Re: Spam Phone Call

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I would call the local FBI office and let them deal with it.  They can 
find the origin of the phone call by pulling the appropriate records.  
(assumes approval by a judge)   More importantly, if they get a number 
of these complaints, they correlate the data and get after the source.  
FCC does not have the type of law enforcement arm to deal with this.

Jim Oberholtzer
CEO/Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects, LLC


On 3/28/2011 6:55 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
> All of us have, probably, gotten emails that claim our bank account has been
> shutdown for one reason or another, and that we need to log in to reactivate
> it.  Often it references a ban at which we do not even have an account.  I
> know I get at least one of these every week.
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>
> Well, this weekend I got a call on my cell phone during which an obviously
> pre-recorded message said that my credit union account was shutdown.  As you
> might guess, I don't have such an account.  Another strange thing about the
> call is that the caller id was simply "2000", not an area code and phone#,
> which usually displays for a caller unknown to me.
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> Just wondered if anyone else has encountered this sort of thing, and what
> the proper, recommended response would be.  I thought about filing a
> complaint with the FCC, but what information would I be able to give them?
>
> The call is still on my "Recent Calls" log, but again all it says is "2000".
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> Thanks.
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>
> Jerry C. Adams
>
> IBM i Programmer/Analys