I am on the Do Not Call List, which makes no difference whatsoever! IF our government has assigned personnel to this department, I can assure you they aren't doing their job! I get at least 5 to 7 calls per day. One that repeatedly calls has "1" as the caller ID name and no number. I've even answered some of these calls to give them a piece of my mind, but it's an automated caller, so there's nothing you can do about it.
One particular irritating and offensive call was a sales call (forget what they were selling) but, I called the # back and explained that I was on the Do Not Call List and I would appreciate them not calling any more. Instead of agreeing not to call again, I was cursed out. She said they would continue calling and harrassing me and there was nothing I could do about it. I then asked for her supervisor's name and she spelled it out F * * K You. I was so angry at this caller that I immediately filed a complaint with the Do Not Cal Service, then I did a reverse look up on the White Pages. Then I called the Sheriff's office in that particular town. He said that there wasn't a phone # with that prefix there. Then, one of the other deputies spoke up that he actually drove to that house to serve them after a friend of his received the same type of call, but there wasn't a street # that matched. He explained that these crooks get by with doing anything for that reason. They list a false address on the phone # they acquire, so there's no way to file criminal charges against them. Sad that our government doesn't stay ahead of criminals like that.
What you can do after answering, if you notice there is no one there, is to immediately start hitting your # button on the phone, 6 or 7 times as quickly as possible. This confuses the machine that dialed the call, and it kicks your number out of their system.. Gosh, what a shame not to have your name in their system any longer!!!
when I get a call from this number and answer it just says goodbye could this be part of the government checking on us? Or someone wanting to know if we are home?
Do you know who this could be?
Many have tried and all have failed to kill the enemy that lives inside a computer chip. Its hard to believe that the eggheads in the electronics industry are outsmarted by jerks nerds and crooks, foreign and domestic. The answer is to write a letter, listen to the radio, read a book. Throw your phone away, stow your computer and turn off your tv. It lovely, try it.