Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

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Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Monday, March 28, 2016

This is where a consumer may file a complaint about Comcast with the FCC


This is where a consumer may file a complaint about Comcast with the FCC

Chapter VIII of Part 1 of Don Quixote is titled, “Of the valorous Don Quixote’s success in the dreadful and never before imagined Adventure of the Windmills, with other events worthy of happy record.”

According to Cervantes, the first encounter between the windmills and Don Quixote went like this: “Just then they came in sight of thirty or forty windmills that rise from that plain. And no sooner did Don Quixote see them that he said to his squire, “Fortune is guiding our affairs better than we ourselves could have wished. Do you see over yonder, friend Sancho, thirty or forty hulking giants? I intend to do battle with them and slay them. With their spoils we shall begin to be rich for this is a righteous war and the removal of so foul a brood from off the face of the earth is a service God will bless.”

“What giants?” asked Sancho Panza?

“Those you see over there,” replied his master, “with their long arms. Some of them have arms well-nigh two leagues in length.”

“Take care, sir,” cried Sancho. “Those over there are not giants but windmills. Those things that seem to be their arms are sails which, when they are whirled around by the wind, turn the millstone.”

Hat Tip: http://quirkyberkeley.com/don-quixote-and-the-windmills/ among multiple media sources…

Monday, March 28, 2016

In regard to a friend’s Facebook post on March 9, 2016 regarding Comcast customer service….


I was amused that many folks recommended FIOS. Take a memo, there is no difference between Comcast’s customer service and Verizon’s.  

Actually, every time you see a commercial by Comcast about how easy it is to move an existing Comcast service from one home to the next when you move; please realize that it is excruciatingly difficult to move your service and when folks move is when most folks ‘cut the cord’ because the customer service involved in moving your service from one home to the next is so horrific.

Sort of like walking into the office of a service provider, such as a medical health care office and you are greeted by a large sign that explains that customer service is so important to them – it is because that office has horrid customer service – and some faceless bureaucrat exercised corporate creativity and decided to solve the problem in true Orwellian fashion by posting a sign.

It is called “paper performance.” Solving a problem by checking-off a box that says that the problem has been addressed. Of course, nothing has been solved and if anything the customer service gets worse.

All that said, several years ago I called the Maryland Public Service Commission about a horrid customer service challenge with Verizon and talked with a very nice person who explained that she understood my complaint and admitted that the PSC receives many such complaints, but there was nothing that could be done. In the end, I solved the problem by cancelling my land phone line and DSL service.

A close friend explained that calling Comcast was like having a root canal without anesthesia. Extremely painful, but once it is over you feel better… Whatever.  

Currently, I have to call both Verizon and Comcast about a family member’s service issues and I am absolutely dreading it. I guess, you might say that both Verizon and Comcast have attempted to solve the number of customer service complaints by making it so horrid to call them that folks simply do not call.

Meanwhile, it has been said that the greatest hoax in life is the hope for safety. I simply have lost any hope that government or the regulatory agencies will address the horrid customer service of Verizon and Comcast. And sadly the marketplace will not solve the horrid service by Verizon and Comcast anytime soon. There is no incentive to improve the services they provide. Eventually it will be solved. But I am not holding my breath.

Maybe the only satisfaction that we may receive is to inundate the FCC with complaints. It may be a quixotic exercise at tilting at windmills but we may simply get some therapeutic benefit from the primal screaming. Just saying.


Filing a complaint
If you experience a problem with your broadband service, first try to resolve it with your provider. If you cannot resolve the problem directly, you have multiple options for filing a complaint with the FCC:


By phone: 1-888-CALL-FCC (1-888-225-5322); TTY: 1-888-TELL-FCC (1-888-835-5322); ASL Videophone: 1-844-432-2275

By mail (please include your name, address, contact information and as much detail about your complaint as possible):

Federal Communications Commission
Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau
Consumer Inquiries and Complaints Division
445 12th Street, S.W.
Washington, DC 20554

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

One of the lucid analyses of the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland has been written by @natesilver538


One of the lucid analyses of the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland has been written by @natesilver538


March 16, 2016

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Kevin E. Dayhoff, March 22, 2016 - I do not think that I am going to write about this - so what the heck... I have written a great deal about the local, state and federal judiciary in the past, including covering conferences on the courts and its historic relationship with the presidency. So if I end-up writing an article, please feel free to throw this comment in my face. Whatever.

