calls everyday 4 rings then hangs up...caller Id says WINNER...I'M SICK OF THIS CRAP!!! CAN'T EVEN GO TO THE BATHROOM WITH THE DAMN PHONE RINGING FROM THIS NUMBER
Never signed up for DNC list because I new it was a scam from the start. The first week it began collecting phone numbers of people not wanting telemarketing calls, the head of DMA (Direct Marketing Association), which is responsible for many of these annoying sales calls, paid off government employees to get numbers on the DNC list. Within two weeks, people on the DNC list were getting harassing telemarketing calls from this dirt bag DMA company.
Best thing to do is:
1. keep a whistle by your phone
2. answer then nest one of these calls when it comes in
3. talk quietly so the caller has trouble hearing you
4. when you know the caller's ear is firmly against their phone, blow your whistle as loud as possible
We have our phone service and internet thru Comcast. I don't answer the unknown calls, but I pay attention to see who they might be. Lately I have noticed, these anonymous hang up calls ring thru to our answering machine, and then immediately thereafter my internet service goes 'local' for awhile (unable to connect). Any techies out there know if these spammers might be attempting to detect/cross-reference IP addresses with phone numbers?
I am generally a peaceful person, but I am so fed up with these calls that I really wish these telemarketing scammers dead. Just die already and do the world a favor, would you? Any violent types out there that can take care of this problem for us? ;-)
I am on the do not call list. These people keep calling me. I answer, but there is empty space. When I called back it would not put me through to anyone and eventually disconnected.