They called and said they were with SRSFS Research Company (?), a woman with a middle-eastern accent. She asked if I was not driving and could answer some questions... and started with what county I was in... My cell phone # is from FL; when I told her the county, after several seconds (I could hear her typing), she says, "That's not in Florida...thank you for your time Sir", and she hung up.
Survey's do not fall under the DNC. They are exempt, as are charities and Political calls. The DNC is for sales (goods) and/or service's being sold. The DNC isn't a call blocker and can not protect you from the illegal callers, extortion scammers, foreign country's and frauds. Criminals do not obey laws simply said.
Consider getting a call blocking device or phone.. You can google them and many are around $40.00 or so. If its 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.