This phone number calls me incessantly on a daily basis!!!!! I want it to STOP!!! They say that I should press one if there is a Robert here and two if there is not a Robert here. I do this, and then they say that they will call back later. I have asked them not to call back and they still do!!! How do I get them to stop???
Have you considered obtaining a call blocking device, app, or phone? Google (or your favorite search engine) IS your friend!
Realize that the Do Not Call list is NOT a call blocker!
Here are some tried and true methods for reducing or eliminating repeated spam / scam phone calls:
1. Do not answer the phone if you see an unknown number on your Caller ID ... let it go to answering machine or voicemail. Many telescammers hang up after three or four rings.
2. If you have a smartphone, get one of the inexpensive or free phone blocker apps at your online app store, and learn how to use it.
3. If your cell is not "smart", read the manual to learn how to set up a "group". Assign the scammer's phone number to that group. Also assign a "silent ring" to that group. You will not hear future calls from that number.
3a. Alternately, assign a "silent ringtone" as the DEFAULT ringtone. Then, assign your favorite ringtones to friends, family, contacts, businesses, etc. That way, you will not hear your phone ring, even if the scammer changes numbers! (Disadvantage: if you forget to whitelist somebody, you won't hear their calls, either)
4. For cell phones or landlines: Contact your phone service provider. They may have a facility or method to allow you to block numbers.
5. If you buy things online, you might want to google "phone blocker" to see what devices or apps Amazon or other sites have to offer for landlines or smartphones.
6. DO NOT call unknown numbers back without checking who called (800notes is your friend)! All that does is verify your number is "live". Instead, read this:
http://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/one-ring-cel ... ing-your-wallet
If you want to report potential fraudulent or scam calls, here are two pages of links to (mostly government) sites in Canada and the USA were you can report those scams, or learn more about them.
Look here first:
http://800notes.com/arts/I2neMkbUAAo/where-to-report-phone-crime
If the reporting site you wanted is not in the above list, try this one:
http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites.html
Please reply to this post, to let us know you read it, or will try some of the suggested methods.
New phone number from Ely NV. Always hangs up before answering machine ends. Calls received so far are: January 21 was at 512 pm and 840 pm from 775.235.4749, Ely or McGill NV.
First call hang up on January 22 at 420 pm from same one as before, second call hang up at 510 pm, third at 642 pm, fourth at 728 pm. January 23 first call at 1210 pm, second at 150 pm, third at 340 pm, fourth at 415 pm. Theoretically it should be a political survey call - but may not be since Ely is way out east in nowhere. Do not pick up, do not call back, do not interact. You keep them in business when you do as they are "paid" for "live" numbers. This number is the first one that have been getting the calls three and four times a day. Reminder elderly and impaired: do NOT answer the phone unless you hear who it is or know the phone number. Ever.
Calls 5-8 times daily all this week, they do not leave a message. They call all hours. Picked up once yesterday cause I was tired of the phone ringing, got a recording (something about a survey) and I hung up. I'm not going to listen to a recording.