Telemarket Calls
 

Is anyone else having a large volume of unwanted calls. I feel like I'm paying for a landline for telemarketing to call me.My cellphone is even getting a few. I'm not sure why they pay no attention to the no call lists but assume the law is so full of exceptions for lobbyists that is has lost it's teeth. Although this morning I told one that Morgan and Morgan could get $1500, for every unwanted call I got. Don't think I scared them much.

I get a lot of unwanted calls. I no longer answer any calls if I don't know who it is. I screen all calls and answer very few and if they don't leave a message, I don't call back.

If you have a landline, try registering with nomorobo.com. We have a comcast landline and it lets you know when a robo call is coming in, as the phone only rings once, then stops. It's been great!

Personal opinion, but I *think* that since the telemarketers can spoof any phone number they want, they don't worry about the Do Not Call list or Federal laws. If you report the number, it doesn't matter, since the people whose number it REALLY is has no idea someone spoofed their number when they called.

I, too have been getting a large number of calls from places like New York, California, Utah, etc., where I don't know anyone. At first I checked caller ID and if I didn't know/recognize the number I would let it go to voicemail. Has gotten to the point now that I have silenced the phone ringer. It goes to voicemail and they have the option of leaving a message. As for my cell phone, if I don't recognize the number I press "Decline".

Pain in the rear, but until laws/technology catch up, that's what I do short of buying or installing software to prevent it.

Nomorobo.com works great on our landline. It has cut the robo calls to zero.

Just an FYI, (don't hate me) but I worked for a survey caller.

We received a printout with the prefix 555-XXXX and we went down the list, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, and called them all.

We marked off all the ones that had no response, etc. This was a few decades ago, so I am sure they have computers to do the initial run now, but they probably follow the same method.
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I like talking to telemarketers, but they don't like talking to me. I try to sell them something.

In answer to the OP's question....yes!!! We have both cellphones and a landline. We screen ALL of our calls! IF we don't recognize a number or a name, even, we don't pick up. They'll leave a message "IF" they know us! I don't give out my cellphone # to anyone as a general rule. There are VERY FEW people who have that # and I tell them...don't call me on it. You may text but don't rely on that I'll get back to you immediately. I've heard robo-calls are on a loop...if you pick up, somehow they note that and will call back AND if you don't pick up they'll continue to call--sometimes even using a new (theirs) # to fake you out. It's all a game!!

I bought on-line a little box called CPR CallBlocker. The phone rings once when it is a blocked call. It doesn't stop all the calls, because they can always use a different to call. But you just add that new number to the call blocker. One time charge and no monthly fees.

Donotcall.gov never worked for me.

Nomorobo works great. If it is a telemarketing call, the phone rings once and then stops. I don't get up to answer the phone until I hear the second ring and then I know it is a real call. Free for landlines and a $5.00 per month for cell phone.

I don't use it for my cell as if I don't recognize the area code, I don't pick-up.

I just tried to register with Nomorobo as it seems like a good idea. HOWEVER, the response from their site is that Century Link does not belong to the group of phone companies they work with and to call Century Link's Customer Service dept. and request they reconsider. I did, and relayed the info to a live (really) person who said my request would be logged in. Probably the end of that hope for relief from telemarketing calls!

Since all our friends have our cell numbers, we simply turn the ringer off.

if they are bothering you and you have a sense of humor then go Seinfeld...

The call.
You tell them you are busy but ask for their home phone number so you can call them when you have time.

I ask them their home number and what time they eat dinner so I can call them back.

Just signed up for nomorobo.com
 

Thank you all for the information on nomorobo.com. This morning I just signed up for this service for my landline number, so we will see how well it works. I usually just ignore the unidentified/unrecognized calls that come through on my landline and let them go to voice mail, but if a telemarketing call only rang once on my landline phone before stopping, that would be even better.