These people will NOT stop calling. I've continually pressed "3" as they instructed to end their calls. When that didn't work I started trying to talk to someone. The second they hear that you're NOT discussing cc info with them they hang up. Next time they get an airhorn in their ear...this has been going on for 5+ months. Maybe if I damage someone's hearing they'll sue and I'll have an entity to countersue. I'm on the do not call list.
The FTC just took down 5 of these scum suckers. Obviously they have a few more to go.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/11/robocalls.shtm
What To Do When You Get an Illegal Robocall; http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls
1. Hang Up. Do not press 1 or any other numbers to get off the list.
2. Consider blocking the number
3. Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
4. Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
5. People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office.
Register your phone numbers online at http://www.donotcall.gov or call (888) 382-1222 (must call from # you want removed).
I have greatly reduced the number of calls to my cell phones by going to my carriers website (Verizon) and they allow me to block up to 5 numbers for 90 days. Since these scum change numbers every 30 I have had a very peaceful time. Call me once shame on you, call me twice shame on me. I also put it in my contacts list under Scum Suckers and assign it NO ring tone so at least after the first call they won't bother me anymore (I have filled all of the numbers in each and am up to Scum Sucker 47 now). This is only a whack-a-mole solution however it is the only one I can offer.
If you want to stop these calls then you need to dry up their revenue source. Your phone company is charging you a fee for caller ID. Your phone company pays the scammer for sending their caller ID information. Your phone company pays only a fraction of a cent per call and you pay $5 to $15 to your phone company. The scammers send out millions of calls per day which amounts to a significant amount of money however your phone company is charging a large amount to millions of customers. This may have something to do with the phone companies inability to stop these calls. You can also see why the criminals keep calling even though they know you won't fall for their scam. If someone does make the mistake of answering the phone and falling for their con then it is just icing on the cake for them. These people are the lowest form of filth on this planet.
In order to stop this we need legislation making it illegal to charge for caller ID. If a phone service wishes to operate it would need to provide the caller ID at no charge to other phone providers and to it's customers as part of the service. Here is the $50,000 solution that the FCC is looking for and it doesn't cost anything.
Many of the disposable numbers come from Pacific Telecom Communications Group and they are currently under investigation and in the midst of various lawsuits. (The principles involved have been part of actions by the FCC under other business names). Here is an excellent blog site that I found that explains how this company is getting away with this activity.
http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com
Same thing as everyone else, they just keep changing their numbers. I must have complained to the FTC a dozen or more times but that does no good. They simply change the spoofed number and keep calling. Well, guess I will complain again to this "government agency" for all the good that has done.
Partial list on numbers and dates I have received calls from the same recording:
503-457-1836
971-220-1771 11/10/11 11/17/11 11/22/11 11/26/11
503-902-8479 04/11/12
407-476-5680 09/20/2012 09/27 9/27
305-587-2165 09/18/2012
609-318-9785 09/25/2012
971-213-1939 09/27/2012
417-800-2317 10/01/12 10/23
360-474-3901 10/16/2012
786-358-9799 10/02/12 10/16
503-457-1049 10/16/2012
954-278-8365 10/24/2012
407-476-5700 10/29/2012
718-416-6103 11/08/2012
I have been getting these calls from these "credit card scammers" for several years. I have requested to be removed from their call list: they hang up and one time I was told to F***k off. I have reported these calls to my Attorney General, the FCC, and any other place I can. I will continue to do so. The only way we are going to get rid of them is to have their [***] thrown in prison and fined quadrouple for all the money they have put in the bank the past five years.