Seriously, the above could be written:
raising questions about how well the federal {fill in the blank} is working.
It was getting out of control at our home. When I asked some guy why he was calling when we were on the ‘do not call’ list, he screamed that he wished I was anally raped and got AIDS. (I pleasantly asked him if that was how he was conceived.)
I tried to track him down, they had spoofed their number to show a WV number. I called the WV atty general and some woman who answered the phone got vicious and said I couldn’t prove the call originated in WV.
So, I bought a Panasonic cordless phone. With a 100 call number block feature. They call, I permanently block their number. Yesterday, someone tried to call and the words ‘call blocked’ came up.
Those telemarketers need hard time in a general prison population if they are caught.
Mississippi just B-Slapped one of them. My wife and I turned in several complaints and were wondering if it would do any good, but it looks like they were just waiting until they had enough evidence to ensure a victory.
I bought an answering machine , works great
As soon as I get to speak to a human I break into screams and say that The COUNT has died, but while he was alive he hated Obama.
Works every time.
They hammer my house after my credit card statement comes out. Its troubling to me that this anonymous entity with untraceable phone numbers knows when my balance hits their “prospect” threshold.
There is an easy way to deal with this: don’t answer your home phone. Anyone who knows us will know our cell number. If its not a number I recognize on the cell then I refuse the call.
Have been getting calls from 999-999-92114. That is not a mis-type. It’s a phishing scam. My cell phone doesn’t ring unless the number is in my contacts list.
I seriously think the fed gov do not call list is a scam. They offer this service but yet, nothing is done, no matter the number of complaints filed.
I have Verizon for phone and internet. I called Verizon to ask about how to block numbers, as I don’t want my phone ringing and then having to go to voice-mail. Verizon said they can’t do that, actually, they said can’t block numbers (against the law, she said).
I use my answering machine to screen calls and block the numbers through the machine. . .but in a matter of days, they are back at it again.
On a rare occasion, I answer, wait for the “person” to come on the line, then BLOW A WHISTLE INTO THE PHONE.
There is much joy in hearing the telemarketer scream in pain.
Telemarketers have less self-respect and human dignity than TSA screeners.
Something is going on, and has been going on for a long time, with Macy’s. We are unlisted, on the do not call list and don’t even have a Macy’s card. They keep calling, we don’t answer but looking up the number I find this is one of those that disguises itself and shows up as from Mason, Ohio. They insist that you have a credit balance and offer to let you pay it with another credit card. Sometimes it is a collection agency in India for Macy’s.
They call FREQUENTLY and it can’t be blocked by the AT&T blocking feature since it is not a local number.
“has started to file complaints about her to the Federal Trade Commission, which oversees the list”
I file AT LEAST three a week. It does no good. It takes them weeks to reply with a standard form letter.
You can file a complaint here...
https://complaints.donotcall.gov/Mobile/complaint/complaintcheck.aspx?panel=2
The callers are just workers. Who is making money with this?
That’s who needs to be skewered.
We get several /day. It’s the phone ringing that annoys me. At dinner, evenings, Sunday.
The frequency picked up after I renewed our Do Not Call
.
Nothing will get them to stop.
Got one of these years ago. Full-proof. I have no connection with the company, other than I am the owner,and user of their product.
http://www.person-to-person.net/
We have DSL, thus have to have a land line.
Our landline phones have a silent button, which is always set to silent, and we have voicemail.
I clear the voicemail calls once a day or so, 1 out of about 50 is a legit call, and I make the call back at my convience.
“Complaints about automated calls up sharply”
Of automated (and live calls for that matter) are up sharply. There’s no enforcement whatsoever.
My phone...my phone number....why can’t I decide whose number rings on it?