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.
Might better be careful about showing your phone no here. The company will not see it or if they do they would not act on it. But, it might subject you to other unwanted calls. Some telemarket or scams have internet spiders that do nothing but search the internet and on unprotected sites they harvest those phone numbers to scam or try to sell stuff to.
Not trying to be smart or bossy, I just know of that happening to someone, so I thought no harm in warning people.
They do the same thing to me. I don't pick up the home phone, then the cell phone rings. Last time my cell rang and it was the same number. I had the option to send a text message, so I did. It read, "EAT ME"
i sent a text to this phone number as well, and 3 min later my phone rang? so they can get text messages? also i picked up that time thinking it was someone who bought something from ebay, and all they did was breath in the phone?