Called cell phone yesterday. Do not pick up any number I do not recognize. Male recording left voicemail about medical alert blah, blah, blah. California area code. I am in NJ.
Left a voice mail which of course is just an accident when the robo call doesn't know that voicemail has taken over. It was about the medical alert system. I was going to see how many of those I have saved as spam alert but there are too many to count.
This is only my personal generic information about unwanted calls. I am only trying to help out here (to those naysayers who complain about my long winded rant).
Telemarketers
We do not have to be nice to these people .................... If you don't take my advice of not answering the phone, when they start to talk just reply politely in your sweetest voice: NO THANK YOU and HANG UP. That's what I do.
"YOU ARE A TELEMARKETER, AND I DON'T DO BUSINESS WITH ANY COMPANY THAT USES TELEMARKETING AS A FORM OF ADVERTISING".
DON'T ANSWER UNKNOWN CALLS (If it turns out that you did not answer a call from someone you know, number not on this great web site, just call them back).
DON’T HAVE YOUR NUMBER REMOVED! (When you press the number to have your number removed, you confirm that your number is a working number and your known active number is sold to another scammer).
ROBO CALLS: There are 800 area codes with 9,999,999 numbers. Since Robots call every number in succession, they don't need to buy lists from anyone. The FTC receives 250,000 to 300,000 complaints per month, with robocalls responsible for around 60% of those complaints.
TO TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HOME PHONE: block, use call forward selective to 216-025-0434 (gives them a recording saying its disconnected) , or save calls to a phone address book as spam with a description (spam medical, spam alert, spam microsoft), and continue using this great site for information. MY HOME PHONE (Panasonic Link2Cell Bluetooth® KX-TGH263B LCD/2 Handsets) BLOCKS 250 NUMBERS AND THE ADDRESS BOOK HOLDS 3,000 numbers and the phone talks to you and says spam from across the room (like if you are up on a ladder or disabled). As of September 2015 I have saved 313 names as spam and don't answer them.
TELEMARKETING: (and I quote) "The Center for Investigative Reporting joined two news organizations in an investigation of groups that use telemarketers to raise money and found that most of the money is paid to telemarketers, leaving the charities with little, if anything. (3% in some cases)
Not only that but reputable charitable organizations don't solicit donations by phone.
So it's good advice to remember to just say no to anyone who solicits over the phone unless you actually personally know the person calling." (My information adding to this from CNN is: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/19/us/scam-charity-investigation/
"Deborah" told me a friend had referred me to them for a free medical device. I asked her what this "friend's" name was, and she replied "Oh, Christ. Are we gonna go through this?" and hung up.
Another one hits the block list. Buh-bye, Deborah.