shahab6

I've been getting numerous e-mails and calls to my home phone from many different companies and institutions claiming that I requested information about their services. I have never given out my home phone number online. Many of these companies call me by a vulgar transmutation of my real name, indicating that somebody I know has been masquerading as me, giving out my personal info.

I am not protected by the "Do Not Call" list, for it appears (to the companies) that I requested information! They actually have a right to call me!

None of these companies are any help whatsoever. The ones who say they got my name from a list won't tell me where the list came from. The ones who say I filled out an online form won't let me reach their webmaster, who might give me the IP address of the original sender.

I've looked online for information about protecting myself from this harassment, but I don't know the terminology for this kind of situation. It's probably a case of identity theft of some sort, but most websites only talk about the most common types of identity theft.

I'm getting too many calls each day to ignore this situation. I need some help, but I don't know how to look for it. Any ideas