I was told that organizations asking for donations are exempt from from DNC list. My phone #'s have been on the DNC list for several years and I do not get telemarketer calls. Organizations asking for money...I do get those calls.
They are correct, charities, market surveys with no solicitation for sale of goods or services, political calls and collection agencies are all exempt from using the DNC list to screen numbers to be called. And of course scammers never cared about any laws to begin with.
Caller ID said "Cell Phone WA." I was expecting a call, so I picked up without checking the caller ID first. [Note to self -- DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!] :-) Anyway, it was a recorded message telling me that I had been selected (Wheee!) to receive an alarm system. I hung up before she even finished that sentence. SO IRRITATING!