Although one cannot fully predict the decisions and judicial temperament of an individual once a justice takes a seat on the bench, all indications are that Merrick Garland would be a fine justice.

It is a basic in politics that if you go nuclear with your initial response and approach, it denies you a fall-back position. It is a basic that if you are going to undermine an opponent’s position, you do not telegraph your intentions.

The approach of the current Republican leadership towards appointing a justice to replace Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Antonin Gregory Scalia, 1986-2016, is amateurish at best.

And at this point, if things continue in its current trajectory, the next president will be President Clinton. And she will have the benefit of a Democrat controlled Senate because if things continue the way they are going, the Senate will flip to the Democrats in the next election.

So - this might be the most wrong-headed political approach towards governance in memory - maybe since President F.D. Roosevelt tried to pack the court.... Bring back the monarchy.

Post script: If the Senate moves 11 seats to the Democrats, President Obama could very easily be narrowly confirmed as a justice of the Supreme Court - all as courtesy of the current leadership of the Republican Party. SMH. For me it is a win-win. I get to write about it.

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KMS - at this point, from the viewpoint of a political scientist that has written about politics for 45-years; all indications are that the Senate will swing to the Democrats in the next election. Trump will not prevail against Clinton. If I were a conspiratorialist, I would suggest that Trump's candidacy was brought forward by a secret cabal of Democrat party elites. LOL See: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.html   

Related: The Onion - OMG - too funny. Thx @JustinWolfers for sharing @natesilver538: 


“Nate Silver Defends Torture Methods Used To Make Election Projections.” True story… I have written prediction papers. In the interest of full disclosure, I did not use the dog approach… Just saying

Related: NPR - “Ginsburg and Scalia: 'Best Buddies'” updated Fe. 17, 2016 http://www.npr.org/2016/02/15/466848775/scalia-ginsburg-opera-commemorates-sparring-supreme-court-friendship
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Meanwhile, on March 16, 2016, Nate Silver wrote, in part:

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that Republicans won’t hold hearings on Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to replace Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. If McConnell follows through and makes everyone wait until next year, he and his party will be taking a serious risk. The political situation for Republicans could get a lot worse — and McConnell might no longer be in charge of the Senate.

The logic of this isn’t that complicated. Right now, the most likely person to become the next president is Hillary Clinton, who is on the verge of wrapping up the Democratic nomination. The second most likely person is Donald Trump. His path to the Republican nomination is more tenuous than Clinton’s path to the Democratic one. But Trump had a successful day of elections on Tuesday — and if it isn’t obvious how Trump will get to 1,237 delegates, it’s even less obvious how anyone else will become the Republican nominee.

Read more here: One of the lucid analyses of the SCOTUS nomination of Merrick Garland has been written by @natesilver538 http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-could-do-a-lot-worse-than-merrick-garland-under-president-clinton-or-president-trump/


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Monday, March 21, 2016

Mon. March 21, 2016 the 24th annual Carroll Co Human Relations Commission awards dinner to honor Warren Dorsey.


Mon. March 21, 2016 Spent the evening with good friends at the 24th annual Carroll County Human Relations Commission awards dinner to honor the amazing life and work of Warren Dorsey.

United Art Workers: "Da Ma Da Play" at Maryland Art Place, March 13th - April 7th 1990

"Da Ma Da Play" at Maryland Art Place, March 13th - April 7th 1990. A collaborative temporal room/environmental mixed media construction on the walls of the "14 Carat Cabaret" in the basement of MAP.

