just received a call from 202-803-4905 and caller id showed WASHINGTON, DC. When I answered the call it was total silence, so I did what my husband always does when we get calls like this. F*** Hoover.
I received a call from 202-803-4905 at 10:10 a.m. today. The caller ID showed Washington, DC. The call went to my voice mail but there was no message. What good does the National DNC registry do? Telemarketers just have a recording and keep changing numbers without their name on caller ID. I very rarely get a call on my home phone from anyone I want to speak with! Grrrrr
Caller left no message, when I called back I got a message saying if I want to be placed on a do not call list to push 1. I have been on the do not call list for years. Why should this be necessary?
We got a call about one-half hour ago from this number, with the phone number listed above and stating Washington DC. When I picked up the phone, no one was there. Then about 15 minutes later I got a call from 773-897-5655 and a man by the name of John said he would like to save us money on our mortgage. When I asked his which mortgage he was speaking about, he just said it was the mortgage that he could save us money on. We went around a couple more times on that one and then finally he asked me if I had a mortgage that was over 4%. I said no and he said thank you and hung up. I think the Washington DC # just calls to find out if someone will pickup, and then they ship your # around for more fraudsters to call.
I usually return the call to these numbers with my MagicJack just to see what I get. The Washington number was busy as they most always are. The 773 area code number was a fraudster in the Philippines and I was advised by recording to leave a number and they would be happy to call back. I bet!.
I have been questioning all these telemarketers that keep calling and have been keeping a log. I tell them all that we are on the National Do Not Call List. They all say they are not telemarketers and that the Do Not Call List only controls telemarketers that sell things. One caller last week was trying to get us to be in a medical trial and they ensured us they were not selling anything. Let's face it....they are all selling something, whether it is selling votes (I mean you politicians who claim you are exempt), you charities (most of which are not legit), all the cable companies, telephone and other communication companies (who claim they are just "following up" through a partnership with a company that already works with us), and the Marijuana initiative (whatever that is). Just like prior to the "Do Not Call List" we can no longer use our phones for fear of one of these fraudsters calling us.
I realize there are not a lot of jobs out there but I would rather do a lot of other things that telemarketing fraud.