I was selling something on craigslist and received texts from the same # (561 880 5850) wanting the item. I texted back saying item was already commited to another buyer who is picking up the next day. following day I received harassing texts saying they are reported me to craigslist, etc, etc Wanted me to screw someone I had spoken personally with for favor to texts from the # above
I got a call from 561-880-5850 on April 5, 2017 at 9:12 am, much earlier then telemarketers usually call. The caller did not leave a message even though my answering machine was on. My caller ID said, "Out of area," usually a sure sign of a telemarketer. Since I live in the 561 area code I'm not sure why my caller ID said, "Out of area." Don't legitimate businesses use their real name for their caller ID? I would think so. And don't they leave a message if the call was important enough to make in the first place? I have been on the federal Do Not Call list for over ten years, not that it does much good. There just seems to be no end to these annoying calls. Do they think someone on the Do Not Call list is going to buy anything? It's very unlikely so why telemarketers keep calling is a mystery to me. They also face a fine of $11,000 per call if they are convicted.
Believe it or not, I got my second call from 561-880-5850 at 9:37 am on April 5, 2017, twenty-five minutes after the first call. Same results as earlier.
Telemarketers sell things, hence the word "market" in the name. You are assuming that it was someone trying to sell you something which would be covered under the DNC. However, it could have been a survey call, political call, charity call, informative call, or a debt collector, none of which are covered under the DNC. In addition, crooks have found that it is a whole lot easier and safer to use modern technology to call people on the telephone to scam them. They can't be traced easily, and most are in foreign countries that do not recognize the fact that these people are stealing from Americans, nor do they care (most countries like India and Nigeria, and a few others actually get a part of the illegally gotten proceeds by accepting bribes to look the other way). Laws only affect those that will obey them, crooks will never obey laws, but the one thing that the DNC has done is prevented real telemarketers from calling you, so you immediately know that if someone is trying to sell you something, they are a crook.
I was selling something on craigslist and received texts from the same # (561 880 5850) wanting the item. I texted back saying item was already commited to another buyer who is picking up the next day. following day I received harassing texts saying they are reported me to craigslist, etc, etc Wanted me to screw someone I had spoken personally with for favor to texts from the # above