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Modern technology has given telespammers the tools to call you.
Lawbreaking telescammers ignore both the Do Not Call list and any request you might make.
Modern technology can also protect you, if YOU do a few simple things!
The most effective thing to do is to get a call blocking device, service or app.
Then, use it correctly.
Google "call blocker" for more information. There are available apps (some free) for smart phones, and services and devices for landlines.
If you cannot use or afford such a tool, then:
• Do not answer calls from unknown numbers ... let them go to voicemail or answering service. Telespammers usually hang up after 3 or 4 rings.
• Do NOT return calls from unknown numbers! All that does is verify your phone number, and make it more valuable to more spam groups! And, in some cases, those return calls may cost $20 or more to complete. If the incoming call was important, they would have left a message!
• If you have a "dumb" cell phone, assign the scammer's number to a group named "scam" (or similar). Then, assign a silent ringtone to that group. (This also works for smartphones). The spammer will usually hang up before the phone goes to voicemail.
• Another option, for cell phones: Assign a "silent ringtone" as DEFAULT. Then, assign your favorite ringtones to all known friends / family / business numbers. That way, you will hear rings ONLY from those you wish to contact! You will not hear scammers' rings, even if they change their number! (This is also called "whitelisting", and will cause you to miss calls from non-whitelisted numbers).
If you want to report potential fraudulent or scam calls, here are two pages of links to (mostly government) sites in Canada and the USA were you can report those scams, or learn more about them.
Look here first:
http://800notes.com/arts/I2neMkbUAAo/where-to-report-phone-crime
If the reporting site you wanted is not in the above list, try this one:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites.html
I have seen this number numerous times on my caller ID. This morning it called shortly after I got up, so decided to pick up the call. Was told I had won 4 days 5 nights to Disney World, with all accommodations paid for. Then asked if I was at least 28 years old and had a credit/debit card. I stayed on the line to get a 'real' person then told them "This is a telemarketing call. I am on the Do Not Call Registry. And do NOT effin call me again". As I was hanging up the phone I heard the person say "what?"
I feel your pain Todd. It does no good to register on the "do not call" list. I think the telemarketers have access to the list and use it to make their calls. Whoever is in charge of "the list" has probably sold it many times over. It all comes down to money or sex. I don't care who you are. Nothing is sacred anymore. Especially our private home numbers.