The best course of action to take with the scammer calls is to find out what telephone service they use and report Fraud/Abuse to them directly. It can be found online usually.
The Do Not Call Registry is a fraud and a waste of taxpayer's money. If they actually DID anything to stop these calls to the public there would be a decrease in them, NOT AN INCREASE!!
Got a call from this number at 6:55 pm EDT on 2 May 2012. It was a recorded message that it was my last chance to consolidate credit card debt - I only wish! Pressed 1 to speak with rep. They hung up on me when I asked to be put on DNC list. I called the number back, after many rings got a recording saying press 1 to be added to their DNC list, which I did. We'll see.
Whats really sad is you put yourself on the Do Not Call list and these people still manage to get around it. You can report it but the people at the Do Not Call list do nothing about it. I reported them several times along with a lot of other numbers and nothing ever gets done. Oh well.
This number keeps calling, very annoying, but no one on the other end if you say hello. I tried calling back the same number and a recording comes on and said that voice mailbox is full!! This is so annoying, calls all hours of day and night leaving no message. Can;'t be too important!
We are also registered on the no call list. I do not understand how they can get away with it. There are lots of phone numbers that seem to be getting away with it.
Received a call at 2pm today, with caller ID showing "Customer Help." A recorded message offered me a final chance to reduce the APR on my credit cards, providing I owed at least $3,000 combined on one or more cards, and that I had at least one card in good standing. (I do not have any credit card debt.) The only option following the recorded pitch was to press 1 to speak with an agent. I pressed 1 and immediately got a live person, who said: "Hello, this is Shawn, how are you today?" My prompt response was: "I wish to be put on your Do Not Call list." He instantly disconnected the call without another word spoken.
Like most of you, I, too, am on the national Do Not Call list.