Ever annoyed by those annoying telemarketers or spam phone numbers? Normally when I get a call from a telemarketer I play around with them a bit to have some fun or I’ll politely ask them to remove me from the call list. If you’re nice about it, they usually are nice enough to cooperate with you.

Lately I’ve been getting a call averaging about three times a day from the same number. When I answer, no one is there. Then if I stay on the line for about 15 seconds listening to silence, someone will pick up and say “Hello?” I’ll respond back, “Yeah, hello?” Then they hang up. I’m putting this out there because this has been going on now for about a week and a half and I’m quite sick of it. The phone number is 971-220-1971. The 971 area code is from northwestern Oregon. To be exact it’s from Gresham, Oregon. The company, after my research, is SBC TELECOM, INC. – OR. The switch number is PTLGORYRDS0 and the number has been reported as a spammer from around 100% of people.

I’ve tried calling back multiple times just to get to the bottom of it but the number says it’s been disconnected. I did report them as directed by the FCC here: http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/do-not-call-list.

Where Do I Report Telemarketers or Illegal Calls?

Here is a paragraph from the fcc.gov site to also report this number or any other numbers. “Consumers can register on-line for the national do-not-call registry by going to www.donotcall.gov. To register by telephone, consumers may call 1-888-382-1222: for TTY call 1-866-290-4236. You must call from the phone number you wish to register.”

Leave comments on this article to report other numbers that are making illegal/annoying calls and I’ll keep updating this list. You can include a brief story of what happened as well. Either leave a comment or go to the contact us page.

Spam Phone Numbers:

1-971-220-1971