The DNC list does not automatically block calls. Instead, it provides a list of "do not call" phone numbers to legitimate telemarketers who pay a fee for the list.
The DNC list exempts political callers, survey organizations, charities and companies with preexisting business relationships, but these organizations might have their own, internal Do Not Call list (ask them).
The DNC list is not effective against criminals, spammers and scammers, because those people do not subscribe to the DNC list, and do not care if you are on or off that list.
Its purpose is to stop calls from legitimate telemarketers, and it does a pretty good job at that.
Here is your reading assignment:
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resource ... try/enforcement
Learn how to handle scam, spam and other repeated, obnoxious phone calls.
Visit this site to see how other 800notes posters solved their problems.
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/
got robocall from 406-832-5847 caller ID said "WISE RIVE MT" on Wednesday 03-26-14 @ 923 AM
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This time the message said it was from "Denise Miller from Card Member Services" (they have used that name previously on other spoofed numbers)......because of the stimulus...blah....blah......press 1 to speak to Customer Service or press 3 to be removed.
So pressed 1 and no response it was like "dead air".
Interestingly enough my portable 'time for that call' was still increasing - so hung up.
Averaging at least 4 SCAM calls per day plus SCAM calls represent almost 70% of inbound calls.
Absolutely amazed that my Phone Co. can't do a thing except offer me Call Blocking Service that I would have to pay.
got robocall from 406-832-5847 caller ID said "WISE RIVER MT" on Thursday 03-27-14 @ 107 PM.
Previous Call from this number was on on Wednesday 03-26-14 @ 923 AM.
Appears to be a daily call from these bottom feeders.
This call was from the Scumbag SCAMMERS = Card Member Services.
Picked up phone and did not say anything. No recording came on. So listened until it went into disconnect mode.
I have seen lots of advice not to answer these calls, but I'm here to say that just doesn't work. Seems that when you don't answer they call many more times a day, and do the calls daily. I didn't answer the calls for 6 months, and there were a bunch of them. I then started to hit the "Remove Me" key after I answered, and that at least slowed down the number of calls I got per week. I did that for around 6 months, and I also filed a complaint to that the Do Not Call . gov site, and that is as worthless as not answering the phone, and hitting the "Remove Me" number that changes from call to call.
After than I would hit the number that was said to be the customer service rep, and asked them to Remove Me. That slowed it down to only 3 or 4 times a week, and I still turned them in to the DNC site. After a year of that, I started to call the FTC and the FCC, and place my complaint on the phone. Told them that 2 years of putting up with this is not acceptable, and they needed to figure out something better. They said that I can file a complaint with them online also along with the DNC site. So I did that for another year.. Right now as it stands it's been almost 6 years of unwanted calls, and I got another one just a few minutes ago. I now answer the phone with, "Just wanted to know how the Al Qaeda fund raiser is going" .. I get a lot of strange answers to that question, and even called the FTC and FCC with a question as to how the NSA is going to protect us when they can't even stop the Al Qaeda fund raisers going on all the time.. So far I don't think they really care about American's being ripped off regardless, of where this money is going.. You know some people must be falling for this as I can't imagine them putting up with people like me on the phone without making some money from it.
The DNC list does not automatically block calls. Instead, it provides a list of "do not call" phone numbers to legitimate telemarketers who pay a fee for the list.
The DNC list exempts political callers, survey organizations, charities and companies with preexisting business relationships, but these organizations might have their own, internal Do Not Call list (ask them).
The DNC list is not effective against criminals, spammers and scammers, because those people do not subscribe to the DNC list, and do not care if you are on or off that list.
Its purpose is to stop calls from legitimate telemarketers, and it does a pretty good job at that.
Here is your reading assignment:
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resource ... try/enforcement
Learn how to handle scam, spam and other repeated, obnoxious phone calls.
Visit this site to see how other 800notes posters solved their problems.
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/