A local area code called daily for several calls, I said remove me from your call list and the robot (ray creuset) said "okay, goodbye" and hung up. Called several more times from that number and now today, from a new area code that shows up as the same contact as the local area code number that has been calling. The numbers are in my contacts, which leads me to believe this set of numbers has been contacting me prior to this week's calls.
This person called me and when my phone went to voicemail, the person calling didn't leave a message. Judging by all the entries associated with this telephone number on the website, this is definitely a call I don't want to take. Thanks everyone for putting in your time on this website describing what this person is doing. This person calling is an obvious high pressure telemarketing scammer. Nick in one of the previous entries said the phone companies are allowing this to happen because they want the money associated with this kind of activity and Nick is right. Politicians need to get on the ball and start putting forth legislation to stop these scumbags from annoying us all. Telemarketing scammers are not contributing anything positive to society; they're just annoying.
Not sure where you got the idea that calling them back means "You no longer have"no call" protection from that "company" or it's affiliated." because that's simply not true. They violated the DNC list to begin with so you calling them back does not negate their original violation.
Considering a lot of these calls originate overseas and use spoofed numbers, no, the phone companies and policitians are NOT allowing this to happen. Nick needs to loosen his tin-foil hat,
Previous complaints describe commercial fundraising, a call category not covered by the Federal DNCR. If we want to talk sales calls, then you have it right. No "business relationship" is established merely by responding to a cold sales call, particularly when the caller was already secretive and/or lawbreaking somehow.
A consumer taking the initiative to call some number promoted in an advertisement does create EBR. For whatever reason a certain part of the populace takes that provision to mean that all return calls are treated the same way, but it really depends on who fired the first shot.