First off, it does no good for people on here to post that they didn't answer, or no one said anything, or the machine picked up, no message left. This tells people trying to check this number NOTHING about the caller. Secondly, if you are truly interested in stopping these calls, plain and simple: "Hello - Federal Communication Center - how may I direct your call?" When they question this, come back with "You've reached an internal number at the FCC - how may I direct your call?" TRUST ME, THEY HANG UP AND DO NOT CALL BACK.
I got a call today from this number at about 9 am. I didn't answer and they didn't leave a message. I assume this is another one of those "political surveys" because I've been receiving phone calls for the last 3 months from numbers I don't know in California and elsewhere and I answered once and it said politcal survey. I ignore these calls now, and like some one else that posted said, it's a good idea to save the number in your phone under a name that will remind you that you don't want to answer it. I have a pre-paid phone and don't appreciate machines calling me and wasting my minutes when I answer so I usually ignore all calls if the number isn't saved in my phone, and if they don't leave a message then it wasn't very important. Hoping the calls will stop eventually!
I thought it went without saying that this would be for a live caller. I guess it would be common sense that you cannot speak to a machine; however, if someone comes on the line [which is the case from this number with the "free cruise"] this is what I would say and this does work. Thank you.