[TheForge] OT

[Bill Alleman]

Mark A. Pesetsky wrote on 9/27/2004, 11:06 AM:

 > I know this is off topic, but I have a question that I thought one of
 > you might be able to help me with.....I have been inundated with calls
 > from someone with a WV area code and they won't identify themselves. I
 > was wondering if anyone knows of a free service online to give me a
 > name/location of this business? Or is there someone that I can report
 > them to? I did a GOOGLE on it but came up w/only pay service sites...


Assuming you have the complete number, for tracking them down, there's:
http://www.infospace.com/home/white-pages/reverse-lookup
http://www.switchboard.com/ then "Search By Phone"
http://www.whitepages.com/phone-lookup

Google "reverse phone lookup" for more, but they're all basically
getting the info from the same places. Here's a handy search portal:
http://www.theultimates.com/white/

This can be helpful, too:
http://decoder.americom.com/

Assuming there's an actual person on the other end, tell them in no
uncertain terms to put you on their _required_ Do Not Call list. Then
register with, and report them to:
https://www.donotcall.gov/
https://www.donotcall.gov/Complain/ComplainCheck.aspx
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