 

A detail of this project was photographed by John Sosnowsky. John then further worked with this detail photograph, coloring it and then used it for the cover of his second album "Rhythm of the Worlds.” UAW #2

Cathy Leaycraft, John Sosnowsky, Derek Neal, Kevin Dayhoff, Dan Shapiro, Linda Van Hart, and Patti Anne Battaglia

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Saturday, March 19, 2016

March 18, 2018 Friday having a wonderful time with friends and fellow artists at Birdies Café “Marriage – by Gregory Corso”

March 18, 2018 Friday having a wonderful time with friends and fellow artists at Birdies Café "Marriage – by Gregory Corso" opening in historic downtown East Main Street Westminster.
March 18, 2018 Friday having a wonderful time with friends and fellow artists at Birdies Café “Marriage – by Gregory Corso” opening. With Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, ML Grout and Phil Grout, Tony and Randy Sweats, Missie Wilcox, Kelwin Inkwel, Todd White, Judy Goodyear, Lance Garber, Sebastian Joseph, Nolly Gelsinger, and Barbara DeCesare, among so many great folks in historic downtown East Main Street Westminster. https://youtu.be/pntLTknmCws

Friday, March 18, 2016

March 18, 2018 Friday having a wonderful time with friends and fellow artists at Birdies in Westminster

March 18, 2018 Friday having a wonderful time with friends and fellow artists at Birdies Café "Marriage – by Gregory Corso" opening. With Mary Lou and Phil Grout, Tony and Randy Sweats, Missie Wilcox, Judy Goodyear, Lance Garber, Sebastian Joseph, Nolly Gelsinger, and Barbara DeCesare, among so many great folks in historic downtown East Main Street Westminster.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Block 469-628-3208 March 14, 2016 Unwanted robo-call phone call


Block 469-628-3208 March 14, 2016 Unwanted robo-call phone call explaining that today is the last day I can lower my credit card interest rates. #Unwanted_phone_call, Unwanted, Unwanted phone calls

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Block this phone number on your phone. (504) 383-0492


Block this phone number on your phone. (504) 383-0492

On Wed., March 9, 2016 I received an unwanted, annoying and irritating computer-driven robo-call - phone call from (504) 383-0492 offering me a pre-approved small business loan. #Unwanted_phone_call, Unwanted, Unwanted phone calls,
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Tuesday, March 08, 2016

Block this phone number on your phone. 408-831-9080


Block this phone number on your phone. 408-831-9080 I got a spam text message on March 8, 2016: "FREE INSTALLATION on 100+ Cable Channels + Highspeed Internet and Unlimited Phone calls. Call 1-888-671-1059 NOW. Offer good for TODAY ONLY."


Friday, March 04, 2016

McDaniel graduate and Ocean City Realtor Robert Warfield Sr. died Jan. 29, 2016


I recently learned that my distant relative, Robert Warner died on Jan. 23, 2016 of an aneurysm in Ocean City at the age of 75.

Mr. Warfield attended Western Maryland College, now McDaniel, where I had the pleasure of enjoying his company on a number of occasions, including the dedication of the Warfield Tennis Courts on October 29, 2005.

I also served with him on the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund committee in the early 2000s when I was an elected official with the city of Westminster. We were both appointed by our friend, Gov. Robert L. Erhlich.

We were distant relatives. We both descended from one of five Warfield brothers that settled in central-Maryland in the 1600s, in the area we know today where Montgomery, Howard, Frederick, and Carroll County meet. According to unsubstantiated oral tradition, we could both trace our ancestry back to Gov. Edwin Warfield, 1904-1908 (Democrat.)

Mr. Robert was bright and charming, and had a sense of old-school grace and manners that was compelling and charismatic. Above all, not only was he quite capable and competent, he was nice.

My colleague at the Baltimore Sun, Jacques Kelly, wrote a fitting tribute to him on January 29, 2016:

Robert E. Warfield Sr., Ocean City real estate firm co-owner


Robert E. Warfield Sr., a former co-owner of an Ocean City real estate firm and a McDaniel College trustee, died of an aneurysm Jan. 23 at his Ocean City home. He was 75.

Born in Silver Spring, he was the son of Lt. Col. William Edwin Warfield, who died in the invasion of Normandy in 1944, and Esther Stanley.

He was a Montgomery Blair High School graduate and received a degree in economics from Western Maryland College, now McDaniel College. He played football and golf, and wrestled. He was also a member of the Alpha Gamma Tau fraternity.

He met his future wife, Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hoey, at a sock hop during their freshman year.

"We've been dancing ever since," she said. "Bobby always did the right thing."

Mr. Warfield served as a second lieutenant in the Army and was assigned to its 29th Division in Korea.


