I have gotten multiple calls from that number but I never hear it ring. I always see later that I have multiple missed calls and they're all from the same number. I don't have the list from the days before but on 10/19 it was 7:50 pm, 10/20 it was 7:39 pm and on 10/21 I had two calls-8:25 pm and 6:41 pm. This cell phone # is on the do not call list. I think that list needs to be revamped.
Someone from this number calls several times a day and they hang up after they say something unintelligible. The first time they called they claimed to be doing a political survey, now it is just random harassment phone calls.
Notice the initials of the company which are made to order deceit and trickery "SSI" as in "social security income". It is easy to see how this all takes shape. The idea is to get by your defenses. Multiply you times a thousand, ten thousand etc. How to do this? Easy, call the consumer and have the call letters show up on the phone as SSI- many, many people will answer. Be deceptive, perhaps saying that you're calling from SSI and ask quick questions. The consumer may answer several before they realize you're not official, government but if they complain you throw your hands up and say (to the Feds) "were not selling anything we're exempt from the DNC." The especially nasty part of this treachery is that because someone is on the DNC list they figure they could not possibly be called by a telemarketer. Regardless of the garbage they throw this is a means of defeating the attempt to protect consumers.
To complete the picture politicians are delighted with themselves when it comes to toothless consumer laws. They can hit their opponents over the head with all that they are doing for their constituents and at the same time accept "legal" donations to their reelection campaigns from lobbyists desperately seeking to water down these bills before they become law.
Consider who wins-the politician has a clear and lucrative path for reelection. It's by no means a deal clincher but where else can you get votes, money and hit your opponent where it hurts? The consumer, of course, wonders what went wrong in that he's getting calls when he has DNC.
A fitting solution would be subjecting these corporate pirates to a little of their own medicine.
This appears to be Survey Sampling International, you can check them out at surveysampling.com If you do not wish to speak with these people and you have the ability to block numbers, then you will want to block the following:
From their website: SSI (www.surveysampling.com) is the premier global provider of sampling, data collection and data analytic solutions for survey research, reaching respondents in 78 countries via Internet, telephone, mobile/wireless and mixed-access offerings. Additionally, SSI staff operates from 26 offices in 18 countries, to offer CATI, questionnaire design consultation, programming and hosting, online custom reporting and data processing. SSI serves more than 3,000 clients worldwide.
[***] bull [***]. Number goes to a t-mobile switch. Cant get any further than that. T-mobile and cingular have a security issue for this kind of [***]. Especially with SMS bots. I have some ability but not able trace. Told the [***] that this was a Biz phone for local GOV. Dude on the other end scrambled to remove number from calling list. I have a Cell number in Calif and if we receive a 'spam' call we can report it and get out $$ back,. This could be a pre-paid connection as is possible. Still researching since I have my hand deep in the telecom world.