Received this call and did not answer as I knew it was a robo call from some political organization...tomorrow is election day. Once the caller could not get me to answer from 5680, he called from 5548. Still didn't make me answer.
Caller Id said "LOCAL CALL" which the 857 area code is NOT local to us; we are in WESTERN Massachusetts, some 150 miles from the source of these calls.
Have gotten a SLEW of these calls in the past three months.
I pick up/hang up immediately to break the call and 'confuse' the robodialer.
Have been getting a ton OF "857" Area Code calls over the last 3 months. Most say "Out of Area" but today THIS number said "LOCAL CALL" which is a BIT FAT LIE - this is a LONG DISTANCE CALL. Other HARASSING NUMBERS of late: 857-444-5292; 857-444-8875; 857-574-0621; 857-776-3089; AND 857-963-4857. **ALL** of these were UNWANTED CALLS. I called THIS number BACK today and got an UNIDENTIFIED message that said "We called to ask you questions about taxes. If this call disturbed you, we apologize." Since we are in the midst of a special election and this is a FAVORITE TACTIC OF the **REPUBLICAN PARTY** (UNIDENTIFIED CALLS from NUMEROUS TELEMARKETING NUMBERS) I suspect this is the work of REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE for US Senate, **GABRIEL GOMEZ** and his ILK.
I received a call on my DNC listed phone this afternoon at 1343 hours. Some woman with a heavy Southern drawl started saying about calling from Planned Parenthood, or something to that effect. I just quietly disconnected. I assume they were looking for donations but, as a non-breeder, I was not interested.