Received call from the number. Since it's in my local area, I figure it might be somebody I know.
After a 1 second delay, person comes on and asks for me by name. I say "He's not home right now, can I take a message?" Caller says, "Thank you" and then hangs up on me.
So I call the number back and somebody picks up after a couple of rings. "Hello this is Natalie from Solar Nation, may I speak to Mark please?"
LOL. My name and number is obviously in their system and the people manning the phones can't tell a robocall connection being made from a call back from a number.
For a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number. For tracfone & straight talk:
For text messages: forwarding any text message spam you get to the short code “7726,” which spells “spam” on most phones, to alert your network operator to the abuse. ATT won't accept 7726 But they will accept BLOCK and return a message that the web site is blocked. forward the texts to 7726 or BLOCK, depending on your phone carrier.
http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB115812
Report your callers here, not just to the DNC alone:
By State DNC lists:
http://800notes.com/res/DoNotCall.aspx
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For tracfone & straight talk:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id ... .tracfone&hl=en