Yes, not to mention that their scams are very diverse in nature. This particular one involves them “issuing” “new Medicare plastic card with free benefits”. We all know that Medicare does not operate out of 508 Street 8/1, Block B Police Foundation, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Punjab 44000, Pakistan, where these filthy criminals are located!
A clear identity theft operation in place! SCUM.
@LordOfTheRings and @drwat - if you have additional numbers to post and/or report for Merkavoix/Sansom “Medicare Advisors”, please do share them. Any other form of assistance to help hold them accountable is appreciated! They are robocalling and harassing hundreds of thousands of people daily and likely steal people’s identities. Vile and vicious criminals out of Pakistan!
In my latest telemarketing call, I was able to call back the number and connect to the same call center, yet FracTEL continues to tell folks the caller IDs are being spoofed and the numbers are not even active.
Here’s the response I received just a few minutes ago:
Comment added by : Michael Crown
Comment Content:
I just checked call records and there are no outbound calls on our network with this Caller ID.
The number you refer to (469-529-3515) is not even a working number.
These calls are not coming to you on our network.
Your number is blacklisted and cannot be called from our network.
The people you refer to are not customers of ours.
We do not have a history of enabling telemarketers. We a perfect record with the FCC and FTC.
We are not facilitating or participating in this activity.
Someone is spoofing Caller ID with our numbers and making illegal calls. There is nothing we can do to stop this.
We understand the seriousness of this but we are not involved.
Please continue reporting these calls to FTC or anyone else who will listen, hopefully they will do something about it.
I am very sorry, but we are as much of a victim in this as you are. Maybe more. For you it is an annoyance, our reputation has been destroyed.
Michael Crown
President
321.499.1001
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
Thanks for sharing! I think your best bet might be to compile a legal demand and send it to them; I’ve shared some emails. If that does not work, which I have a strong suspicion that it will not, then try to find some industry insiders. Dealing with one nasty and unreasonable carrier in the past, I was able to find a pleasant and professional industry regulator who is responsible for investigating carriers’ issues and non-compliant behaviors. I will share their contact information with you via IM. I obviously have zero control over this person’s responsiveness to you or what they will or will not do… However, they were able to help me, so it is worth trying.
Same here, my friend. I’ve been consistently reporting issues to ONVOY, for example, and was first mocked, ridiculed and blocked from contacting persons directly responsible for investigating scams and spamming on their network. I was then threatened with a lawsuit by their legal team! SURREAL! It’d be the same as if the police department were to tell you that you would not be allowed to report crimes or file police reports because, say, Deputy Police Chief does not personally like you. ONVOY = GARBAGE
That’s exactly who threatened me with legal action too.
They used to be the absolute worst at being accountable and they were a know safe haven for scammers.
I hope things have changed. It’s sad that we selflessly volunteer our time, as a well-trained militia and try to save victims of scams only to be threatened for doing what’s right.
Sadly, some of these providers make a boat load of money from scammers and they don’t want to upset their cash cows.
Money over morals seems the common thread between scammers and some providers, not certainly not all
I dug up a couple of newly discovered blocks overnight last night, as well as some info I’ve been putting together about Health advisors/Support first and the actual US entity it all ties back to
By all accounts and according to every review site, these Health Advisors robocallers all tie back to US health Group and all it’s incarnations
Check through the listed websites and reviews I researched, it paints a very familiar tale of harassing robocalls of up to 100 per day, every day to individual citizens, as well as people getting duped with coverage which amounts to worthless policies.
I spent all night on this since scamlight hours ended yesterday evening and am in desperate need of some sleep right now
I’ll try to make it through the day because already there’s a lot of activity on known toll free numbers already, which means there’ll be plenty more to hunt out
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Oh, Onvoy is still very much terrible. And so is Peerless and Telnyx. This is why we need better Leaders in the US. The ineptitude of established political “elites” is appalling and incredible. ALL that could be put to a swift end with the following changes:
Holding the 3 core scamming nations accountable. Yes, I am referring to the safe havens of illegal robocalls: India, Pakistan and the Philippines. There are various ways to hold them accountable.
Applying governmental legal pressure on VOIP carriers responsible for most egregious violations. The authorities can make it a crime, NOT a fine to turn a blind eye to illegal calls. Then, executives of said enterprises could be arrested and imprisoned by regular law enforcement officers.
Changing the industry’s legal framework and completely eliminating “common carrier provisions” in the national laws. Currently, you can’t sue VOIP or any other carriers in the court of law, even if you have all the proof that they’re criminally negligent and ignore your complaints about their clients engaging in illicit behaviors. Their “common carrier” defense tends to work, unfortunately. There are currently a few cases challenging that in Federal courts, but I am uncertain of the outcome. These are costly and long-drawn cases.
Severely restricting access to US telecom network for foreign nationals and implementing stern and detailed KYC mandates for all network users. I said it before to some liberal individuals’ displeasure and anger here (such posts were flagged and taken down by one MOD, who I am NOT a fan of, to put it mildly), and I will say it again. There is absolutely NO reason for Indian, Pakistani, Chinese, Filipino or any other foreign nationals to call an average US person. Most of us have no friends, family or business connections over there. And the ones who do have many ways to connect to legitimate persons there (Skype, WhatsApp, Viber etc). We don’t want their calls and texts with their never-ending nonsense. Our people MUST come first!
