I got a phone call from this # . Saying they wanted my addresses so they could hook up security cameras & do soming to my phone cable & my internet. I ya right i live in apartment so no thanks then he keeped on asking me my address so i hung up.
Telemarketers get away with this, essentially, because most of us aren't willing to pay attention to the issues and vote out any politicians who don't support our wishes. We -- and I mean the American people, in general tend to respond to knee-jerk appeals and issues and sound bites and however someone ends up getting characterized.
As long as people in the telemarketing industry can make money off these robocalls, and as long as politicians accept contributions from such "job creators," no meaningful regulations will ever be passed. The "Do Not Call" list was a good start, but there's no law against spoofing -- inserting false Caller ID info into the stream -- so these folks can get away with it.
There are a few things you can do:
1 - Get a system that lets you ban these calls, either by routing them to voicemail or by answering with the "number disconnected" tone or by blocking them entirely. Ooma (a VOIP system) does this, as does NoMoRobo -- which may not be available in your area -- and probably most VOIP systems. There are also devices you can buy that will block calls.
2 - Just don't pick up if you don't recognize the caller.
3 - Never ever respond to any telemarketer pitch. If they make one sale a day, even if they have to call 10,000 people a day, they still turn an easy profit.
4 - Send a letter to each of your representatives, and make it clear that their position in this issue will affect your vote.
5 - Don't press any numbers (when they say "press 4 to be taken off our list) as this merely confirms that your number is valid.
6 - Keep posting those numbers here.
I don't answer any of these calls. If it's a legitimate caller, they'll leave a message. And when they hang up -- they always hang up -- I put them on my blacklist. If they call back, they get the "this number is disconnected" tone.
We picked up because the caller ID identified this as coming from Texas, where our daughter is currently staying. The caller said "Hi! This is Steve!" (Steve seems to be the only person who works there) so I hung up and added them to the blacklist.
It's either these folks or the "revolutionary pain creme" folks who call once a day, each time with a different spoofed number. Time for yet another letter to my congressman who, sadly, is in the pocket of Big Business and won't do anything.