they told me listen to what I know for a fact to be true. I used to work at CDG and the first time I saw the screen that said the organization is only guaranteed 15 percent of the profits, I’ll admit, I was pissed. So instead of asking a manager who would obviously have a biased view on the situation, I called one of the organizations we were calling for. The personnel lady that I spoke to said that the company supported the telemarketing industry, and they would not be getting that profit at ALL if telemarketers didn’t call for them. You know why? They don’t have a call center. WE do. That’s why they contract us out. Telemarketing isn’t a perfect system, but before everyone should just take a breath when we call you and realize this is a person on the other line with the same feelings and emotions that you have.
Do you think that we like having to call you at 10 on a Sunday. No, I would much rather be at home playing with my son, but I have to be there. I’m not telling you to give to telemarketers, I’m just saying should the golden rule apply to everyone but telemarketers?
Okay, I have a few tips for those of you who don’t like telemarketing calls from the inside. I read on up the page that there was a way to get the organization to take your name off of all the lists that you’re on. That simply isn’t true. Okay, say you live in Colorado. My organization has probably been contracted by two or three organizations in your state. So every year, you have the opportunity to listen to almost the exact same pitch three times a season, so twelve times a year. First and foremost, as soon as you realize that it’s a solicitor calling you, say POLITELY (it’s important that you say it politely because unfortunately, not all telemarketers are nice people. They will “accidentally” forget to take you off if you say it rudely) “I’m sorry, but I’m not interested. Take me off of the calling list”, or “Put me on your do not call list.”. Those are the only two phrases you can say that will definitely get your name off of the list.
Secondly, if you do support charities over the phone, but not ones dialed by solicitors, you should realize, we HAVE to say this is so-and-so calling on behalf of so-and-so. We also have to say “As a paid solicitor”. As soon as you hear that say, “I don’t give to fundraisers done by paid solicitors.” It’s that easy.
Honestly folks, it isn’t rocket science. You are going to talk to telemarketers that are complete assholes. Speak kindly to them and they have no choice other than listen to you.
Please report call to 636-332-5105 Wentzville police dept. # robert major.
they are legal, but only because of a loophole they exploit by donating 2% of what they
reap to some charity. They are not actually located in Missouri at all, although the
number 636-327-4442 is located outside St. Louis. The only way to stop them is state
by state to close the loophole allowing them to solicit as a charity if they donate
only as little as 2% of their take. Contact your states attorney general to close this
loophole! and stop these predators!
1-877-493-2200
104 E Main St Wentzville, MO 63385
500 West Chestnut Expressway, Springfield, MO 65801
877-300-3504, 866-288-8879, 866-785-0505, 866-243-0573, 800-650-3839
JAK Productions
The Colorado Police Protective Association
770-956-7025 720-744-7365 770 690-8489
Skip Stogsdill at [email protected] or call 800.320.2772.
The CPPA’s Colorado registration # is 20023004090
JAK Production’s Colorado registration # is 20023003576
From phone listings:
JAK Productions Inc
4501 Circle 75 Parkway Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30303
(770) 612-1386
If you would like your telephone number removed from the calling list please contact the
CPPA office either by telephone or email at 800.320.2772 or [email protected] and leave the
entire telephone number to include area code that you want removed. It takes five business
days to process your request.
Under their Telemarketing Sales Rule, solicitors calling for charities are required to honor
potential donors’ requests to be put on their in-house do not call lists. Failure to do
so is a prosecutable offense. I suspect that failure to provide consumers with the
opportunity to ask to be put on such a list would also be an offense, since the law
that created the National Do Not Call Registry covers harrassing hang-up calls (call
abandonment). The FTC’s Web site also has a link for filing complaints at http://www.ftc.gov.
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535 EAST FULTON
GRAND RAPIDS, MI
49503-5916
Fraternal Order of Polilce
DyTel Inc. 1284 Meadowview Lane, Suite E, Pelham Al 35124 (205) 644-9499(corporate Office)
800-614-9023
800-679-0336
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/missouristatenews/story/637D858969E709AC86257323000DF99E?OpenDocument
Nixon sues California police charity
By Bill Smith
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
07/25/2007
A California police charity that says it helps the families of police officers killed in the line of duty has repeatedly
used “harassing and intimidating tactics” to defraud Missouri donors, Attorney General Jay Nixon said Tuesday.
In a lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court, Nixon accuses telemarketers of Police Protective Fund of bullying
Missourians, especially the elderly, into giving to the charity.
The suit says the charity took in more than $5.9 million nationally in donations last year, with just a total of $37,000
going to the families of deceased officers. Of the $5.9 million, $3.7 million went to pay the expenses of professional
fundraisers. Much of the rest of the charity’s income went to pay salaries, payroll taxes, rent and a variety of other
expenses.
Police Protective Fund, based in Hollywood, was founded by Phil LeConte and David Dierks, who met while both were students
at the University of Illinois.
Also named in the suit is the American Association of Police Officers, which Nixon says is the administrative charity
for Police Protective Fund and receives management fees from charitable donations raised by Police Protective Fund.
The suit accuses Police Protective Fund of violating Missouri consumer protection laws. It says that potential donors
solicited by phone are not told that benefits to officers’ families are capped at a total of $40,000 a year.
The suit says that the attorney general’s office has received complaints from the public, alleging that telemarketers
for the charity have been belligerent and rude and “would not take ‘no’ for an answer, even when consumers said they were
Some said the callers told them that unless they contributed, “you may call the police one day and they won’t respond.”
The suit asks that the court stop the charity from making fraudulent solicitations, that the charity be forced to make
full restitution to all consumers who have been defrauded and that the charity pay several other fines and penalties.
