Guy asked for my internet provider saying that new fibre cables were being laid in my neighboorhood. Didn't know why my provider was when given and asked if I wanted a 'deal'. I said I wasn't interested and hung up. Googled # and found it here so... FYI 883 area is a foreign number area-code thingy so keeping that for future reference

October 9, 2026

Caller ID said brightspeed asked what internet i had and what i use it for and how many devices i use at once. All normal things asked for internet. But when asking to see if they can service us, I told him im on a army base and they dont have brightspeed on base. He seemed unnerved once I mentioned army base. He was confused and unsure if they could do internet on base . Then said but you said you have kids that use the internet. I said ya? He then said I didn't know kids could be on a military base. I laughed said what do you mean? He then said he thought military bases were highly restricted and only military can go on them. It was weird I said no then got a alert on my phone saying it might be a scam so I hung up. Also sounded like he was Indian for the first few words then all the sudden perfect English I think he was using a voice changer.

September 2, 2026

Nikia called from "brightspeed management" asking me about my services, and asking information they should already know. when i mentioned "isn't this something that should be in your records already?" she just kept saying she was from management lol and tried to ~save me money~ but switching to a different plan. i just hung up on her

January 26, 2026

Massive and widespread AT&T DirecTV impersonation scam by criminals phoning from the Philippines using thousands of spoofed Caller ID numbers! This is a FAKE AT&T DirecTV (or Brightspeed, Comcast, Spectrum, Dish Network) scam by criminals robo-dialing from the Philippines, stealing your credit card, Social Security number, and personal identity information. The Filipino scammer pretends to be from AT&T, Brightspeed, Comcast, Spectrum, or Dish Network and tells you either that your television or Internet service will be suspended due to unpaid fees, or that AT&T/Comcast/Spectrum/Dish is offering special sales promotions, or that they are offering a service upgrade for a small fee, or that they are in the returns department and you owe them money for equipment that you have not returned back to them. The fake promotion usually offers a special low rate for a 2-year or 3-year subscription, but you have to prepay $200 to $600 for the first 2 to 8 months in advance, and then the scammer asks for your credit card number or asks you to pay with prepaid eBay, Amazon, Google, Best Buy gift cards, falsely either saying that these companies sponsored the AT&T discounts or that paying him with prepaid cards is safer than using credit cards. Prepaid cards are less traceable than credit card transactions so they are actually safer for the scammer. Some scammers ask for your Social Security number "for verification purposes". If the scammer thinks you are really gullible, he may bait you even more by telling you that he will send a fake ACH "rebate" payment to your bank as a way to steal your bank account/routing number before telling you to buy prepaid debit/gift cards. Or the scammer says your AT&T service is going to be suspended for some fake unpaid amount and again asks for your credit card number. This same scammer also impersonates tax, debt and loan financing companies everyday, fake fundraisers collecting donations for various fake charities that the fraudsters keep for themselves, pretends to offer fake Medicare, health insurance, auto insurance, and car warranties, and they impersonate banks and tv/internet services. About 35% of North America scam calls come from India, 30% from Philippines, 30% from China/Myanmar. Foreign scammers run thousands of fraud, extortion, money laundering scams every day such as posing as a fake pharmacy, fake Social Security officer saying your benefits are suspended, IRS officer collecting on fake unpaid back taxes, debt collector threatening you for fake unpaid bills, fake bank/financial/FedEx/UPS/DHL scams, posing as utility/phone/internet companies, pretending to offer fake health insurance, car warranty, student loan forgiveness, credit card and debt consolidation services, posing as Amazon to falsely say an unauthorized purchase was made to your credit card, posing as Microsoft/Dell/HP/Apple to say your account has been hacked or they detected a virus on your computer, fake "we are refunding your money" or "your account has been auto-debited" scams, fake Google/Alexa listing scams, fake solar panel and home purchase offers, fake fundraisers asking for donations, fake phone surveys, and the scammers try to phish your financial and personal data. Indian scammers often rotate through fake tech support, subscription auto-renewal, and fake pharmacy scams on the same day. Filipino scammers run many loan and tax/debt relief, Social Security and Medicare identity theft, auto/home/health/life insurance, and fake charity donation scams. Scammers use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack) and telecom software to spoof fake names and numbers on Caller ID. Scammers spoof thousands of fake 8xx toll-free numbers. CID is useless with scam calls unless the scam asks you to phone them back. CID area codes are never the origin of scam calls since scams use spoofed CID numbers from across the US/Canada, numbers belonging to unsuspecting people, invalid area codes, and fake foreign country CID numbers; e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams spoof Mexico and Middle East CID numbers. Scammers often spoof the actual name and number of businesses such as banks to trick you into thinking the call is valid. How can you avoid being scammed by phone calls? NEVER trust any unsolicited caller who: sells something (most unsolicited calls are scams so your odds of saving money are very poor); asks for your Medicare or Social Security number; offers debt relief, loan services, Medicare assistance (people who are old or desperate in debt often fall for scams); offers a free gift/reward; threatens you with arrest/lawsuit; asks you to access a website, download a file, wire transfer money or buy prepaid debit/gift cards; claims your account is frozen or has suspicious activity; says a subscription is refunded or auto-renewed/auto-debited; and all recorded messages. Recordings