>> What good is the Do Not Call list !!!???
How can I stop this caller ?? <<
Modern technology has given telespammers the tools to call you.
Lawbreaking telescammers ignore both the Do Not Call list and any request you might make.
Modern technology can also protect you, if YOU do a few simple things!
The most effective thing to do is to get a call blocking device, service or app.
Then, use it correctly.
Google "call blocker" for more information. There are available apps (some free) for smart phones, and services and devices for landlines.
If you cannot use or afford such a tool, then:
• Do not answer calls from unknown numbers ... let them go to voicemail or answering service. Telespammers usually hang up after 3 or 4 rings.
• Do NOT return calls from unknown numbers! All that does is verify your phone number! And, in some cases, those return calls may cost $20 or more to complete. If the incoming call was important, they would have left a message!
• If you have a "dumb" cell phone, assign the scammer's number to a group named "scam" (or similar). Then, assign a silent ringtone to that group. (This also works for smartphones).
• Another option, for cell phones: Assign a "silent ringtone" as DEFAULT. Then, assign your favorite ringtones to all known friends / family / business numbers. That way, you will hear rings ONLY from those you wish to contact! You will not hear scammers' rings, even if they change their number! (This is also called "whitelisting", and will cause you to miss calls from non-whitelisted numbers).
If you want to report potential fraudulent or scam calls, here are two pages of links to (mostly government) sites in Canada and the USA were you can report those scams, or learn more about them.
Look here first:
http://800notes.com/arts/I2neMkbUAAo/where-to-report-phone-crime
If the reporting site you wanted is not in the above list, try this one:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites_rev.html
I too have received these calls going on 1 year now. I have just finished reporting the number to the FTC. During the day is one thing, but Sunday mornings and in the evening are a bit much. If this is really the American Lung Assn.....I would never donate to them again,
I've been getting these calls from multiple phone number multiple times a day. I went to the American Lung Association web site and clicked on their "Contact Us" link. I gave them my name, address and phone number as well as a throw away hotmail email address (I use the hotmail account when sites demand an email address so that I don't get all of the spam at my real email address).
I told them that per 16 C.F.R 310.4(b)(iii)(A), any entity (even charities) MUST stop calling when they are told to stop. I also told them that per 47 U.S.C. 227(b)(3), I can legally sue them for $500 PER CALL if they don't stop calling. I advised them that I had advised their telemarketer to stop calling but the calls keep happening. I advised them that they had a potential liability just in the last week of $4000 @ $500 per call. I told them that I am logging and recording all of their calls and would be filing a case in small claims court against them if the calls did not stop immediately.
I did that yesterday and so far today NO calls from ALA. It is possible that I just happened to fall off of the calling list but I doubt it.