800NotesReviews of 800notes.com

Don't know why the reviews are so negative for this site. It's a simple site for finding info, and perhaps adding info of your own, on a specific number. The more info people add from a past phone call, the better the site will be. Plus it's being managed by another provider now. Edited. Boltronix

We almost fell victim to a very bad scam where someone called pretended to be with the County police and insisted that there was a warrant for an arrest for someone in our house and that we had to follow their instructions very carefully get $1,500 go to Walgreens and purchase what they called three vouchers and then go to the Sheriff's Office. We got all the way to Walgreens when the clerk at Walgreens said "This is a scam. I have seen this before don't buy the vouchers". I then called the Sheriff's Office and they said it was a scam. Had I completed the voucher purchase at Walgreens all that money would have been lost. We almost lost $1,500 so I reported this to 800notes, with the scammers phone number and one of the admins who works at 800notes mercilessly mocked our complaint about this scammer. When I spoke to the police and my bank they told me that the scam is sweeping the nation. 800notes said it was my fault. It's my belief that some employees at 800notes may be complicit in purposely deleting or removing complaints and phone numbers about reported scammers, their Admins mock genuine reports of theft and are in fact protecting scammers rather than providing a trusted database of criminals.

It is excellent. I have used it for years. But apparently the scammers have shut it down, which is tragic.

I'm a "registered user" on the site that does not participate in discussions with any other user, unless it is about a specific number. How I use it for "FOUND numbers": I simply look up any number to see if others have reported that number. Sometimes the number is just mentioned in a comment about another number, i.e., If it is a very active company like for "collections" calls, they use a range of numbers. Users will often post all their numbers they know, along with any information they have about that company. Legitimate companies aren't deceptive to ID themselves, since it is unproductive, and they can get fined, or sanctioned. That number REALLY IS legit! Often, users report it as spam when it is not, so don't ignore your bank's ID. Answer that IRS call?? Nope!! First, IRS never calls, unless already conversing with you. Second, you can never determine real, or faked caller ID. Look at scammers' motives: They don't care what it takes to get you to actually answer. For instance, if they knew your mother's number, they'd use her number for caller ID. (I hate suggesting that scammers use "known number" caller ID's you would recognize or search for.) But sometimes the number not only was legit, it was from that company. CitiBank is calling you because your card really was used in a fraud. Call them back?? Yes BUT... NEVER use that caller ID or VM message number to call them back. Find another way to ensure a safe call to them. Look on the back of your credit card. Call the fraud dept. if possible. (They are more likely to answer, as well.) So, you got a call or even a letter from Social Security asking you to call -- Really?? And just how can you be sure it is real, or fake?? You should never assume it is real, even when "proven". Social Security Dept will not be calling you! "But, I got an OFFICIAL LETTER from the Social Security telling me to call." You can guess it is authentic, but assume it is a fraud, but you just don't know how. "OK, I Googled the caller ID. Sure enough, that 407 number was shown TIED to a map showing that local SSec office. So it IS real. NOW I can safely call??" NO!! I was amazed at researching one of these letters. I found that everything in the letter WAS REAL... That was, EXCEPT the phone number!! Verifying that number with Google?? Dig deeper when searching. Somehow they had TIED that number to that specific SS office's address!! But, the REAL number was an 800#, and NEVER a 407 number!!. Only TEN search hits for that 407? You'd think in St. Pete, FL, that 407 number would commonly show in thousands of hits. Use 800Notes as a tool to provide one of many information sources, not as "authoritative". Ignore both Trolls and Admins: Admins don't have the time or motivation to edit or correct posts, or patrol the inevitable trolls that post e.v.e.r.y, d.a.y! I've participated on reputable sites, and the trolls do cause problems, so ignore them. Some active companies are flagged as scammers or collections. Their officials, or more likely eager employees, waste their time trying to pretend they are users, "helping" by legitimizing their poor company. Fun reading maybe, but they are still fake. Determining or even spotting "real" from "fake" is "soon" going to become nearly impossible, like this year. You may get a call showing your mother's caller ID, which you answer and have a "real conversation". Except, it was NOT her, it was an AI bot that was PERFECTLY IMPERSONATING her! Can't happen?? Only a lack of motive prevents it -- today. Listen to Musk's interview from 4/17/23 -- Google is building what they call, "an AI god". So, better search results? Musk was appalled, since accuracy or safety was of zero concern, Only, "can we use it to 'convince someone of what to think'? And not just 'influence', but, get them to actually carry out actions that we designed for them to take, today." Musk's answer is to hopefully build a better AI engine. If he can reach Mars, maybe he can beat the clock against Google and Microsoft. But Musk said he's "starting rather late, and he's behind right now". I hope this helps you use 800Notes as just one tool, and not an authoritative source when a number is reported. Search misses are irrelevant, since dialers today typically fake every caller ID. They often use your area code and exchange, and fake the last four digits. Real caller IDs you'd recognize, answer, or call back are to scam you.

Free resource; doesn't require registration or payment. Just open resource to find information or share information.

800Notes is a place to give and find what information is available, Your information to report and others about the call that is what it does - Just like the news media its not always false. This is the place were you can post a spam phone number write about it and read other spam victims accounts, its not about preventing them from calling - This is about reporting the number and the information. Scammers can lie about this place. Helping others about the call is what it does. News about legal actions being taken to arrest spammers, & see if the spam number is actually spam or explained. NEVER CHARGED A FEE to join and report or see what is there.

A lot of these 'helpful' who called me sites are actually run by the scam callers.

800Notes is a great example of why crowdsourcing information often simply leads to mass paranoia and misinformation, especially when it's commandeered by trolls who throw around accusations without any effort in verifying the information themselves. After a long period of using this site to quickly look up phone numbers from calls I would receive throughout the day, I decided to contribute to the site when a number finally turned out to be legitimate. This number was verified with the institution involved. In my comment, I noted that I did not have to provide personal information as the institution already had it all on hand (as they should if they are legitimate), and that they called only to confirm that a transaction was not fraudulent. I was immediately accused of being a scammer by trolls who obsessively harass commenters and brigade all numbers constantly. Ironically, the negative comments regarding the number on 800Notes were the only reason I decided to verify the number directly with the institution, who completely contradicted the misinformation on the site, proving that the site is more or less worthless in providing any legitimate and verified information. Just use common sense. If in doubt, verify directly with those involved. Don't rely on a website full of trolls who think they get to decide whether a number is legitimate or not based on nothing while berating anyone who has verified the contrary through the official channels.