I am a victim of abuse from members of 800notes, and I write this review as a warning to anyone with a phone listing. As many of us know, there is a big problem with scams, telemarketing, and other unwanted calls. Many people turn to the Internet as a means to find out who may have called them.
There are numerous "Phone Directory" sites listing visitors' reports on various types of calls. One of these sites, 800notes, had a number I recognized with incorrect reports of scams. Under this number's thread there were several different reports of scams, some stating that they called and got a "number not in service" message, or that the caller would not give them any information about the company. All were false, as it was my brother's number, which he uses for emergencies only, and no one has called it for several years.
When I contacted 800notes through their "Contact Us" link, I explained that the reports for our number could only be fakes and asked them to please remove those false reports. I left an email address, but there was never any reply. I even tried reaching out through the number's thread, only to be attacked by members who called me a shill and behaved very rudely. They did not verify anything, but they pretended they did and accused me of being a scammer attempting "damage control," whatever that was supposed to mean. They claimed the number was all over the internet as a scam number. I could not find anything other than what was on the 800notes website.
It is a known fact that scammers use business numbers and fake numbers to hide their true caller ID by "spoofing." But real people reporting calls would not claim they called this number back and talked to someone, as there are no phone records of an incoming call for 28 months on our number. After I explained this, our posts about it were removed ("Post pending moderator approval"), and a few hours later they were deleted completely. The fake posts remained.
I wasn't able to get a screen shot before they deleted my posts, so I decided to research this site and write this review. While visiting the site, I witnessed a similar issue another person was having and took a screenshot of the behavior of the members there. Looking around the site at random numbers, I found a pattern of behavior among these members. They encourage people to report negative calls but discourage any positive reports, calling those people shills and ganging up on them, with several other members acting like bullies in an alley.
I've seen posts where they advise people that they do not have to pay a debt collector or worry about any debt, because nobody can legally do anything about it. This is a very deceptive website, and I have to wonder how many companies lose business because of the false or misleading information these people project about their numbers to unsuspecting visitors, without validating any of the information in the reports posted. They will claim they cannot be responsible because they have a "legal safe harbor" and you will not be able to legally force them to remove false postings.
I took a few screenshots of various "bullies" to illustrate my findings. There are many more, but I do not wish to overburden Ripoff.com with a gallery of images. I did a search for "Reviews for 800notes" and found some interesting reading. You should check whether your number(s) have been posted, to be certain business is not being diverted away from you by misleading, false posts!
Tip for consumers: Avoid this site if you are looking for reliable information. If you just want a place to vent frustrations over a phone call, it is what this place does best, but disgruntled people do not always tell the truth!
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