Caller ID said Cell Phone CA. If I don't recognize the number, I don't pick up. IF it's that important, they'll leave a message on the machine, which this one did not.
Got a call from this number. like most of you have an answering machine. Did not recognize the number there fore did not answer even while it is ringing. This is the time for open enrollment and scammers are looking for and easy scam.
Plan A: block # if your phone has that capability.
Plan B: don't answer if caller ID reads out "unavailable, "out of area," or a business you do not recognize.
Plan C: if you do answer and are given the option to press a # to opt out, DO NOT do that. Scammers pay no attention to that and all that does is verify yours is a working # and will guarantee many more calls.
Protect yourself; it's obvious that the scammers stay several steps ahead of the National Do Not Call Registry.
My history with sales offers have put me over the edge and I have had to contact the Federal Trade Commission regarding harassing calls. The worse call came from someone who actually claimed to be the US government offering me a grant. When after the 20th call I informed them that what they were doing was illegal and that the area code they were using does not exist the person on the other end cussed me out calling me a Mother#####, A####, and other choice derogatory terms, I knew the person on the other end was not afraid of losing his job so no matter how good the grant may have been I sure did not want to talk to such a foul mouthed person who did not speak even halfway decent English. I blocked that number but he called every day, several times a day just to say one of his favorite terms of endearment for me before he hung up. I had to block several numbers but I still get several robo calls a day from everywhere and about everything. What can I do to REALLY get my name on the "do not call list"?
They do, it only keeps the honest ones honest. It doesn't protect you from the scammers, frauds,extortionist and illegal telemarketers. Those kind don't obey any laws period. And they spoof the phone numbers and caller ID's. People tend to really misunderstand how it works and generally do not understand that the DNC does not protect you from the scams,frauds,extortionists and the unscrupulous nasty's that refuse to obey laws. Charity's and political, along with some survey's are exempt from this. Most of those will place you on the their internal DNC if asked though and there is a political DNC (it works very well too I might add) list you can sign up with.
Complaints filed with the DNC and other agency's are used to establish a pattern, then they can take action. They do make busts, they do fine them, and they do make arrests. You also need to realize that some of these bad actors are located in foreign country's and then their government has to work with ours. Slow it may be, but it does happen!
The more complaints filed, the more info they have to go on!