I get about 12 of these calls a week. It is incredibly annoying and distracting, taking me away from my work or interrupting much-needed sleep. Like the others, I simply cannot understand why these people cannot be shut down.
Called and hung up once it reached voicemail. Though it was right after talking to some potential scammer on Craigslist. Which has been a pattern lately on Craigslist and the numbers come from Washington state area. And have been Chryslix power company, some property management company, and now this possible home security system sales scam? I'm on Do not call list and reported the last ones as part of a sophisticated email+phone scam and spoofing hack job.
I get calls from this company nearly every day. They begin by saying 'Don't hang up. This is not a sales call. The FBI......' at which point I always hang up. Don't know what comes next. Finally learned how to block calls, but most of these companies each call from many different numbers. Saying it isn't a sales call, does it make it NOT a telemarketer. I believe this one sells security systems. It is just so disruptive to get 5 or 6 different sales calls durring the day. I work from home and have to disconnect from my work each time and then reconnect. I have called the proper department in the Federal Government about this particular caller and several others. Even though I am on the do-not-call list and also even though the government takes all my information each time, there ultimate answer is; 'there is nothing we can do other than we suggest just hanging up.'. I am guessing they must not get many of these calls at their homes. For myself, I am nearly at my wits end. If you dial the number back you get an automated system that requires you to press many menus and enter your 10-digit number. I have heard about scams that can allow you phone to be used by others with financial impact upon the phone owner. They say it will take 72 hours to remove the number. I have never been willing to input all the digits and numbers they require. I would rather talk to a live person but that is not an option.
I get calls from various 360 area code numbers from this same company. It's been happening for months. Every few days, another call. It's always a recorded message. I am on the do not call list, and so is everyone at this house. I block the number. Then they call from another number a few days later. I think I may install a device that screens all calls from that area code.