@Jhawk@CatMan@Tillianne@MehNamesJeff@Sol@SouthernCulture_x - just looping you in, because I am very passionate about this topic. Also, I am fairly positive by now that there are scammers’ and unethical VOIP carriers’ attorneys here reporting everyone who speaks the inconvenient truth, so this posting might be taken down fast! Read, while you can
By the way, based on my research, it appears that Sansom/Merkavoix might possibly be affiliated with or used by Hawke Media, which is a US-based entity. I am definitely not an industry expert or a legal professional, but there are some red flags there. Hawke is not located in Pakistan, unlike Sansom, and could be held liable. Vicarious liability implies that a principal party, which might be Hawke, is responsible for the actionable conduct of their agent (Merkavlox, Sansom).
I’ve had positive interactions and worked with the following attorneys:
I think I have more, but there is no need to list even more names. I think you might have a decent lawsuit, as long as you have solid evidence and can prove the connection between Sansom and Hawke.
I had the Utah AG investigate a group of numbers that were tied to the ClearLink business located there. The investigator said her findings showed the calls were being made by Hawks Media out of 65 E. State St., Suite 1350 Columbus, OH 43215. thehawksmedia.com. That is a fake front just like their partner samsonconsulting.com and merkavoix.com being the same people.
Their Ohio address was actually the main office of the Ohio Small Business Administration. I was in contact with the deputy director there who got on their ass to stop using a federal agency’s address as their own. Thehehawksmedia.com then changed their address to 36 South, 18th Avenue, Suite D, Brighton, CO 80601 - which is actually the address of a questionable business called https://wolzcorporate.com/ - who advertises their services to include registering foreign and fictitious business names.
Just like with the Sansomconsulting/Merkavoix scenario, thehawksmedia.com is using a fake US presence with a virtual office, which is basically like a mail forwarding service. Their real operation is not that far from Sansom, in the area of Rawalpindi. They even host their real location website on the same server’s IP address, just like Sansom did!
The real location is shown on their other site of Hawksnetworks.com, with an address of Office No. F-833/22, Rani Arcade 3, SATELLITE TOWN F, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, which is an apartment building. Phone +92 312 5119337. Address also known as Rani Arcade 3, Holy Family Rd, Block F Block E Satellite Town, Rawalpindi, Punjab 46000, Pakistan.
The true Hawks Media location is just 17 miles away from the Samson/Merkovix operation.
I think that the Wolz Corporate could be sued, then. As they themselves say, “Wolz Corporate USA provides companies of all types and sizes with nationwide registered agent services at very competitive rates”. Try to contact one of the attorneys and see if you can go after Wolz.
Their Owner/CEO is Eric Wolz: [email protected] WolzCorporateUSA
36 South 18th Avenue | Suite D | Brighton | CO | 80601.
Calls continuing to come in, latest one another Fractel number (779) 600-6876, which is already marked as spam.
The responses from Michael Crown are getting worse:
Once again. Call records show no outbound calls with this caller ID and TN is not a working number (fast busy means disconnected).
What exactly is it that we are supposed to do to fix this? This activity is not happening on our network.
Michael Crown
President
321.499.1001
[email protected]
After receiving responses where Fractel still denied doing any business with any of the businesses involved in illegal telemarketing, I pointed out the investigations against one of their clients, as listed on American Amicable, a TCPA-violating insurance provider SUED by the SEC . This was his reply:
Also, once again, we do not do business with any of the companies you reference, nor do we provide service to any offshore entities.
In addition, we require Know Your Customer documentation from all clients documenting their TCPA compliance and robocall mitigation plan as well as STIR/SHAKEN certificate identity. We have had zero traceback requests from the Industry Traceback Group and we have a sterling record of compliance and cooperation with regulators and law enforcement.
These calls are not being made with our network. Unfortunately, it is a simple matter for someone to set their caller ID to one of our numbers, and members of the public who do not understand how the phone network operates blame us. Your efforts are misguided and are not helping with this problem.
Michael Crown
President
321.499.1001
[email protected]
and then
As further assurance that FracTEL is not in any way associated with these calls, I would also like to remind you, once again, that your number has been blacklisted and can cannot possibly be called by anyone using the FracTEL network and yet you continue to receive calls. They are not coming from us. We have taken every measure possible to prevent this abuse.
Michael Crown
President
321.499.1001
[email protected]
We were shooting emails back and forth until after midnight.
Hmm, yes, they seem to be a lost cause… Just like Onvoy. I suppose if you can call back the numbers, record them impersonating Medicare or engaging in other illegal activities, you can then send an email to Michael with a rather straightforward response. While the calls might have been made from spoofed telephone numbers and came from a totally different carrier, it still does not resolve the core matter at hand: Impersonation of Medicare (or any other illegal activity that you identify) is illegal and should not be tolerated. I’ve shared some industry contact with you. Let me share one person via private chat.
I mean if the numbers ultimately belong to their customer, then they logically wouldn’t be able to deny wrongdoing, such as impersonating a government agency etc.
One more idea that I would like to share with you. Try to play along with Sansom/Merkavoix disgusting degenerates. Stay on the phone and play dumb. They would then likely transfer you to their American handlers. If you are patient enough and act naive and polite, then the US handlers might disclose the names of their companies. Then, you have the lawsuit! Vicarious liability all the way!
This is what I did with a number of telemarketing firms located in Florida, Texas and few other states. I’ve noticed that once several lawsuits were filed, the number of robocalls harassing me daily was drastically reduced.
When Michael Crown is telling you that, he is not telling the truth in its entirety. They DID have a traceback in February of 2023 from the FCC that is normally done by the ITG. Here is proof (search for “Fractel”; and it is just the data for 2023 that I looked at):
This answer by him is by far my most favorite. I may be reading this wrong, but it appears that FracTEL has at least 1.2 million of disposable virtual numbers for their lovely clients on any given day… Hmmmm, it makes me wonder WHO are these people, organizations or businesses that need all these disposable virtual numbers? Just wondering
