Telemarketer Caller ID & Tommy Tutone

[MIB]

Telemarketers spoofing caller IDs?

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - March 12, 2008 -- Someone with a little knowledge of musical golden oldies is jangling nerves in Delaware.

Some people getting late night and early morning telemarketing calls in the Wilmington area have been doing a double take when they see the number on their caller ID: 867-5309. That's part of the title of a 1980s hit - "867-5309/Jenny" - by the band Tommy Tutone.

Lindsey Vitalo of the Pike Creek got one of the calls at 4:20 a.m. Sunday. She answered, fearing the call was about a family emergency, but got a mortgage refinancing pitch.

At least two other people have told The (Wilmington) News-Journal about similar calls, and others have reported the calls in online forums, with more than five dozen complaints logged Tuesday at CallerComplaints.com.

They haven't been able to call back to protest, because there is no 867-5309 in Delaware's 302 area code.

Story found here

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[Tachyon]

420 AM? Sounds like he's big on obscure numerological references indeed!

[rogueclown]

let me guess.  it's next going to start calling people at 3:14 in the morning, this friday.

[rbcp]

Tommy Tutone must be proud to have written a song that STILL gets regular press after 25 years.

[nova]

Tommy Tutone must be proud to have written a song that STILL gets regular press after 25 years.

and be proud that he is still hated by the people lucky enough to get that number.

[PEneoark]

That's why telemarketers should not be allowed to buy PRI's, and program all their own display TN and CNAM info.  It's bullshit in my opinion.

[Tachyon]

What kind of backward ass place is this coming from where shit like caller ID spoofing makes the news? What kind of an idiot thinks that 867-5309=OMG FAMILY EMERGENCY!!!111 ?