They've started calling me with the Tea Party ID. It is so regular for scammer's to call here, that I usually unplug the phone for the whole day unless I really need it on for a short while. I'm paying $50.00 a month for the privilege of being called by scammers every day all day. I've decided that I'm going to start saying the freakiest and scariest things I can think of to these agents of Satan just for some payback.
I called the number back and got an automated voice. It offered the option to dial "0" to be added to their "do not call" list, which I did. It asked me to give my ten-digit phone number, which I did, and then it said my data had been captured and that my number would stop being called within 48 hours.
This is the best out come - getting it to stop without having to argue or discuss it with a real person. Now let's see if it works.
All you did was confirm they have a live number! Best thing to do is not answer those calls. I turn my phone on and off within seconds. So far that has worked to slow the calls almost to a stop. If it doesn't connect fully, its not getting a live phone number! Though I did earlier on connect to some of the live folks and blast them with a whistle for awhile also, which helps.