The best thing to do is not answer - period. Block the call if you can. But once you answer they know they have a good number. Asking them to put you on their do not call list is a joke. If they were legitimate and you are on the national DNC list they wouldn't call in the first place.
Called our DNC registered landline on
10/07/2014 @ 05:16 PM from Frederick, MD. No message was left.
I have Blacklisted this number. If this number calls again it will be registered to Caller ID history, but the phone will never ring.
This is the second scam call in 2 days from different states for an alert device. Must mean being 29+ makes you part of the geriatric generation.
I can not believe the scum that called me! Every foul word imaginable came from him and I hung up. He called again and I did not answer and placed a call-block on the number. The number appeared on the caller I.D. as V1008111 followed by the 240-397-5331.
(240) 397-5331 Robo call recorded 08 October 2014 ("Protect against falls or sudden cardiac arrest...free medical alert alarm..." SCAM)
Caller ID: "Frederick MD"
Also called recently from: (586) 231-3657 | (321) 332-6561
Not sure where they found this low class voice over (love the way she can't pronounce 'button'), but a feeble attempt to use scare tactics ("...accident, fall or sudden cardiac arrest...") to push their "free" medical alert system..
Of course they ignore the Federal Do Not Call list, which certainly tells us something about their business ethics, doesn't it?
Here is a transcript of this "free Medical alert" offer:
[me:] Hello?
[they:] "...in case of a slip and fall accident or sudden cardiac arrest you may not be able to reach your phone to call for help. Don't be another victim lying helplessly on the floor. Get a free medical alert system and help can be reached with a single press of the buh-uhn twenty four hours a day. For your health, safety and peace of mind get your free medical alert system if you act now by pressing 1. Press 5 to be removed but to be protected twenty four hours per day, seven days per week, press 1 now. [7 second pause] "Good bye.".
[At least they didn't say "...laying on the floor..." Gotta give them credit for this, lol.]
Thanks to Google Voice ( www.google.com/voice ) you can hear the recording on my Spam Calls web page:
Previously Blacklisted number called our DNC registered landline on 10/08/2014 @ 05:47 PM from Frederick, MD. Caller ID shows V10081747100043. Last time it showed Frederick, MD. Ringer was silenced by my phone.