I got tired of these calls so I put a whistle on my table by my chair. Then when I got one of these calls I would grab the whistle and blow it as hard as I could. I've had some that never got the idea and just kept on with their spiel. So now I just don't answer calls I don't recognize. I've placed all my phone #'s on the "Do Not Call List" but that doesn't seem to matter to any of these con artists. I have answered some and played with them, and if I can't understand the person I say so and hang up, then immediately place that number on my block list. I was getting calls from overseas so I contacted my provider and they put up a block of those numbers for me. I still got a few calls right after that but it would only ring twice then stop. Now I don't receive them at all. What a lot of these con artists are doing is routing their calls through a U.S. server, so it can look like the call is being made from a U.S. # or possibly even a local area code, which makes you believe its someone you might know and thus answer it. They use all kinds of tricks to try and fool you so beware. BTW I got a call from this number today, 5/19/16. I didn't answer, no voicemail, so they go on the block list.
They called me too, said I got a government grant, I told them I wasn't interested. They have now called 5 more times in less than an hour and just hang on the phone, then hang up. The 1st time they called, a phone number in California came up on my caller ID. Since then, the phone number is either "unknown caller", or all zero's. I am on the government "do not call" list and filed a complaint with them even though the constant calls is aggravating and I don't see a quick fix. You can't block a phone number that is all zero's. Calls seem to be coming from India, per the caller's accent. They must of gotten mad when I told them I knew it was a scam, like continually calling me is going to get me to buy into it! Said she was calling from the government, even though she could barely pronounce "government".
Just received a call from 323.741.3873. The have a foreign accent and claim to be ftom UNITED STATES TREASURY. Googled the number and it said it wasn't a valid number. This is a scam
I received one in Feb saying the same thing plus one yesterday. Claiming people are hacking in on my computer. The same number 323.741.3873 called yesterday wanting to work on my computer, today 323.741.3873 called again and this time ftom the UNITED STATES TREASURY.