They won’t stop calling me

May 22, 2023

Have called almost everyday and they don’t leave a message. When trying to return the call I get a automated message to continue in Spanish and the next automated message says press any key to continue. When you do it just disconnects.

March 1, 2023

Excellent job

February 9, 2023

Spectrum scam

October 17, 2022

I hate Spectrum. Wish they’d just stop

September 27, 2022

they never stop calling

September 22, 2022

Fake Spectrum, AT&T DirecTV, Comcast, or Dish Network impersonation scam by madarchod criminals phoning from India. This is a fake Spectrum (or AT&T DirecTV, Comcast, or Dish Network) scam by criminals robo-dialing from India, stealing your credit card, Social Security number, and personal identity information. The India scammer pretends to be from Spectrum, AT&T, Comcast, or Dish Network and either tells you that your television or Internet service will be suspended due to unpaid fees, or that Spectrum/AT&T/Comcast/Dish is offering special sales promotions, or that they are offering a service upgrade for a small fee. The fake promotion usually offers a special low rate for a 2-year or 3-year subscription, but you have to prepay $200 to $500 for the first 2 to 6 months in advance, and then the scammer asks for your credit card number or asks you to pay with prepaid gift cards or debit cards. Some scammers also ask for your SSN "for verification purposes". Or the scammer says your service is going to be suspended for some fake unpaid amount and again asks for your credit card number. About 55% of North America scam calls come from India and 40% come from the Philippines. India scammers run hundreds of fraud, extortion, and 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, 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 or your Prime membership was auto-debited from your bank, 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, posing as electric utilities, Verizon, AT&T, or Comcast, fake solar panel and home purchase offers, fake fundraisers asking for donations, fake phone surveys, and the scammers try to steal your credit card, bank account/routing number, Social Security number, and personal information. India scammers often rotate through fake Social Security, subscription auto-renewal, pharmacy, and pre-approved loan scams on the same day. Philippines scammers run more auto/home/health/life insurance, Social Security and Medicare identity theft, and fake charity donation scams. Scammers use disposable VoIP phone numbers (e.g. MagicJack devices) or they spoof fake names and numbers on Caller ID. Anyone can use telecom software to phone with a fake CID name and number. 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 and Canada, numbers belonging to unsuspecting people, invalid area codes, and fake foreign country CID numbers; e.g. fake women crying "help me" emergency scams often spoof Mexico and Middle East CID numbers. Scammers often spoof the actual phone numbers of businesses such as Apple, Verizon, and 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 Social Security number; offers a free gift or reward; threatens you with arrest/lawsuit or says you need to reply back soon (pressure tactic); asks you to access a website, download a file, wire transfer money or buy prepaid debit/gift cards; claims suspicious activity on your account; says your subscription is being refunded or auto-renewed/auto-debited; and all pre-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 usually scams. Filipino scammers tend to speak better English than Indian scammers. Filipinos speak English with a subtle accent having a slight trill. Scams often say that you inquired about a job, insurance, social security benefits, or that you previously contacted them or visited their website. A common India scam plays a fake Amazon recording. Amazon account updates are emailed, not robo-dialed. Many banks use automated fraud alert calls to confirm a suspicious purchase, but verify the number that the recording tells you to phone or just call the number printed on your credit card. India scammers impersonate AT&T DirecTV, Comcast, or a cable/Internet company, 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 pre-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, but their autodialer automatically displays your name or says your name in a recording when your number is dialed using phone databases that list millions of names and addresses. Scammers often call using an initial recording speaking English, Spanish, or Chinese that is easily generated using text-to-speech translation software to disguise the origin of their India phone room. Some speech synthesis software sound robotic, but others sound natural. To hide their foreign accents, some India scammers use non-Indians in their phone room. Scammers often use interactive voice response (IVR) robotic software that combines voice recognition with artificial intelligence, speaks English with American voices, and responds based on your replies. IVR calls begin with: "Hi, this is fake_name, I am a fake_job_title on a recorded line, can you hear me okay?"; or "Hi, this is fake_name, how are you doing today?"; or "Hello? (pause) 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. IVR robots understand basic replies and yes/no answers. To test for IVR, ask "How is the weather over there?" since IVR cannot answer complex questions and it keeps talking if you interrupt it in mid-sentence. IVR usually transfers you to the scammer, but some scams entirely use IVR with the robot asking for your credit card or SSN. A common myth is IVR calls record you saying "yes" so scammers can authorize purchases just using your "yes" voice, but scammers need more than just a recorded "yes" from you - credit cards and 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 0 to 2 calls per day. If you provide your personal information to a phone scammer, lured by fake 80%-discounted drugs or scared by fake IRS officers, you receive even more phone scams and identity theft can take years to repair. Most unsolicited calls are scams, often with an Indian accent. No other country is infested with pandemics of phone room sweatshops filled with criminals who belong to the lowest India caste and many are thieves and rapists who were serving jail time but released early due to prison overcrowding. Scammers often shout profanities at you. Just laugh at their abusive language. Google "Hindi swear words" and memorize some favorites, e.g. call him "Rundi Ka Bacha" (son of whore) or call her "Rundi Ki Bachi" (daughter of whore). Scammers ignore the National Do-Not-Call Registry; asking scammers to stop calling is useless. You do these scammers a favor by quickly hanging up. But you ruin their scams when you slowly drag them along on the phone call, give them fake personal and credit card 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.