“Abusive telemarketing calls will not be tolerated in Missouri,” Nixon said.
Records from 2005 list LeConte as a director and executive officer of Police Protective Fund with a salary of $112,652.
Police Protective Fund and related groups such as the American Association of Police Officers and the Junior Police
Academy have been the focus of legal action in several states.
A call to the offices of the three organizations was not returned Tuesday.
JAK Productions Inc operate out of Parkersburg West Virginia. They are using 800-931-9744 now. You can call them at
304-422-9363 or 9360. The call center managers name is Paul Susie, the daytime supervisor is Jeff Matenly and the evening
supervisor is Paul Susie. Get even, start calling them. I hope to get their home phone number soon, so they can get a
taste of their own medicine. Say hi to Terra the receptionist when you call. Oh, I almost forgot, they all work for JAK
Productions, 4501 Circle 75 Parkway, STE E5280, Atlanta GA 30339-3025, and their federal employee number is 531597985.
The head cheese is John Aberham Keller.
so lemmie get this straight….to be put on the Do Not Call list, one has to ask POLITELY?…..
Under their Telemarketing Sales Rule, solicitors calling for charities are REQUIRED to honor potential donors’ requests (politely or not) to be put on the do not call list. Failure to do so is a prosecutable offense.
Typical of telemarketing trash to try to wiggle (they are wormish after all) their way out of that.
BTW,
Interesting how ‘UNKNOWN’ posted just one hour after ProudTrash and PT repsponded about 24 hours later. Considering the traffic on this site, that looks pretty obvious.
ProudTrash apparently works for JAK in Parkersburg, he’s probably the manager there.
I’m not a manager. I wasn’t saying that you had to say it politely; I’m saying that if you get an asshole telemarketer on the phone, they are more likely to “slip up” and “forget” to put your name on the Do Not Call list. Personally, any time anyone says the words do not call list to me I say thank you for your time and put them on it. Don’t say “Take me off your do not call list”, I’ll still take you off the list, but most telemarketers will laugh at you and call you back in a week.
BULLFREAKINGs–t.
I WORKED at several telemarketing offices that repeatedly put ‘do not call’ numbers back into the computer dialing system. Often they would call refusals hours after they were last called. It was not the callers doing that, it was THE MANAGEMENT.
You’re either deliberately lying or you don’t have a clue as to how the industry works.
Sorry you’re stuck in a dead-end job in a no-future industry. Get a real job maybe you can look yourself in the mirror again.
More drug arrests in Parkersburg. And the murder trial of a JAK top-caller is set to begin.
Oh the economic prosperity JAK has brought to the mid-ohio valley……..
LOL! Got a call yesterday from JAK wanting me to come back. I guess they have used up their employee base in Parkersburg. Not to worry JAK, I’m sure there are lots of lowlifes and human waste willing to work for you.
More drug arrests in the mid-Ohio valley. If this keeps up JAK won’t have an employee base.
There are alot of trash in telemarketing…But not everyone. And all you guys talkin s–t, where you working now, Mcdonalds, Wal Mart? Im not saying these are bad jobs, I am just saying I get payed alot more than you.
“I am just saying I get payed alot more than you”.
So’s the drug dealer in the same town.
Telemarketers “get payed alot more” hiring pedaphiles to lie to old people and stupid people on the phone so you can con them out of their hard earned money doing REAL jobs.
Enjoy your cash now idiot, waste it on meth. After its gone you’ll be in the same dumpster you were born in.
More drug arrests in Parkersburg….
Maybe JAK should just set up shop near the local jails in every city.
“A good trick… have sex in the background to keep their attention… at least it wastes their time”
This is the best advice I’ve ever heard.
“Honey, it’s a telemarketer, take your panties off we’re about to make this guys life hell by making him listen to us have sex!”
“so lemmie get this straight….to be put on the Do Not Call list, one has to ask POLITELY?…..”
Let me put this in terms even you can understand.
If you scream hysterical dribble into the phone and beat the marble of your counter-top with the mouthpiece of your phone, especially if you’re talking to a 19 year old girl who’s landed the first job she’s ever had, you’ll likely throw them off their “game” and end up getting the call dispositioned incorrectly.
Same goes for dumbass cops that you manage to rile up sufficienty, odds are they’ll foul up the police report.
u people should be ashamed of yourselfs all u are worried about is that no one bothers u while u are stuffing ur face at night who cares about the kid who has cancer or the homeless vet. god forbid anyone in your family ever needs help from one of these HORRIBLE CHARITES its people like u that give the united states a bad name lets not think of anyone else just remember u selfish twits WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND WONDER WHY U JUST LOST UR JOB MAYBE ITS THE WAY YOU TREATED THE LAST PERSON CALLING U ASKING FOR UR HELP WITH A CHARITY GOD TAKES CARE OF HIS OWN
Who cares about the kid who has cancer or the homeless vet?
Not me.
I don’t care about the telemarketer’s hungry family, either. A lot more children are going to have to starve before I’ll contribute dollar one to your charities.
If I could make it so that I would be no one bothers me while I am stuffing my face at night and the telemarketers and their children starve in the gutter, I would do so in a heartbeat.
If anybody would like to submit their stories to Alameer Media, please do so at [email protected]. We are starting a website soon devoted to just how JAK Productions works. I would like to receive stories from current/former employees, as well as those that have been on the receiving end of a JAK call. To note, I am a former employee of JAK Productions, and want to expose them for the frauds and liars they are.
Again, send those stories to [email protected]. Thank you very much!