thanks everyone for posting. i got call from this number about 5:30 p.m. I hate not answering my own phone, because of so many scams like this out there and since the do not call registry offers no protection. I am always afraid I am missing a possible real important phone call. Scammers have made us afraid to answer our own phones anymore.
Maybe if the phone company had to issue a $1 per call CREDIT everytime one of these scammers/spoofers called it would end real quick! lol
Here's my technique when a call comes in from a name/number I don't recognize:
(1) pick up
(2) hang up immediately.
If it's an important and/or personal call, they will call back right away; and if they do, I let it ring through to my answering machine and I monitor the message. If it's a robo-call, they typically don't call back.
The pick up/hang up approach eliminates long dial-tone messages on my answering machine.
As noted by many, DNC lists are essentially useless.
I contacted the FCC as they have a number you can call to report unwanted calls. Since the caller left an empty voicemail message, this is considered to be an abandoned call. The person I spoke with at the FCC stated that they are concerned about unwanted/abandoned calls but said they are not going to investigate. I happily accepted a useless reference number for making the call. Oh, and I was told to have a great weekend.
Our tax dollars at work, I guess. This is clearly a violation of the national do-not-call list.
Caller was able to look up my name and knew I had a Bank of America account (lucky guess?). Told him to put me on the do not call list 3 times. He told me to "f--- off" and hung up on me
The calbel companys allow made up numbers to be used. If it was from a legit phone company, Verizon or ATT they would not be able to do this. The service they use is called Voice over IP. All they do is plug in a number and dial. Thaks to the government for allowing this type of service from cable companys. I use Comcast and they verified they allow this and stated they only offer the service and cannot control what the businesses do or who they call. I asked about the do not call list and wa told it only applied to lines from thephone companys and they are not considered a LEC what ever that is.