I had to answer this note. My husband passed away three tears ago the first of November, So I am also a widow.
The caller hangs up after 4 rings so I never spoke to him/it . When I tried to call back the number is NOT is service.
I had my phone number unlisted [ landline] and how can you add to Do Not Call when the number ""IS NOT IN USE""
My daughter gave a cell phone so most of the family and emergency calls are on the cell phone.
Ellie ~ I know exactly how you feel being alone makes the "asinine" calls. My husband traveled quite a bit so sometimes it dulls the pain of the corrupt a$$e$ that make the calls. You will be in my thoughts with good wishes. Also ~REALLY amazing about our names being so much akin.
Stan,
The DNC will only work with legitimate, law abiding telemarketers. These scammers are NOT legitimate; they are crooks, plain and simple!
This particular number is most likely the "medic alert" scammers looking to sell you some sort of worthless medical alert system. I have them using 3 other numbers that begin with 212-662-XXXX. The calls are more than likely coming from overseas somewhere. probably India. These scammers can spoof any number they want, and we seem powerless to stop them.
Since the DNC is a joke, the only other way to block these annoying calls is to buy a call blocking system. I bought one a few months ago for $40 and it works great. The first call from them will ring my phone, but then I put that number on the "black list" and I'm never bothered by that number again. I already have 166 numbers on my black list. You should look into getting one of these.
We keep getting calls from 212 6662 8720 about a senior device. It asks if you want to opt out press 9. I have done this many times only to keep getting calls. Today I pressed 1 only to get a very rude person that huung up as I was asking to remove me from their list!. This is very annoying!