August 23, 2022

Block

August 5, 2022

Unknown to me person or company

June 16, 2022

This caller calling all the time and you guys did a good job with spoil child !

June 14, 2022

Scam

May 17, 2022

Repetitive caller

May 17, 2022

Personal information was breached

April 20, 2022

Reported to FBI

March 19, 2022

Calls twice a day. Reported to FCC

March 18, 2022

Better than girls <3

March 10, 2022

Calling me

February 28, 2022

Gender

February 27, 2022

Cable sales

January 19, 2022

Didn’t leave a message.

December 27, 2021

Scam

December 18, 2021

People are saying it's Spectrum, but I verified with Spectrum support and I have no outstanding balances on my account - so if this number is trying to call it's not a verified Spectrum number and they're just going to scam you.

December 14, 2021

Stop

October 19, 2021

Do not allow to go through

September 22, 2021

Trying to help you pay bill before sent to collections

June 1, 2021

This number has called me 16 times in the last week. No message, nothing. Because it’s an unknown number, my phone silences the call and I see it come in later. Still, 16 times?

May 4, 2021

This is a valid number for Spectrum

April 21, 2021

Not allow

April 16, 2021

called asking my address

January 28, 2021

Spectrum impostor SCAM!

December 18, 2020

They keep Calling

December 11, 2020

Calling asking for a dead person

November 12, 2020

This is actually spectrum

October 26, 2020

Don’t know who this

October 22, 2020

spectrum debt collecturds

October 15, 2020

scammer using a 877 #

October 9, 2020

SPECTRUM

October 2, 2020

Good spammer

August 7, 2020

No

May 28, 2020

Debt collection

April 28, 2020

this same caller keeps harassing me even when you block it she calls again from a different number

February 14, 2020

They didn’t say what they were calling about.

January 31, 2020

This is spectrum callin just pay your bill

January 25, 2020

Why is this getting through when it says blocked?

January 23, 2020

it's not spectrum

January 22, 2020

Calls me 5 to 6 times a day but i never pick

January 10, 2020

Spectrum annoying constant several times a day calls. Horrible annoyance.

December 20, 2019

I signed forms to stop them from calling and mailing me but I'm receiving 14 calls a day every day since october that's not a joke i counted the daily calls and yes it's 14 times a day!

December 20, 2019

Spectrum

September 5, 2019