Who Called Us

This caller becoming a real pest. Calls every day.

Robo/Pesky recorded calls ... using law enforcement as their subject.

continuing annoying recorded calls ... we don't even answer ... previously caller states, 'DO NOT HANG UP, THIS IS NOT A SALES CALL, THE FBI ...' we've reported to the Do Not Call site several times.

I dont get it. Police have guns right? So why do they need me to protect them? I have no guns

recorded message ... did not answer as we didn't recognize the caller I.D. info ... obtrusive and pesky interruption to life

Plug this number into 800Notes and you'll see on page six a long comment made by ''Jeff'' a few days before Hook's spam, which is plastering that thread as well. Jeff believes the caller is the nefarious Corporations For Character, which would neatly fit the profile of these ''police/fire fund'' calls. C4C has been named in a massive FTC lawsuit in May 2011 for similar call campaigns. My notes are in the thread below.

(6128085568) whocalled.us

Nothing in this windy spam from Le C. Hook Investigations should be construed as an honest offer, either. Two days later (19 Nov) Le C. Hook went on to spam this site with a much shorter promo eighteen times within six minutes. On the same two days, similar promo spam was slapped on 800Notes and WhoCallsMe, often multiple times in the same thread. The combined spam total for the two sites is at least thirty.

(Sample of the most recent one on WCU, pinned blindly to a political campaign call, exempt from DNC: whocalled.us)

The Hook Investigations spam has beed dropped without discrimination on several categories of callers. Some of them have easily found mailing addresses. Other threads already have useful ''investigative'' information, at no charge. Le C. Hook sometimes claims to be privy to ''numerous complaints'' about a number with *zero* activity on any caller site or complaint forum.

This ''buckshot theory'' school of marketing is typical of spammers who target readers of junky call sites. Usually it's a law firm looking for easy jobs like sending costly letters, implying it has some special power and distracting us away from consumer laws which anyone can use with a little study and a few dollars for the postman.

In keeping with this pattern, the great big offer from Le C. Hook is to send a templated cease-comm letter. Seriously? Oh, and they'll do it for almost *double* what it costs an individual in USPS fees. They claim some magic ability to do this for every kind of caller. Even the FTC can't keep up with all of the ever-slippery scam callers. This Hook is going to do a better job for ten bucks? To preserve your privacy he wants control and personal data handed to some spammer in Indiana?

Hook's website seems a little desperate, concentrating on pedestrian jobs. As in this thread they're making a heavy push for process service. If only their webmaster knew how to pluralize. This is from a large pull quote: ''When you need your paper's [sic] served''. But why hire out when you can order a ''manual'' to train at home for a ''rewarding .... very important professional position'' as a server, painting it as the easiest fat money you could make.

Conveniently absent is the fact that process servers are not delivering Xmas gifts. They only go where they are *really* not wanted. Last year we had polite temp Census workers threatened with knives, guns, attack dogs, and police calls. Going to doorsteps unannounced with a summons is somehow easier and safer than toting a simple survey form with advanced notice?

LE C. HOOK INVESTIGATIONS
2849 E 550 N, DECATUR, IN 46733-7968
Office/Fax: 1-260-724-7433

Greetings,

Our office noticed your recent posting on the internet regarding your complaints about telephone calls being received from telemarketers at 1-800-651-5458 and also pertaining to “hang-up calls” from this same telephone number.

After an investigation conducted by our agency our office has identified the organization that is making these unsolicited, abusive, disruptive and annoying telephone calls.

We are offering to assist individuals, such as you, in stopping future telephone calls from this telemarketing organization. At your specific request we will serve this telemarketing organization with a CEASE AND DESIST NOTICE on your behalf. We will also provide you with a certified copy of the “cease and desist” order for your records should you need it for future legal action.

Our agency is a professional Indiana State Licensed Private Investigation Agency [ISLN PI20700158]. We are fully insured in accordance with Indiana State Statutes. We also provide private process service.

If you would like us to serve the organization noted above we would be more than happy to assist you in this matter. We charge a small ten dollar ($10.00) processing fee for each “notice to cease and desist”. This small minimal fee covers our office expenses, document preparation expenses and postage expenses incurred in sending your notice to the telemarketer and your certified copy to you.