are far more likely to be malicious scams and not just telemarketer spam. All unsolicited callers with foreign accents, usually Indian or Filipino, are mostly scams. No other countries are infested with phone room sweatshops filled with criminals. Most Filipino scammers speak better English than Indian scammers. Filipinos speak English with a subtle accent that may sound Hispanic. To hide their foreign origin, some India scammers use non-Indians in their phone room. Scams often falsely say that you previously contacted them or visited their website. Indian scammers play fake Amazon recordings. Amazon account updates are emailed, not robo-dialed. Many banks use automated fraud alert calls to confirm a suspicious purchase, but always call the number printed on your credit card to verify if the fraud alert is real or fake. Scammers impersonate phone/cable/internet companies, offering fake discounts or service upgrades. Indians impersonate the IRS and Social Security Administration. The IRS/SSA never make unsolicited calls and never threaten to arrest you; they initiate contact via postal mail. Real lawsuits are not phoned in, especially not using recorded threats lacking details; legal notices are mailed/couriered. The police, FBI, DEA never phone to threaten arrest; they show up in person with a warrant. Scammers try to gain your trust by saying your name when they call; your name, address, birthday are public data. Many scammers, especially female Filipinas, use "romance scam" tactics of sounding really friendly as if they are your best friend or lover to try to gain your affection and trust, hoping that you let your guard down so they can easily steal your identity and money. Scammers often play recordings speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation AI software to disguise the origin of their overseas phone room. Some speech synthesis sound robotic, but most AI speech sound very realistic. Scammers often use interactive voice response (IVR) AI/NLP software that combines voice recognition with artificial intelligence, speaks English with American voices, and responds based on your replies. IVR calls begin with: "This is fake_name, I am a fake_job_title on a recorded line, can you hear me okay?"; or "Hi, how are you doing today?"; or "Hello? Are you there?"; or "Hi, may I speak to your_name?" IVR quickly asks you a short question to elicit a yes/no reply so it hangs up if it encounters voicemail. One myth is that saying "yes" to IVR lets scammers use your voice sample for other scams. IVR understands basic replies and yes/no answers. To test for IVR, ask "How is the weather there?" since IVR cannot answer complex questions. IVR usually transfers you to the scammer, but some scams entirely use IVR with the robot asking for your credit card or SSN. Phone/email scams share two common traits: the CID name/number and the "From:" header on emails are easily faked, and the intent of scam calls is malicious just as file attachments and website links on scam emails are harmful. Scams snowball for many victims. If your personal/financial data are stolen, either by being scammed, visiting a malicious website, or by a previous data breach of a business server that stores your data, then your data gets sold by scammers on the dark web who will see you as fresh meat and prey on you even more. This is why some receive 40+ scam calls everyday while others get only 0 to 2 calls per week. If you provide your personal data to a phone scammer, lured by 80%-discounted fake drugs or fake loan and debt services, you receive even more phone scams and identity theft can take years to repair. Scammers often shout profanities at you. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites, e.g. call him "Randi Ka Beta" (son of whore) or call her "Randi Ka Betty" (daughter of whore). Scammers ignore the National Do-Not-Call Registry. Asking scammers to stop calling is useless. Scam recordings often tell you to press a keypad number to be placed on their Do-Not-Call list or to unsubscribe from their scam texts/emails, but those keypad commands are fake and they say that just to sound legit. Scammers often provide a toll-free callback number to look like a real business, but they regularly shed old callback numbers so you can never reach the scammers once you have realized that you were scammed. Scammers tell you their callback number just to gain your trust long enough to steal your identity and money and then they frequently switch to using new callback numbers. You do these scammers a favor by quickly hanging up. YOU SHOULD SCAMBAIT ALL SCAMMERS - slowly drag scammers along on the phone call, provide fake personal and financial data (16 random digits starting with 4 for Visa, 5 for MasterCard), ask them to speak louder and repeat what they said to waste their time and energy.

December 26, 2025

Amanda at Brightspeed called my Mom at (833) 326-1077. Wanting her credit card # to switch service to their new gold line service they are installing. I called the # and its a Brightspeed recorded response saying someone will be with me shortly. Then the call drops. Total scam. Thank God my Mom does not have her CC information.

November 4, 2025

Claims to be Brightspeed but they are not

October 17, 2025

This number called me to try and get me to switch from Brightspeed to whatever "their" totally legit internet plan is. I don't even use Brightspeed.

October 13, 2025

They claim that Brightspeed is going bankrupt and want you to switch to their company and can offer you better rates and want personal information about your account. This is most likely a spoofed number trying to obtain information from Brightspeed customers.

September 7, 2025

I don't think this is a legit number, they call literally everyday but I've never answered. I called a number for Brightspeed i know is legit and asked them if my Brightspeed account is in good standings and they said everything is fine. I then gave them the number that keeps calling, and they said they don't recognize it.

August 5, 2025

This number repeatedly called over several days and did not leave a voicemail. Answered today and they said they are from Brightspeed and checking why I cancelled their service. And asked me questions about what Internet I’m currently with etc. The guy did not sound like a real customer service rep. I googled the number after the call and the number does not belong to brightspeed.

July 23, 2025