You can't stop these kinds of illegal calls. Don't pick up. let it go to answering machine. If you have a caller I.D do not pick up, it only serves to inform them that yours is a working number. There is nothing you can do, this person who is bilking millions from these scams has been fined and baned from certin states, he is not going to stop, so please just don't answer.
Comcast has selective call forwarding... I put these #'s in the list and send them to the Federal Trade Commission. If they can't stop them they can answer the calls. It also gets you off of lists pretty fast.
I understand the temptation to forward such calls to government agencies, but it really is a bad idea. Believe it or not, people have been arrested and charged with "interfering with a government office" based on similar telephone hijinks. Let me give you an alternative approach that is just as effective, and will not carry any risk of unintended consequences.
Go to www.google.com/voice and create a free Google Voice account. Record whatever "Official Greeting" you like, and forward them to it. Or, record an intercept message for them - I've linked some samples below.
Forwarding these numbers to some recording is useless - human on the other end will never hear it. All these numbers are dialed by computer/modem and computer hangs up on voicemail/pre-recorded messages.
I dont need money But if they want money from me I will be glad to look for some with them as I haven't found any yet !!!!! Perhaps if they would get a real job they would not have to bother people. But Merry Christmas to them all. I wont curse at them or belittle them But I wish them all the (*%+) (&(_)(&- and their Mother {(&_&%*&%4 89057855^%*%_--- Happy New year You _*%%( +_^% ^&%))&^)(*^=
Please let me know how happy this makes them I did press 1 but the girl said they did not call ?? GO FIGURE
I have repeatedly received calls from this & other co's. Uusally they do have an opt-out button to press, yet they stopped doing that. When I pressed 1 to be connected and they asked if I wanted to sign up, I said "NO, I WANT THESE CALLS TO STOP!" they hung up on me!! I then just called back the # & pressed 4 to opt out. Their message on my voicemail is the last part also. AAARRRGGGHHH!