I have started hanging up FIRST, the second they say the word warranty or ask about my vehicle, I just hang up first, that's what they are going to do to you the minute you say no.
This number called here asking for my husband, when I said, can I take a message, they would not respond.
They hung up. My only guess is that they will keep calling. Annoying to say the least.
Trying to sell extended warranty on a Honda vehicle. Argued with me about their violating no call listing- said they had sent me a USPS letter and I had not replied. I told them that didn't make me a customer.
There are at least two options for those bothered by people originating these offensive calls:
1. Go to www.fcc.com and click on the electronic complaint form, filling out each of the entries (takes about two minutes), identifying the date and time of the unwanted call(s), any identifying information from Caller ID ("Unavailable" is a valid entry), your number where the call was received and your name, street and email addresses. The FCC will immediately respond with an email to you, identifying the file number assigned to your complaint. If everyone filed these complaints to the FCC, that deluge will prompt an investigation and likely a fine on the calling party.
2. I followed a recommendation from a comment listed elsewhere on 800Notes, where that person was extremely frustrated over calls from a number different than 201-845-6009 (as the above folks obviously are) and purchased a DIGITONE Call Blocker from www.digitone.com Three features attracted my interest: a) I now can block up to 80 specific telephone numbers, b) This device has "First Ring Supression." meaning that you will not even hear the first ring!!, c) you can block entire area codes, a feature that can be used to block all 800, 866, 877, etc. numbers or those from specific (not toll-free) numbers. There may be other devices available, too. I saw immediate success with the one I purchased.
Silence can be Golden!!
Even so, I regularly report annoying/illegal/robo calls, etc. to the FCC. Now that I also use the DIGITONE device these annoying calls have been greatly reduced in number.
Complaining about these calls only makes you feel reasonably "good" while you enter a record on this web site (which thank goodness assists us all in identifying scams), but if you REALLY wish to assist the government, you MUST file a formal complaint with the FCC. Provide them every bit of identying information you can and when they accumulate enough details, they will fine the originator a significant high-dollar fine.
Reporting to the FCC is actually useful as the DNC list only regulates legitimate telemarketers, not these scam calls. Additionally, if the caller is offerring some sort of business or service the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is interested and the call should be reported to them, as well. FTC has its own web form for reporting. Depending on the call, I report these illegitimate calls to the FCC, FTC, or both. I always also report to the DNC on the outside chance it was from a genuine telemarketer.
I picked up the phone this time as this number had never called before but no one was on the line.
Last night at 8.54pm received call from 1-201-845-6009. A man (name I forget) but heavily accented (perhaps African origin) called about extending my Honda warranty. He had all the information about the car, year and model, information about recalled parts. I told him I was not interested. He proceeded to give me the cost/benefits for 3 year renewal. I suspected a scam and I told him no deal and he disconnected rather abruptly. I called the number today: "we're sorry, your call cannot be completed at this time....please hang up and try your call later". This is a haunting experience!