I'm the first? Well, surely won't be the last. I just received (on my Do-Not-Call state and national listed mobile phone) a call, robo-initiated, the recording which I hung up on saying in a cheerful voice, "Hi, this is Sherrie from Google Advertising". The Caller ID did not mention Google or Sherrie, but a deception: call from the (something) area - maybe Plainview or something similar, with which I'm totally unfamiliar. Weirdly, after blocking and reporting this number as a do-not-call violator (Google being about as big and bad as it gets!), the caller ID no longer displayed the first id (location) but simply says "mobile". They've got great technology, horrid ethics at Google (especially, you'd think, from the "don't do evil" company!) Spam!!
Just got a call from this Google Advertising about my company. So I played along. I asked "so I have a company? News to me, do you know what it's called?" He said "why are you giving me attitude?" I said "if I have a company you should know what it is right?" He said he "was supposed to ask the questions." I said "oh like what my bank account number is and all my other important information so you can steal my identity and take my money." He said "no we don't do that we are a company." I asked "what is your company, you must have a name right?" He replied "well I don't need to take this".
And I replied "And neither do I."
Business numbers are not covered by the Do Not Call regulations, only residential and personal cell phones. All complaints about DNC calls to a business line are discarded as invalid.
Wow! Great come backs. Good for you. I just got another phone call from this number. This phone number calls my cell repeatedly but I have a phone blocker app, from google play store no less, that blocks many of these calls. I see the call and number on the cell phone but the phone doesn't ring. But people are responding to these calls or these companies would go out of business.
I got a call from this number but they hung up before I could even pick up my phone. Normally I answer calls within my area code but they didn't even leave a message. Confusing!