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.
A person from this number called and asked for my father's social security number...WTF? I don't think they are debt collectors, I think that they want to buy your car loan to re-finance. Either way they are persistent.
This is from Drive Time but they have yet to hire anyone who can speak decent English. They keep calling for someone I do not know. I asked to speak to someone who can talk decent English and they kept insisting I was the person they were looking for. I have since blocked them from my phone.
Santander is their name and pissing folks off is their game! I bought a new Chevy in '08 and the original lender was HSBC Finance. About 5 months ago HSBC sold all their car loans to the morons at Santander. Because of their BS user brutal web site and the staff's inability to speak the English language in a fluant fashion, I was late with a payment for the first time since I financed the car back in '08. If you are one of the unfortunate ones who was sold out to these rat b******s refinance as soon as you can.
received a call on Sunday, just got a new cell phone and number on Friday. This call cannot be for me. I registered my new number with the do not call registry on Sunday evening, hopefully this will stop the incoming calls.