bandwidth.com VOIP This company facilitates telemarketing phone scammers Internet CO

 

(I particularly like bandwidth.com's generic responses to consumer complaints.)  

 

Here's the article/video via Miami CBS Local: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/ft-lauderdale-dentist-claims-phone-number-was-hijacked/  

 

Bandwidth.com appears to be oblivious to consumer complaints, though fully aware that they are facilitating scammers everywhere.  

 

This is happening all across the country as well as in Canada. A Google search using the keywords "bandwidth.com calling and hanging up" produced a ton of results reporting complaints about numbers associated with bandwidth.com from area codes across the nation: http://search.aol.com/aol/search?s_it=topsearchbox.search&v_t=keyword_rollover&q=bandwidth.com+calling+and+hanging+up  

 

 

According to complaints, this bandwidth.com associated phone number is impersonating law enforcement, the State Attorney General's office, making false claims to people's employers and verbally abusing people over the phone in order to get them to pony up to avoid nonexistent lawsuits: http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/7606248866

 

This 707 area code phone number is also registered with bandwidth.com:  http://www.whitepages.com/phone/1-760-282-4216   *Scammers are using the number to impersonate law enforcement, attempting to "collect" on fake payday loans, threatening people with jail and lawsuits over loans they never took out, demanding personal financial information, having int heir possession the last four digits of recipients' Social Security numbers, according to the complaints: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-760-282-4216#p695387973788807460

 

And the list goes on: https://www.google.com/#q=bandwidth.com+calling+and+hanging+up  

 

I started researching tonight... and why did I do that? We've been getting calls on our land line several times daily for several weeks now. They show up on caller ID as "out of area" (except that they're calling from our area code). I never answer as I don't recognize the number and anyone masking their identity isn't getting the time of day from me, but my husband insists on answering the phone when they call. Whenever he answers, there is no response, just background noise. My husband called the numbers back last night and received messages indicating that the numbers are "not in service."   So tonight I looked up two of them. One of the numbers is listed as "unknown in Colorado" even though the caller is calling from my area code. The second one is listed as belonging to bandwidth.com, Colorado Springs, CO: http://www.whitepages.com/phone/1-719-325-8760 

 

I filed a complaint with the FCC this evening: https://esupport.fcc.gov/ccmsforms/form1088.action   I've suggested to anyone registering complaints at the various consumer complaint sites receiving such calls to look up the numbers online thru Reverse Lookup White Pages and then report them to the FCC if being harassed with repeated calls that result in the caller simply hanging up/not responding.
 

Otherwise, I suggest consumers file a complaint with the FBI if the caller is making suspicious threats of legal action. Local law enforcement may also be contacted. And as this friendly dentist just showed us, contacting the local media is a good way to get the word out in addition to filing a complaint.