Phone has rung in the last two days 19 times...even on sunday and as late as 9 pm...no one there...no message ever left and when I call back...phone disconnected. It is sooo frustrating...they can call me, but I cannot harrass them back.
Phone has rung in the last two days 19 times...even on sunday and as late as 9 pm...no one there...no message ever left and when I call back...phone disconnected. It is sooo frustrating...they can call me, but I cannot harrass them back.
Quote: I call back.
Why did you call the unknown caller back?
If the call was from a legitimate source, they would (most likely) have left a message on your answering device or voicemail.
If the call was from a scammer, calling back merely did one or more of the following:
* Verified your phone number, and that it would be answered by a human.
* Possibly incurred international calling charges (some scammers are located in Jamaica [876] and other overseas locations)
* Bothered somebody not associated with the scam - scammers can spoof what you see on the Caller ID!
* If the call was from a telemarketer, your call to them could be interpreted as starting a "business relationship", so the telemarketer could legally continue to call you!
* Added your phone number to a list that is sold or shared among scammers of various types, so even more would try to call you.
* And, if you argued with the caller, or otherwise irritated them, they might decide to spoof YOUR number in future calls, so YOU would get irate callbacks from other people.
Instead of calling back, either ignore the call or get a call blocker to prevent further calls from that number! (Remember, the DNC list can stop or limit calls from legitimate telemarketers ... but not from telescum).
Want more information? You may have been exposed to one of the scams described here:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/facts.html
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I do not answer calls from persons or CID's I do not recognize. I blocked this caller when the caller did not leave a message.
They called again. Either the caller is stupid and does not recognize the call is blocked or it is a robo call from an automatic dialer.
I do remember reading about SIT code that will remove telephone number from an automatic dialer database. I am going to record it on my answering machine
This number 772 590 1409 keeps calling. I don't recognize # so I don't pick up. It goes to voicemail on my answering machine. I am ignoring it. They have called MANY times over the course of the week. I think they will figure out eventually that we will not pick up the phone. Sometimes I disconnect the phone in mid ring and reconnect again. :P