We are providing this service because we too have received these annoying calls from this company. And we feel it is time that they be put on notice that people such as yourself will not tolerate this type of abusive behavior by a telemarketing firm. Once served with your “cease and desist notice” you will have appropriate documentation for future legal action should they continue to contact you by telephone.

If you would like to have them served with a “cease and desist notice” simply send your name, address and the telephone number(s) they are calling. Our agency will immediately send a notice to them and a copy to you for your records. Send your information and $10.00 processing fee to our address above.

We look forward to assisting you with this matter and the opportunity to stop the harassment by this telemarketing firm. We are confident that your “cease and desist order” will get their attention!

Best wishes,
Le C. Hook Investigations
Email: le.hook@hookinvestigations.com
ISLN PI20700158

NOTICE: OUR AGENCY IS NOT A LAW FIRM. WE ARE NOT ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. WE ARE LICENSED PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS. NOTHING IN THIS OFFER SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS PROVIDING LEGAL ADVICE. WE ARE SIMPLY OFFERING TO PERFORM A SERVICE ON YOUR BEHALF. IF YOU NEED LEGAL ADVICE YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR ATTORNEY.

800-651-5458 guy called me at work, said he was with the "chiefs of police" association. I said are you kidding me? He said they represent the entire state of Indiana. I am on the no call list and told him to take me off his list and not to bother me again.

Phone calls are being placed every few days. Never an answer, just dead air. They do not leave voice messages. I am still on the Do Not Call List

We get a call every two weeks from this number, always around 7pm. The dialer machine never connects yo with a person to talk to, and it will not pick up the phone if there is an incoming call (it is a programming option in the auto dialer). It is the Indiana Troopers Association. A few months ago I called, and got them to remove our number from their list. That stopped the calls for three months. They do their own calling, according to their web site (trooper.org) The do not comply with current Indiana telemarketing laws, and the attourney general will not touch them for political reasons. They are located in Angola Indiana

Corporate address:
117 West Maumee
Angola, IN 46703


The person to contact with complaints is:
Karen Shelton
Director of Operations
Indiana Troopers Association
800-671-9851
260-624-2747 fax
email: karen"at"trooper.org
URL: www_trooper_org

If the above avenues do not get results, I suggest that you call her at home, since she loves getting calls at supper time as much as the rest of us do.

Karen L Shelton
605 W 11th St
Peru, IN
(765) 473-3557

The other thing you can do is to set up an auto dialer of your own. set it to dial their dialer number every 30 seconds, since it won't go off hook when there is an incoming call this should effectively prevent it from dialing out.

Receive many calls each week. Am on Do Not Call List. In Indiana. If I pick up, they hang up. If it goes to voice mail, our msg plays, then they hang up. Something very wrong here. Are they searching for an open computer or what?

got a call id #, called back no answer

I called this # & it's the Indiana Police sponsor's office. Looking for donations, I'm assuming......I hung up on them.

I live in Indiana and they call me several times a day. We are also on a no call list!

I am also in Indiana and on the Do not call list. But I heard that the list is expired. Noone ever says anything when I pick the phone up

Live in 574 area code. Got this call from this number - no message. Called back - no answer
First call from this number.

This # has been calling on & off for the last 3 weeks. Never leaves a message or if i do pick it up there is no one on the other end. I live in Indiana & on the no call list also.

Hung up without leaving message

I am also from Indiana and on the Do Not Call Registry and never find any messages or anyone on the line.

Someone has called from this number a few times. It's usually just a hang up when we answer, but they left a message on our answering machine once. It was just rustling noises, and then he said "Felix, oh yeah." Seriously, i don't even want to know what he was doing......

This number calls quite often and no on is there. If I am not home they leave no message. I too am from Indiana and am on the Do not call registry. When I call the number back no one answers.

These people have been calling several times a day for about a week. They don't say anything. They just hang up on me. I am on the Indiana do not call list and have never had a problem until recently. I am sick and tired of it. I wish someone could find out who it is.