This number is from the American Lung [***]'n and as a charity, they are exempt from the Do Not Call list. It is probably dialed by a computer and then turned over to someone in a boiler room. If it doesn't get turned over to a worker quickly enough, it will appear there is no one there.
After reading some of these comments, I decided to call the number back. It DOES belong to the American Lung Assoc. I got an automated menu that allowed to me to remove my number from their calling list.
Really? So you can't tell the difference between an actual charity and the scumbag telescammers that trick them into hiring them to raise funds for the call center in the name of the supposed charity?
I suppose that's why you believed them when they said they'd remove your number. hehe.
The calls are from the ALA or American Lung Association. They want you to take delivery of their packets of information, assemble and distribute them in your neighborhood to "raise awareness" but also it's a request for donations. If you say you will do it once, they send you the stuff forever if they cannot find another neighbor who will agree to do it. We were moving and I told them I could not continue because of that. Next thing I know, it arrives in the mail. Had to throw it away. They use 3 different numbers, two of which are identified as ALA, the other comes through as "private number". I assume that is because I have not answered for the other two numbers. I do not answer private numbers or calls I do not recognize. If something is that important, people know how to reach me on my cell.