Wake up and smell the roses. Do you really believe they are calling from 914-595-4540 in Yonkers NY? They could be anywhere in the world, they are scammers and do not care anything about DNC. If you don't recognize the number, do not answer. If you answer, hang up. Do not talk to them, do not call back. And, do not push 5 to be taken off; all you have done is confirm the number their computer just dialed is valid.
Doug, first of all please do not insult NY , second use your God given brain and follow a logical course of thinking, this forum consists of people whom receive the same scam calls as yourself and we post here to share information and any warnings regarding the callers. If you change your area code, you will find that you would contacted by these scammers any way and NY area codes aren't the only ones targeted.
Do you really think that there would be a problem with continuous scam calling offenders if we were able to just post "stop calling me". And what world do you live in that you could possibly think people who are trying to scam people out of money would follow ANY rules/laws such as the DNC list.
Lastly, you are not being asked by an actual Police force, its a scam to get your money, the cause is just a ploy.
This board is simply a sounding board for people to vent and inform others of scam telemarketing calls they receive. There is no authority associated with the 800notes site to stop these callers. In order for people to collectively stop these type calls they must act together - and TAKE ACTION! It doesn’t do any good to complain about a caller on this board unless you then take the next step and do something about it! The caller ID number is usually a ‘Spoof Number” – A Fake! Never, never, ever engage the caller or call back the number. The false robocallers will then capture your number as a ‘live one’ and use it over and over and sell it to other scammers. The same goes if it prompts you to ‘press a key’ to ‘opt out’ of their calling lists, or be transferred to someone, as this will only ‘log’ your number as a working one and make it ripe for future calls and to be sold to other scam companies as well.
The best option is simply to hang up, keep your own list of calling numbers with dates and times and report them to the FCC below. There is space on their complaint form to list several calling dates and times of a repeat caller.
The DO NOT CALL list is worthless, they do not act on anything, just build a database of numbers.
In order to do something to help stop these type calls, everyone - EVERYONE needs to file an online complaint directly with the FCC. If they receive enough complaints about a particular number - they will act on it. Do it today and pass along the info: