Over the past months, I have consistently received hang-up calls from this phone number.
I have an answering machine which clearly directs all callers to identify themselves, and to include a reason for their calls. I also now FINALLY (!) have caller i.d., so when I see this particular phone number, I wait. I usually hear a [recorded?] man's voice saying "Hi," but then, once the outgoing message is finished, the caller has hung up. Very frustrating. Very invasive.
And whatever the service is that this company may be offering, their employees will never get any further with me UNTIL their callers do follow my answering machine's instructions.
I appreciate "Some Dude's" information (above) regarding hitting the "9" key. Since I never hear the rest of the recording, I've been unaware of that option, until now. So, when this company again calls my phone, and if I recognize the number, I'll most definitely hit "9" immediately.
I picked up the phone when it rang and this recording came on saying that President Obama had ordered mortgage companies to work with their clients in reducing their monthly mortgage payments. The recording stressed it was not a refinance or a new loan but some other kind of device that would help those to wanted a lower interest rate, couldn't afford their monthly payments, etc. etc. etc. It wrapped up by saying press 1 for more info or 2 to opt out (yeah, I've heard it all before about .... opting out just gets them to call you MORE). So I blocked these idiots to never have to deal with them again.
They never identified themselves by name, but the caller ID just identified the number as coming from Tacoma, WA. I don't think any self-respecting company would withhold their names. But it doesn't matter anyway since my philosophy is: if it looks like a rat, walks like a rat, and smells like a rat....it's a scam!!!
I've received it as well. As instructed via the recording, press number 9 during the message to be removed from the call list. It will hang up immediately. Of course, I've done that twice in a few months now. The caller ID is from a public PBX so the originator could be from anywhere.
Over the past months, I have consistently received hang-up calls from this phone number.
I have an answering machine which clearly directs all callers to identify themselves, and to include a reason for their calls. I also now FINALLY (!) have caller i.d., so when I see this particular phone number, I wait. I usually hear a [recorded?] man's voice saying "Hi," but then, once the outgoing message is finished, the caller has hung up. Very frustrating. Very invasive.
And whatever the service is that this company may be offering, their employees will never get any further with me UNTIL their callers do follow my answering machine's instructions.
I appreciate "Some Dude's" information (above) regarding hitting the "9" key. Since I never hear the rest of the recording, I've been unaware of that option, until now. So, when this company again calls my phone, and if I recognize the number, I'll most definitely hit "9" immediately.