Now Pita, little old ladies aren't any more stupid that you for saying that. I'm a 68 year old retired English Teacher and I've been around the block a few times. I can smell bad cabbage a few feet away.
I get calls from this number often. They say that they have sent numerious notices but that I hve not responded. This will be your last call. Same lie every time. If you wish to speak to a represenative press 1. I did this and when they answered I started to complain about getting their calls often. Told them that I was on th DNC list and asked them to show some honor and quit calling. I relalized that they had hung up. (They offered a lower credit card rate if I consolidated my card debt of more than $3,000.)
Received a call from this number this afternoon, machine picked up, no message left. According to the FTC ANY telemarketer that calls a number on the National Do Not Call list is in violation. So I'm going to start filing reports on them at donotcall.gov and I think everyone else who gets calls from them should do the same. Maybe if they get enough complaints about these damned telemarketers they'll actually start DOING something about them, like PROSECUTION and fines.
How to stop them. In the middle: Not Easy Not Hard. They call in numbers in order. After 4567 they will call the rest in duration 4568, 4569, 4570. On their dial mechanism, your number will be skipped on next set up.
It's as a computer. Machine understands: "DEAD END", "SAVE TIME", "WE NEED A SALE", "STAY ON COURSE". Their is no stop, A skip is needed . Trial & Error. Example: Speaker Phone. Push button twice. It is a pick up, hang up withing one second. Call will be skipped after routine of Pick Up Hang Up. That's is as a hacker to Disrupt the program. Once a human Voice is heard, "HELLO". Recorder starts.
If a human on your line, answer as a Business, "Good Afternoon, How can I help you"? Most will hang up. They are looking for a residence. Dead End, No Sale is possible. If you are caught in their type of conversation, Say nothing and quietly hang up. Reverse Psychology. If all of these will not help. We are both at dead ends. Never Ending Story. Always worth a try. Stay off their course.
From a credit card company saying this is my last notice to lower my interest rate. They say 'last' but they keep calling. Today, I pushed 1 to talk to an operator, like I was interested. Got a person- Told her to stop calling us! She took down our phone number; we'll see if the calls stop... Annoying.