Hey Verizon, What Is Going On With 888-234-6786?
By Bob Small
For the past few weeks we, and others in Delco, Pa., have been receiving spam phone calls from the Verizon number: 888-234-6786.
Some have said this number is for Verizon’s voice mail service.
Others note they get calls from it despite not being Verizon customers.
If it was Verizon’s voicemail connection, one would think Verizon could solve the spam problem.
One would think.
My battle started by spending a whole Wednesday on the phone and online before being assured the actions taken would stop these calls.
Thursday morning the calls began anew.
After contacting my local state rep by internet, the staff member I was connected to in the subsequent phone call said there was no hope.
“The criminals are smarter than us . . . we cannot stop them,” I was told.
Does that mean Verizon is the criminal?
Or is the state rep and her staff just a tad on the lazy side and doesn’t feel like writing an inquiry letter asking Verizon what is going on?
The 1-888-234-6786 / 18882346786 (2) issue appears to go back to at least 2011!
PhoneSpamExpo hosts a summary of FTC complaints for 888‑234‑6786, including details on robocalls, charities, according to co-pilot, but when it was searched for again, though the printout was in front of me, the website had, somehow vanished
I felt like Carl Kolchak, a Chicago reporter, who discovers zombies, vampires, werewolves can never develop any photos to prove his stories.
I found the website on my wife’s desktop 888-234-6786 (15) Complaints – PhoneSpamExpo but still invisible on on my laptop.
Is this number an example of Caller ID Spoofing? There’s been several theories, including the involvement of Communist Chinese call centers.
There seems an unwillingness to stop this by those in authority.
One would think our government would have the “tech savvy.” Maybe this is what part of what the Genesis Mission is meant to solve.
Right now, we never answer our phone until we recognize the number.
See also:
Stop The Calls From 888-234-6786 | America’s Consumer .
