Here's the answer to all our prayers. I found this on a site I posted a telemarketer's number at. I tried it and it WORKS! I put the tones at the beginning of my phone greeting about three months ago and in the last three weeks have had "ZERO" calls. Whover posted that "THANK YOU, THANKI YOU". Here's what I found:
Telemarketers almost exclusively use autodialers to make their calls. One out of a thousand will have live reps doing the dialing. When these dialers connect (you answer the phone) they first listen for any tones generated. If no tones are detected they then transfer the call to one of the reps in a call center. If the autodialer hears the 3 beeps from dialing a "DISCONNECTED" number, the number that was just dialed is automatically "REMOVED" from their list. Below is a link that has this tone plus the verbal message. You DO NOT need the verbal message. Download or copy the "DISCONNECTED" MP3 or WAV file to your desktop. Create or change the greeting you have when someone calls you and you're not available. At the VERY BEGINNING of your message place the 3 tones (NOT THE VOICE MESSAGE) then continue with your usual or normal greeting. The autodialer will hear the tones and BINGO, your number will be removed since they think it's a disconnected number. DONE. In a few weeks you will be removed from all or most of the lists. Of course you may have to explain the tones to the callers you DO want to speak to but that's a small tradeoff. Pass this info on to anyone you know that gets junk calls or even help post this on these websites. If you continue getting calls after reading this, it's your "OWN" fault! END JUNK CALLS.
Called my office phone twice today, hung up after 1st ring each time.
I was still reading the caller ID display on phone when they (or their robot dialler) hung up before I answered.
My office phone displayed 214-540-2035 as caller ID.
They keep calling me. Even woke me up early in the morning a few times. They keep asking for someone I have never even heard of. It's so annoying! And once thier people call again, im gonna wait for them to say something or try to get me to do something illegal I'm calling thm right up and demending to talk to their legal department. Problem solved. I hope.
They called me looking for an ex-boyfriend of 3 years ago that i had no joint accounts with.
They were calling my WORK PHONE number, calling 5-10x's a day, and for the 1st week would just h/u when i'd answer, then finally ONE time, some guy demanded to talk to my ex, I explained this is MY BP# and how did they get my information..... he then h/u on me!