800-736-7608 you mention is listed here: http://fa.smithbarney.com/facilityfiles/sb005 ... e479a56b512.pdf
Anthony M. Gallea
Managing Director-Wealth Management
Senior Portfolio Management Director
Smith Barney
7575 Pelican Bay Blvd. #1105
Naples, Florida 34108
1-800-736-7608
The only way to get these scammers to stop is to make it expensive. Always always always connect to the human operator. The call is transferred to some anonymous call center where real people who get paid real money work. Get them to stay on the line as long as possible. Robot dialers cost the scammers nothing to operate but every call transferred to a human costs them real cash. Human time cost money. Act happy, act pleased to have been given this opportunity to take advantage of whatever scam the robodialer offered, tell the operator to hold on while you go get your wallet and credit card then leave the phone on hold until they give up. This technique also works with the scam vacation prize robocalls. Make it expensive. Make them waste their time for a change! Fight Back! :)
I am SO sick of these calls. We have one credit card which we pay off every month. We aren't concerned about interest rates because they don't affect us.
One time I actually got to speak to a real person and told them I wanted off their list and I naively thought this would be the end of the calls.
Ha!
Still getting them.
Is there ANY way to stop them or do we just keep hanging up?