Thread: Got a solicitor from area code 777 offering Free Sprint Cell. Where's 777?

I got a call from a solicitor, telling me they had an important offer for me. I asked, "Why are you calling me?" They said I could get a FREE cell phone from Sprint. I told them, "I already have Sprint & I have THREE cell phones. Again, why are you calling me?" The person hung up on me. When I looked at the call ID number, it read 777-777-7777. I looked up area codes & saw no area code 777. Anybody care to tell me where that was coming from. The guy's accent sounded like he was from India.

It was probably from a VoIP line... Often times the caller ID can be manually entered in by the person doing the calling. The actual call may have been coming through the internet but it showed up as 777-777-7777 because that was the number they transmitted to you.

If you were to contact your phone company, they might be able to trace where the call actually came from. But if that person were dialing through a proxy server on the internet, it might be nearly impossible to trace.