I think most people who use 800notes know that the DNC Registry is pretty worthless for controlling calls like these. My phone has a 250-number blocking capacity and it's filling up fast.
Defenders of the DNC Registry--and there appear to be a few of them, likely government employees--say that telemarketing calls have fallen off sharply since the establishment of the registry. That's only true if you count large major legitimate businesses, who are the only ones who obey the law.
I receive more calls than ever, from solar energy salespeople, credit card "interest-lowerers", fake Microsoft technical people, lawn service companies, exterminators, sellers of fake extended warranties, phony IRS agents, mortgage brokers, air conditioning repair companies, and just about everyone else. Such calls are illegal but the FTC does nothing and never will do anything. Complaints just vanish without any action being taken by any government agency. It's pretty sickening, but that's government "efficiency" for us taxpayers.
Scammers call all combinations of numbers and hope they get an answer. They use a computer that can dial very fast. Doesn't matter if it's a cell or landline, they don't care about laws. I used to pay for an unlisted number but it became worthless. When I called the phone company to have that feature removed, they agreed that it wasn't effective against the current telemarketing tactics.
Called my cell but they must have hung up before the voice mail system kicked in. I didn't even get an alert that I had a message, which is unusual for scammers. Usually I get a hangup, but nothing at all from this one.
Just got the call. I pressed 1 when prompted and got a foreign guy stating that he wanted to lower the interest rate on my MC or Visa. I asked which one and he replied Capital One. He hung up when I told him I didn't own a Capital One CC. Scam, Scam, Scam!