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.
isnt there a law about how late in the evening they can call you? my husband worked at a collection agency when we were in college and he was told never to call after 9pm or the company could be fined $10,000. I am getting calls way past that from these darn people! i refuse to answer if they cant leave me a message and tell me what the heck they are harrassing me about.
I called the number back. A guy answered a said that there was no way for him to know who or why they are calling me, but he thought that since I don't have an account with them, they maybe conducting an investigation on someone that listed me as a reference.
That is bullsh*t!!! they are lying. That is not how debt collectors work. If you owe a debt and they are trying to collect on it as long as they contact you and speak to you or vise versa they can continue to harrass you. If you can avoid them and not speak to them or answer their calls then after a certain amount of time has gone by and no contact then they can't get their money from who hired them to collect it. They have been calling me every hour or like yesterday 5 times in an hour becuz i made the mistake of answering and they asked for my husband and i told them to not call our home anymore and to contact him my mail only. So, they took that as a reason to harrass us more. And, with my health and anxiety and panic attack that I have they are making it worse for me. So, I am looking into seeing if I have a case against them for that reason.