813-840-3045. Who owns this number?

June 15, 2007 10:55 AM

813-840-3045. Who owns this number and how can I get them to stop calling me and hanging up. It happens 2-3 times a day and it's not just me they are bothering (see here and here). Calling the number just returns a rapid busy signal.

No one ever leaves a message and no one ever speaks and it's driving...me.....crazy.

posted by Otis to technology (23 comments total)

Have you looked into blocking that number? I think it's *60 to activate Call Block.
posted by amro at 11:06 AM on June 15, 2007

FWIW, you're not the only one annoyed by calls from that number. Some there say the calls from that number are coming from a loan consolidation company or an identity theft ring fronting as loan consolidation.
posted by jamaro at 11:10 AM on June 15, 2007 [1 favorite]

Try this.
posted by cribcage at 11:10 AM on June 15, 2007

A quick goolge search shows you are not the only one... 1, 2. Seems like a "credit" telemarketer or maybe a collection agency?
posted by shothotbot at 11:10 AM on June 15, 2007

I'm sorry, I totally missed your links, which is the same link I posted. amro's advice is the way to go.
posted by jamaro at 11:11 AM on June 15, 2007

Googling the number ends up saying it is these guys http://www.afsedu.com/
posted by zeoslap at 11:11 AM on June 15, 2007

Oops. Goolge s/b google and I am late to the party Should have previewed.
posted by shothotbot at 11:12 AM on June 15, 2007

In fact the 800notes site you linked to has that company listed.
posted by zeoslap at 11:12 AM on June 15, 2007

I visited that afsedu site, and despite what the poster says on the 800notes site, I couldn't find any evidence linking that number with that company. What did you Google to link the number to the company?
posted by Otis at 11:17 AM on June 15, 2007

Not every phone company offers call blocking. Even if yours does, you may have to pay extra for it or you might have to dial a different code than *60.

Call your phone company and ask if they have an "annoyance call bureau" or something like it. A larger traditional phone company should have the resources and tools to help you -- if you can get them to do it.

BTW, the number you see on your caller ID may not be the actual number someone is calling from. If they're using a PBX they can probably make it anything they want.
posted by 14580 at 11:32 AM on June 15, 2007

[phone] is a land line based in Tampa, FL
The registered service provider is Verizon**.
Detailed listing information is not available.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:33 AM on June 15, 2007

Once you've tracked the company you think is calling you, find the better business bureau office for your location and/or the location of the offending company... fill out the standard complaint form--otherwise buy something like this.
posted by acro at 1:01 PM on June 15, 2007

Also, ask your phone company if you can log a complaint. I used to get 3 a.m. faxes from some company that had me confused with some other company and wouldn't take me off their list. My phone company not only blocked the number, they gave the police the information. I was told by the phone company that if more than a certain number of people complained, some kind of action would be taken by the police. (This was in Canada, I don't know what the laws are here, but it's worth asking.)
posted by joannemerriam at 3:02 PM on June 15, 2007

If your state has a no-call list (and assuming you are on that list), contact your state attorney general's office. They are usually the ones charged with enforcement of the no-call lists. There's usually some paperwork, but enforcing the no-call list is very popular (i.e. it's good publicity and politics)
posted by Thorzdad at 3:20 PM on June 15, 2007

Do they make it through your voicemail and *then* hang-up? I had a company doing this, and I changed my voicemail to say "Hi. If you are calling from XXX-XXX-XXXX, I am never ever going to take your calls, so you should just stop." And then they did.
posted by unknowncommand at 3:43 PM on June 15, 2007

A rapid busy signal is actually a signal that the phone is off the hook or disconnected in another way.
posted by idiotfactory at 3:57 PM on June 15, 2007

WhoCalled.us is designed for exactly this kind of question.

Just sayin'.
posted by SlyBevel at 4:27 PM on June 15, 2007

And the link at WhoCalled for this particular number.
posted by SlyBevel at 4:29 PM on June 15, 2007

Name BUSINESS FINANC
Address Phone Carrier
[phone]
Possible Cell/Unlisted Phone XO FLORIDA, INC.
TAMPA CENTRAL, FL
posted by Hugh Jorgan at 4:45 PM on June 15, 2007

If you use VOIP for your phone service, your provider may offer a web interface with a Call Manager/Concierge service that allows you to easily block specific phone numbers... mine does, and I use it constantly. They can call as much as they want (and looking at my logs, they apparently do, despite the "this call has been blocked" message), but I never have to hear the phone ring or get any empty voicemails.
posted by Gortuk at 5:32 PM on June 15, 2007

SlyBevel, check the second link in my question.
posted by Otis at 6:25 PM on June 15, 2007

Ihave heard that if you record the tone that is played when a line is no longer in service on your answering machine, the machine on the other end will "hear" that and know to stop calling that number. I do not know if this works or is a urban legend type of concept.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 8:07 PM on June 15, 2007

Call your phone company and ask for their help in stopping harassing phone calls. They helped me track down the fax machine that was calling several times a night.
posted by theora55 at 1:24 PM on June 16, 2007