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Thursday, March 03, 2016

March 3, 2016 updated #Unwanted_phone_call Blocked phone call list



#Unwanted_phone_call Block this number on your ph: 667-888-8559

Block this number on your ph: I just got a #Unwanted_phone_call from this number: 667-888-8559 Th morn 3Mar2016

You may want to consider taking a moment of your time right now to add this number to your phone contacts and put it on your blocked phone number list. The time you take right now may save you time and aggravation later.

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Also block:

267-328-5270 - Tues., Feb. 23, 2016 offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit

512-922-0204 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 VZW LOCKED received a text message from this number explaining, "VZX LOCKED: Unusual activity detected, please validate ownership to restore access: mwirless.updatever2016.us/restroe/?id+00124014102596403 This is a phishing scheme.

408-329-9888 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 CB received a very similar message at the same time from a number that identified itself as VZW. This is a phishing scheme.

410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar., 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization for Google. What a shame.


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410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar. 2, 2016

Block this number on your phone: 410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar. 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2016/03/unwantedphonecall-block-this-number-on.html

Block this number on your ph 410-277-1020 2Mar2016 unwanted ph call pushing web services search engine optimization.

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March 3, 2016 Updated Blocked phone call list

#Unwanted_phone_call - Blocked phone numbers recently added to my updated list of unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls include:


2016 seems to have gotten off to a bad start. Just today, I got an unwanted spam phone call from a telemarketer and so did my wife.

I am not sure when I last updated my list of blocked phone numbers, so I sat down and did a bit of file maintenance.

If you have a few minutes available, put the numbers below in your phone and block them. It might save you some time and aggravation later.



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682-703-8118 Diamond Resorts called Caroline today, Tuesday, January 19, 2016, trying to sell her time shares….

814-923-0976 from Pennsylvania on Jan. 19, 2016. A quick search reveals a number of complaints, including a solicitation for a security system to a pitch for a pre-approved business loan. Whatever it is that this phone number is selling, I am not interested and entered the number on to my blocked list.

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March 4, 2015

I wonder what changed for the year 2015 that so many folks, including me, are now receiving scam – spam unwanted phone calls from telemarketers on our cell phones. I do not recall getting hardly any telemarketer calls before January 2015.

Running list of unwanted telemarketing phone calls and scammers in my phone to date: Updated January 20, 2016:

Spam 1:

909-387-2418

541-257-1575

407-519-1035

603-570-9015

619-324-4655

407-519-1035: This number was already in our system on July 16, 2015, when a family member got the call. She already had it in her system as "junk." And I already had it in my system as blocked - "spam." A quick search of the internet indicates that it is this is source of several various phishing schemes.

619-324-4655 called 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 and the phone said that the call came from Riverside, Cathedral City, CA, United States, 92235. A quick search of the internet reveals, "Received call on mobile. Robo-message. "False Alert" about credit account. Did not identify which company call came from. Intrusive and scammy..."

Spam 2:

469-615-8471

410-667-3963

646-712-8141

541-257-1119

281-753-3916

Spam 3

321-215-4861

206-397-5640

410-318-9171

630-914-8915

610-298-9506

630-914-8915 called at 12:44 PM on July 22, 2015. I did not answer it, I was on the phone with another person. When I did a quick search on the Internet, I found, ""Congratulations your business has been approved for a $250,000 loan" at this point I hung up...." and "The current company is Peerless Network: 312-506-0920, if enough of us contact them and complain, perhaps they will stop. Seems to be various scams coming from this number...

610-298-9506 appears to be unwanted phone spam from Avondale, PA... I got a call from this number September 8, 2015. I did not answer. The caller left no message. I called it back and it immediately answered with a recording, "if I would like to be placed on the do not call list...."Although a quick search on the internet does not easily indicate its product, it does appear that many folks do not want to contacted by that number. Whatever, it is certainly not a family member or friend so I blocked the number.

Spam 4

210 627-8613

305-587-2062

7777

615-671-3047

682-703-8118

210-627-8613 was a spam phone call on Monday, June 15, 2015 from San Antonio TX that I have won a free cruise.

305-587-2062 called Monday, June 22, 2015 with an offer for a business loan.

