Great info.
Called Mr Cohen and he actually picked up his cell himself, not voicemail.
He seemed to be a decent guy. Talked to him for about 10 minutes.
He is bothered that he pays a company to provide him a list of valid (not on do not call list) numbers that his business can legally call, and he gets about 90% good numbers and 10% bad ones (numbers listed on do not call list). He has changed companies 10 times and they all lie. Once he got a list and 50% were bad numbers. So as a business I understand his side, and genuinely want to solve the problem of his side of this vicouse cycle of madness.
I don't mind getting a call every once in a while even though I am registered on the do not call registers, however when I do pick up the phone, or even bother to call them back to see who it is, there is never anyone there...I don't get it. So now I am more annoyed that I get 10 calls a day, leaving 10 hang ups, and I can't make them stop.
Called on Sunday morning at 10:00 AM. I didn't pick up because the number was not known and the Caller ID showed "out of area". I called the number and got a recording that the "number was not in service". I suspect a scammer/telemarketer.
I just received a call from this number at 2:08 pm today. They hung up when my machine came on. Caller ID showed "California" which in my experience is an ID that comes through when I'm called by some local cell phones. The post above seems to indicate that the number is spoofed. Telescammers are trying to get sneakier by spoofing numbers that appear to be local to those they call. Not gonna work on me. I don't answer ANY number that I don't recognize.
Called at 0900 today. She identified herself as 'Briana' and said she was trying to call me 'for months' to see if I wanted any work done on my home. I asked if she were a criminal scammer and she hung up.
CID: "Hawthorne CA"
Called at 9:30am Sunday. Caller claimed to be following-up on a previous call where we supposedly asked him to call back regarding home improvement work - a total lie.