I too got call today 7/31/2013 at 6pm. I did not answer, and caller did not leave message on answering machine. I am on the DO NOT CALL LIST, and an getting calls from all over the world. Thought the list
would stop that but getting more calls than ever before.
The Do Not Call list applies solely to callers offering the sale of goods or services and then only if you have not done business with the company during the past 18 months. No other type of calls are covered. The majority of nuisance calls fall under one of the various exempt categories or are from scammers and scofflaws. That pretty much tells you any sales calls you do receive are from companies that you would never want to do business with anyway. Reporting the calls seems like it does not do anything but the truth is, it takes lots of complaints and a significant amount of time to investigate and build a case against violators. In addition, there isn't enough money in the entire Federal budget to investigate and go after each and every violator so only those with the most complaints even get looked at. There is also the issue or more and more violators using off shore call centers and VOIP phone services that permit them to display fake numbers that cannot be called back making identifying the caller to charge with a violation very hard and expensive.
This particular caller appears to be in one of the exempt categories, soliciting for donations for a charitable organization.
Then doesn't this translate to the fact that the DNC list is basically useless? Is the American public powerless to harassing calls that invade our privacy in our own homes? We've put a man on the moon, but we can't control who enters our homes via nuisance calls.. short of removing the phone from your life. Very discouraging that this has to be tolerated, like it or not.
Received a phone call from this number today at noon and it was a man claiming to be soliciting donations for the sheriff's dept. I told him to just send me the info in the mail. I'm hoping this will get them to stop calling.
It is for a union........They are very misleading in how they present themselves, they will never tell you on the phone that they are Union.......but the paperwork they send has union on it.