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Did You Receive an Unexpected Call From 205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries)?  It may be a Scam!

Have You Received a Strange Phone Call?
205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries)

Did you receive a call from 205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries) saying that since you were a valued customer, they were going to send you free air travel tickets? Don't send them money nor give them any credit card, bank account or other personal information!

See below for a consumer report of calls from 205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries), an analysis and links to other information about 205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries):


  1. Report received, May 2, 2008:

    PLEASE TRACE THIS NUMBER : 1-205-408-4817 FROM ALABAMA.

    IAM FROM NEW JERSEY AND THIS LADY JUST CALLED ME TODAY FOR AN RN MAGAZINE THAT SHE WAS SAYING WILL BE FREE OF CHARGE. SHE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT MY CAREER . SHE ASKED ME MY MOTHER'S MAIDEN NAME AND MY LAST HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I GRADUATED FROM. THIS SENT SHIVERS TO MY BONES AND WAS REMINDED THAT THESE QUESTIONS ARE USUALLY ASKED DURING SECURING PASSWORDS.  SHE ALSO WAS INSISTENT IN ASKING MY EMAIL .

    PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF HIS IS A REAL SCAM OR NOT. THIS REALLY SCARED ME.


Information About 205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries)

There are several websites that focus on reports of scam phone calls.

That number appears to be linked to Ebsco Enterprises, see this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBSCO_Industries

There are many, many complaints about them: see this page http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-205-408-4817

Our recommendation would be to decline an offers from them.

The links below go to pages on these other websites were you can read reports about the scams associated with this phone number (205-408-4817 (Ebsco Industries)):

  • 1800Notes
  • WhoCalled.us
  • WhoCallsMe.com

Information About Specific Phone numbers

There are several websites that focus on reports of scam phone calls. See these:


There are a number of common telephone scams, such as:

and some new and as yet, uncommon scams.


What to do about it

See these pages for guidance as applicable to your specific situation: