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.
got a call, didnt answer, sent a text to them 3 min later phone rang, i picked up all they did was breathe in the phone. so i wondered if they get texts? so now i am bombarding with text messages.
In voicemails they do not identify who they are, what the want, how to contact them back.... Normally I can just hear background office noises for like 9 seconds. This last one was 39 seconds of belching, coughing and some man talking about it being quiting time. Until just now I didnt have a clue what I who I was dealing with. This is horrible!
This company has been calling my minor son's cell. My wife and I have attempted to instruct them that the person they are seeking does not have this number & please remove his number from the database. The calls continue to come. Today the woman was extremely rude, yelling at my wife to "hurry up and get to the point!"