To fight these scum you have to take action yourself.....the do not call list is a joke (the FCC and congressional politicians have proven to be lapdogs for big business telemarketers and is now moving to give them and big media priority fast lane access to the internet.....the FCC chairman is (surprise) a former telecom lobbyist. If you do not have a call blocking feature (or run out of space), do yourself a favor and get a call blocker, and just plug it in to your phone line.....it will be the best money you ever spent.....lots of them out there, check Amazon,Google and Fleabay. I got a device called Pro Call Blocker last year and it only costs around $50. It stores up to 1500 or so numbers and uses caller ID. Just scroll thru the incoming call list and hit the blacklist button for the spam ones and presto, no more rings on calls from this number (you can also manually enter numbers to block, entire area codes or all out of area numbers). It logs all calls in or out. If you get this one, be sure to get the latest version (last I looked it was 2.2). There is also another similar device called T-lock blocker which looks similar and came out late last year. Phone line is pretty quiet now as there are no repeat calls (although a lot of these spammers have multiple numbers so you have to block each one as they come in). Note there are plenty of other ones out there that may work better or are cheaper, so get yourself a device and post back a review of its effectiveness to help the rest of the anti-spam community here and other sites.
I don't answer callers I don't recognize. They didn't leave a message.
The caller used a CallerID4U Landline which is typical of a Washington State scam like Card Services.
Using *67 to call back there is a generic message about pressing 1 to be removed from their list. No company name is mentioned. Don't do it! It only verifies your number for more telemarketer abuse.
Called our DNC registered landline on
08/19/2014 @ 12:08 PM from Silverdale, WA. No message was left.
We don't answer callers we don't know. We set voicemail to pick up on 5 rings. Since robo-callers disconnect in 4 or fewer rings there's no wasted time with telemarketer voicemail. Also, our number is not verified as voicemail didn't pick up while line was open.
To fight these scum you have to take action yourself.....the do not call list is a joke (the FCC and congressional politicians have proven to be lapdogs for big business telemarketers and is now moving to give them and big media priority fast lane access to the internet.....the FCC chairman is (surprise) a former telecom lobbyist. If you do not have a call blocking feature (or run out of space), do yourself a favor and get a call blocker, and just plug it in to your phone line.....it will be the best money you ever spent.....lots of them out there, check Amazon,Google and Fleabay. I got a device called Pro Call Blocker last year and it only costs around $50. It stores up to 1500 or so numbers and uses caller ID. Just scroll thru the incoming call list and hit the blacklist button for the spam ones and presto, no more rings on calls from this number (you can also manually enter numbers to block, entire area codes or all out of area numbers). It logs all calls in or out. If you get this one, be sure to get the latest version (last I looked it was 2.2). There is also another similar device called T-lock blocker which looks similar and came out late last year. Phone line is pretty quiet now as there are no repeat calls (although a lot of these spammers have multiple numbers so you have to block each one as they come in). Note there are plenty of other ones out there that may work better or are cheaper, so get yourself a device and post back a review of its effectiveness to help the rest of the anti-spam community here and other sites.