Sigh, yet another Mannesah Jordan number. This guy is absolutely the most annoying scammer ever. I have no idea how I ended up on his call list but I get 8-10 calls per week (and have for almost a year now). He calls from so many numbers that it makes blocking a bit cumbersome. I have reported dozens of his numbers to the FCC to no avail. Useless...
>> calls 10-12 times a week! <<
>> Got do we get this to stop? <<
Alexander Graham Bell (or, maybe Antonio Meucci) invented the telephone about 1875 (or 1854, if you like Antonio or are Italian).
A couple of decades later, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov performed many experiments with dogs. He eventually got a Nobel prize for (among other things) demonstrating "classical conditioning". Basically, he rang a bell before feeding his dogs, and watched them drool just before they ate. Eventually, the dogs drooled when the bell was rung, even if they were not fed.
Now, let us jump to today, and combine the works of those two (or three) scientists. Ring up Dick or Jane. Watch Dick or Jane drool as they pick up the phone, in response to the bell.
No, maybe not quite that bad, but Dick or Jane WILL (most likely) answer the phone, even if they do not know who is calling. In many cases, they will still answer the phone, even if their Caller ID shows a number that they know is a spammer's, or if they know they will get dead air.
So, are YOU as easily conditioned as were Pavlov's dogs?
Can YOU resist picking up the phone whenever it rings?
Or, can you let calls from unknown numbers go to your voicemail / answering service?
People who experience "pick up the phone" withdrawal symptoms may enjoy devices or apps made available in lots of helpful places. Google (or Bing, or Yahoo) "phone blocker". Try one ... you will like it ... AND you may soon stop drooling all over the mouthpiece of your phone.