Another junk call - didn't recognize number so didn't answer. Caller ID just said Delaware. No message left. Call on cell phone. Suddenly I am getting tons of calls on my cell phone. Lots of good the do not call list does!!
I do something totally different and my rate of blockage is probably 99%. Well I still get the calls but only one time. I researched and found a way to stop these calls by placing a simple SIC code on my voice mail greeting. Everyone should be familiar with what a SIC code is. Ever call a number and get that three tone beep and then a recorded voice of a woman says "The number you have dialed has been disconnected...." Well that three tone beep at the beginning is the SIC code. How it works is most the scammers are using a computerized dialer to call numbers. The dialer is programmed to listen for several things. Either an actual person saying "Hello" or the SIC code. If it gets the SIC code, it hangs up and deletes that number from the calling list because it thinks the number is a non-working number.
Since I work from home, I know what calls come into my house every day. It is rare to get a call from these idiots. But when I do, I just let it go to voice mail, the SIC tone plays and then my voice plays right after telling the caller I cannot get to the phone, yada yada yada. I write down the number and have it right there on my desk. In two years, I have had only one number call back again.
SIC codes are easy to find and download. Just download one, then re-record your voicemail greeting. But this time, when you are ready to record the new greeting, Play the SIC code through your speakers first while holding your phone close by and then say your greeting. I have been very happy ever since