000-000-0000

That's a common one..It's definitely a collector, blocking their number

Keep a list of the phone calls with dates and time. This will help you for records if the company violates the federal laws in the future. The company needs to identify themselves as per the Mini Miranda disclosure.

I have had this one as well. I assumed it was a collector, wonder why nothing is said though?

They called again. I am not answering anymore!! They must want to hear my voice to prove the number is where I live?

But..It could be anyone's voice! Do you hear anything at all in the background? When I used to get those, sometimes I heard static, sometimes I heard nothing, and other times it sounded like a boiler room.

I just took pictures of the caller ID.

I hear nothing....just dead silence as if the person may have disconnected the call.

I have been getting the 000-000-0000 calls for over a month now but it never even rings a full ring, it rings enough for me to get to the phone but before I can ever pick it up it stops, then last week I got two calls from 818-528-2304, it rang the same way. When I call the 000-000-0000 number back it says please try your call again, when I try to call the 818 number it says there's no such number. How am I getting calls from numbers that don't exists?

Good question! I'm getting the same calls as well and just thought I was being stalked! How can they be verifying your number if they don't actually verify that you live there? Can't figure that one out...

One day they said who they wanted to speak to. I was late on my truck payment and the ooo-000-0000 was gmac.I ask them if that number belonged to them and they said yes .

I have been getting a lot of these calls at work. Usually I just ignore them, but when I do pick up: nothing.

We recieved calls from the 000 number.When we finally answered and someone was on the other end it was allied interstate.

Be very weary of AI! They are EVIL. They break every collection law there is.

I got tired of this number so I just blocked the nonanswerin a****les

I RECEIVED A CALL FROM 000-000-0000.
THIS IS YOUR CALL RETURN INCOMING CALL...
THE CALL WAS RECEIVED AT 11:10 AM IN MIAMI FLORIDA.
THIS PHONE NUMBER 000-000-0000 HAVE A LOT OF CALLS
IN WHO CALLED US.
NOBODY SAY A WORD AND I THINK IS A DEBT COLLECTOR EITHER.

I TOLD IN WHO CALLED US THAT I READ IN
THIS FORUM THAT IS A DEBT COLLECTOR
CALLING WITH THIS NUMBER.
MAYBE IS A VERY EXPENSIVE CELL PHONE?
000-000-0000 HAVE 849 CALLS IN WHO CALLED
US AND I TOLD PEOPLE THERE TO CAME TO debt consolidation CARE FORUM TO GIVE THEIR COMPLAINTS HERE EITHER.

http://www.whocalled.us/lookup/0000000000?r=1

I TRY TO CALL 000-000-0000 IN MY SKYPE AND THIS NUMBER CANNOT BE CALL LIKE THE OTHER PHONE NUMBERS.
I THINK IF YOU CALL FROM YOUR PHONE WILL COME A
BIG BILL FOR YOU PAY.
I WILL TRY TO CALL LATER FROM STREET.
THE SKYPE ASK ME WITH COUNTRY I WAS TRYING TO CALL?!!?

I TOO HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM 000-000-000
ONCE IT WAS USFASTCASH, THEN IT WAS GFSIL. THEN allied interstate. IT APPEARS AS IF SOME PDLS AND
collection agencies ARE GETTING AROUND THE CID
AND THE C&D LETTERS BY CALLING AND MASKING THERE
NUMBERS. THIS IS DISTURBING :shock:

I got calls like that and they were from United Cash Loans

I use to receive telephone calls from a friend who used Skype, when he was in the U.S. odd numbers would come up, such as: 458903600, in various combinations depending on his location. When he was overseas calling from Skype it always came up on my caller ID as 000-000-0000. Just a thought.

:lol: THANKS!!!
I'M REALLY ANGRY WITH SOME BAD COLLECTORS THAT ARE
USING A NUMBER THAT CANNOT BE TRACED.
I THINK GOVERNMENT HAVE TO STOP THIS PEOPLE FROM
HARASSING INNOCENT CONSUMERS WITH THE PHONE 000-000-0000
IF YOU CANNOT TRACED A NUMBER IS BECAUSE THIS CALLS ARE ILLEGAL CALLS.

These collectors can "spoof" their real nember and insert any number they choose.
Clark Howard, a consumer reporter in Atlanta says to never call these numbers back because their equipment will get your current phone number even if you have your number unlisted or blocked.

Yes that's true, they can spoof their numbers but, a lot of businesses are using Skype and other VOIP messengers to make long distance phone calls these days because it is more cost effective. It's just a thought.

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That 000-000-0000 keeps calling my Cell Phone (Sprint) everyday, I'd love to kill those scumbags m....f....s.

I've had that come up on my answering machine as well....I never return the calls...

I received a call from 000-000-0000 on May 7, May 8, and May 9. I let the answering machine take all 3 calls. Nothing was left on the first 2, but the third one left a message saying it was GEICO and they were calling for my mom or dad.

I got a call too. When I answered I got a recorded message that said "This is your captain, two first-class seats are reserved for you" I hung up.

We have a Nortel phone system at my work. If we used ISDN, there is an option in the system settings to set our outgoing line identification (OLI#). The setting itself defaults to 000-000-0000.

It may just be that some of these companies have never gone into the settings on their phone system and changed the default to what it should be.

I can see a benefit to companies that legitmately use the feature. For example, we have about 16 different phone lines coming into our office. When I dial out, my extension just picks the first available line from a line pool -- it won't be my direct line that I'm dialing out on, so if someone calls back the number I'm using, they'll go into the automated attendant. But if I set my direct number using OLI, then if they call back the number on their caller ID, they'll go right to my extension instead of the automated attendant.

Another thing that CA's do --

They can have thousands of 800 numbers. They might assign an 800 # specifically to your account, and then leave that # on any voicemails they leave for you. Then if you dial that 800#, they know it was you, because you're the only person they gave the number to. Even if you hang up and don't actually talk to them, they've still got your caller ID info. And if you call from work, then they know your work phone #.

8) :lol:GREAT INFORMATION DEAREST DEBTCRUNCHER.

This number calls my house everyday sometimes more than twice. I have called the phone company and they have told me not to answer they have no idea who it is either, but it maybe a scam. People from overseas calling to tap into your phone number and use it to make outrageous long distance phone calls. I do not know for sure, but i would suggest not to answer or you may get a surprise on your phone bill.