You are right, the only "option" you get by pressing 1 or 3 or 666 is that you get more calls. And talking to to them is worse on a lot of levels. You might look into a call blocker for Mom? Good Luck!
3:46 P.M. CST on July 8, 2016. Spoofed number from Moorland, IA.
These scumbags called my mother and promised to lower her credit card interest rate, insisting that she press 1 to speak to a live person and not giving her any other option to, say, opt out of their calling cycle--not that they'd honor it in the first place, as far as I'm concerned, but that's beside the point. She replied by telling them that they'd been harassing her (It had been the ninth time, apparently, albeit from different numbers.) and threatening to turn them in to the authorities if they didn't take her phone number off their contacts list. Their response: hanging up on her. Classy, I know...
If you get a call from this number, folks, avoid answering it at all costs. The people on the other end don't deserve your time in the slightest.
You are right, the only "option" you get by pressing 1 or 3 or 666 is that you get more calls. And talking to to them is worse on a lot of levels. You might look into a call blocker for Mom? Good Luck!