7777 is a new malicious unwanted pH call that first happened to Caroline Sunday evening June 28, 2015 and then I got it at 2:54 am in the morning Monday June 29, 2014. Unbelievable
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Spam 5

Spam
  814-923-0976
Spam
  410-934-7919
Spam
  720-376-0968
Spam
  281-806-5695
Spam
  717-409-1018

Spam 5

281-806-5695

720-376-0968

410-934-7919 is Google spam - what a shame.

814-923-0976 from Pennsylvania on Jan. 19, 2016. A quick search reveals a number of complaints, including a solicitation for a security system to a pitch for a pre-approved business loan. Whatever it is that this phone number is selling, I am not interested and entered the number on to my blocked list.

717-409-1018 - Tues., Feb. 16, 2016 10:45 am:  Add this number now to your phone contacts and put it on your "auto reject" blocked list. I just got an unwanted robo-phone call from a telephone marketer who offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit rating. There is a special place in hell for unwanted telephone calls from marketers who call my cell phone. Fortunately, I do not get many calls from telephone solicitors...

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Spam 6

Spam
  267-328-5270
Spam
  512-922-0204
Spam
  408-329-9888
Spam
  410-277-1020
Spam
  667-888-8559

267-328-5270 - Tues., Feb. 23, 2016 offered me a pre-approved loan regardless of my credit

512-922-0204 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 VZW LOCKED received a text message from this number explaining, "VZX LOCKED: Unusual activity detected, please validate ownership to restore access: mwirless.updatever2016.us/restroe/?id+00124014102596403 This is a phishing scheme.

408-329-9888 Monday afternoon, Feb. 22, 2016 CB received a very similar message at the same time from a number that identified itself as VZW. This is a phishing scheme.

410-277-1020 Wed., afternoon, 15:37 Mar., 2, 2016 an unwanted phone call pushing web services search engine optimization for Google. What a shame.

667-888-8559 Th morn 3Mar2016

Unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls update for March 4, 2015:

A family member got a phone call from 321-215-4861. According to various sources, this is a vacations promoter and telemarketer out of Melbourne Florida. Although one source said that the telemarketer sells timeshares. Another said Carnival Cruise Lines. Whatever. Another commenter reported that “they use a computer program called a Predictive Dialer. It starts with an area code i.e. 201 then start at 201-000-0000 then 201-000-0001 etc until they get a ringing number. All none ringing gets kicked out of the system. After a pre-determined # of rings it hands up. After they call a # x amount of times, that # gets kicked out of the system too.” Read more at http://www.whycall.me/321-215-4861.html#WFUgorAwxbf6eafR.99

I recently read one account that reported that the telemarketers of today do not care about the do not call list – especially if they are using a sequential dialing program… That the telemarketers today have no fear of any consequences of the do not call sanctions – not unlike the e-mail scammers… This is one f the many reasons that millennials are increasingly not using e-mails – or taking phone calls.

Sometime after February 13th, 2015 and before March 4, 2015; I got a spammer telemarketing phone call from 909-387-2418

Unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls update February 13, 2015

On February 13, 2015 a family member got a phone call from 407-519-1035. A quick search indicates that it is a spammer – One of the many websites reporting the number as a problem reported, “Phone number: 407-519-1035 is located in Geneva, Florida. Its exchange 519 is managed by MCI METRO ATS, INC. - FL. The number is currently on switch number ORLDFLXHDS0.”

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February 4, 2015 ph spammer update. Add another telemarketer 541-257-1575 from Oregon, to your spammer – do not call list.

Phone number 541-257-1575. Wanted to talk with the owner of the business in charge of working capital. She was very aggressive. I immediately said, quietly and politely, “Please put me on the do not call list.” This annoyed her and she kept repeating her question. I finally simply and quietly hung up.


January 21, 2015 update: Add another telemarketer 646-712-8141 to your spammer – do not call list.

I just called by 646-712-8141. I did not answer because neither me, nor my phone recognized the number. A quick search on the internet reveals that it is a scammer according to multiple posts, for example, “Business loan offer from a robo-call.” Another post said, “Unknown caller is a breather. The breather called to our personal home phone which is an unlisted number. I've been getting numerous unwanted calls at all hours of the day/night by various phone numbers. I'm very unhappy about this.”

