Caller claimed to be working for the Hillary Clinton campaign. She said that if I made a contribution to Hillary Clinton's campaign that a generous donor would match TRIPLE my contribution. I refused to contribute.
917-702-7892 has been calling me every day this week and last week. Caller ID is New York, NY. Did not answer because when the caller ID shows only city/state, it is a scammer, telemarketer, or survey.
NOTE: to all on 800 notes. Read this. Link to Consumers Union petition to stop RoboCalls. CU is actively pursuing the robocall issues.
https://consumersunion.org/end-robocalls/
Each of us has to be pro-active with our legislative representatives both state and federal inundating them with phone calls, letters, emails, and signing petitions such as the one noted above. Only by overwhelmingly hearing from us will this abuse by robocallers and scam calls cease or diminish. But without action on your part, these abusive phone calls will continue ad infinitum. It’s not difficult or time-consuming; you use email then find your state and federal representatives’ and your governor’s web site and email address and email them, over and over.
ADDITIONALLY, more cell phone abuse coming: I was alerted via CU that It is currently illegal for debt collectors to robocall your cell phones without permission. A sneak provision in the federal budget rushed through Congress on November 6, 2015 (and no amendments allowed) would change that. And we know what that means beyond debt collector calls; robo callers and scammers will circumvent law and call cell phones beyond what we receive now.
Section 301 of the budget authorizes debt collectors to robocall anyone with educational loans or other federal debt including back taxes. It lets the debt collectors call their relatives, their references and even any unrelated person who happens to have the reassigned cell phone number of any of the above.
Debt collectors have already been robocalling cell phones illegally, and not necessarily the right cell phones.
Please sign petitions and contact your senators and representatives. I haven't let up on mine. Also a word with your local state reps and governor would help, as many state laws and business regulations allow do not curtail these calls.