According to MyCallBot: “Central Office: NWYRCYZN01, NY - NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – NY”

A (real) friend on Facebook recently wrote what many of us are feeling these days, “About a month ago, we ditched our landline to save a few bucks and to free us from the dozens of robocalls, marketing surveys and other come-ons. Since then, my cell phone has received Frederick city-sponsored poll, a woman who wants me to save on my car insurance and, just now, a recording that says I just won a cruise to the Bahamas. When we had the landline, I could pretty much guarantee a call on my cell phone was worthwhile. What the hell is going on?”

I’m guessing here – but I can only imagine that this is all okay with the telecommunications industry – that is not known for really caring about the user experience of its customers.

Apparently the recent spate of unwanted phone calls – and text messages has spawned a cottage busy with lawyers: “Why You Should Report Text Message Spam… Stop Text Message Spam … Did you know that it’s illegal for marketers to send you a text message without your consent?  According to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) if a company sends you an unsolicited text message, then they are responsible to pay you $500 for each spam text message that they sent you.   This law is in place to protect you from the annoyance, nuisance, and invasion of privacy from these telemarketers.  If you report the unsolicited text message that you received to us, we’ll track down the sender of the text message and help you recover $500 for each unsolicited text message you received.  We’ve helped hundred of individuals collect against telemarketers for their spam text message campaigns.  Report now above and we’ll see if we can help you recover $500 for each text message.”

This is good. Just saying.
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January 21, 2015 update: Add 410-667-3963 to your list…

Update Westminster Maryland Online: Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418, 602-346-9758 or 410-667-3963


Take the time now to enter into your phone the following phone numbers and identify them as Spammer…

410-667-3963

909 387 2418

602-346-9758

410-667-3963 is one of the latest “Do Not Answer” phone numbers out there.

This is the phone number of a telemarketer for a remodeling company…

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Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418 or 602-346-9758.



On Monday, January 5, 2015 I got a scam-phone call from 909 387 2418. Then, the very next day, got another scam phone call from 602-346-9758.

Update January 6, 2015

After hardly ever getting spam phone calls on our cellphones for many years, in the last two days we have received two unwanted sales calls – calls that, in reality were probably attempts to commit fraud…

Today, the phone call was from 602-346-9758. I answered it. Yes, I understand that I probably should not have answered it…

The computer-generated robocall immediately began, “Attention, this is not a sales call. You have been referred by a friend to receive a free wireless system.  There is no cost for this system." 

What a load of crap… I did wait for the opportunity to block it.

For more information, go here: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-602-346-9758

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Phone number 909 387 2418 is a scam

Monday, January 5, 2015

Do NOT answer a phone call in which the caller id indicates that the number is 909 387 2418. I got the call earlier today.

Fortunately, I have a policy that if you are not in my phone system, I usually, more often than not, do not answer the phone. This policy has saved me an enormous amount of time. Furthermore, this policy has probably saved me from many scams.

Today I got a phone call from 909 387 2418. I did not answer it. Afterwards, a quick search on the internet indicated it was indeed spam. For example, http://www.scamcallfighters.com/scam-cal:

“Scam Phone Number 9093872418, Robocall 909-387-2418. Important message about your credit card: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=909-387-2418

“Calls and would not leave any message. Picked up and found a recording. "Important message about your credit card. Press 1 to speak to a representative". Clicked 1 hoping that I could get them to take me off, to escape the harassment but the line went dead. That's it! Waste of time... I've blocked this number for good” http://www.scamcallfighters.com/scam-call-9093872418-Robocall-909-387-2418--Important-message-about-your-credit-card--Credit---Debit--ATM-Card-Fraud-17791.html

Another post by “David Fights, Lead Investigator for Scamcallfighters,” reports, “This must be the "lower your interest rate" scammer. It's good that the darned system is not working! That should save the gullible from getting scammed.

“By enticing people with offer to lower interest rate, the scammers get the victim to reveal his personal & banking info apart from credit card details!

“According to the FTC, the companies behind these Card Services Offers can’t do anything for you that you can’t do for yourself, for free. If you are not able to get the rates reduces with your card issuer, neither would they. These scammers try to obtain your card details and will steal money as ‘fees’.

“However, FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule prohibits companies that sell relief services like these rate reduction scams on the phone from charging a fee before they settle or reduce your debt.

“You should file complaint with FTC, whenever you get a ‘Card Services’ call.

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