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[General] Telemarketers qustion

They're evil and have devil powers!

reply to Oleg
Depends how you block them. If using your phone/landline and call block, apparently some allow them through to the answering machine whether you want it or not i.e. AT&T. Therefore I just dropped call block from these silly people and screen all calls for now until I can be offered another alternative.

I have placed a called block using *77. I have tested it out to make sure it works by calling form another landline, and i thought to my self. Great it works!, but it has not stopped the telemarketers calling from the unknown name and number.

I don't know if you are looking closely at the exact phone number, but you do realize the telemarketers could have as example 300 numbers.

So, if *77 blocks the particular number without you actually kowing what it is, I'll guarantee that they have many numbers available to use to call you with. Every time they call & you *77, it's a different phone number.

reply to Oleg

So as i understand not all incoming UNKNOWN NAME and UNKNOWN NUMBER calls could be blocked. I know if it is 800 number or 888 area code numbers they are hard to block.

The number is available to the telco but not to the customer endpoint. You need either the service that lets you block all such calls so your phone doesn't even ring if they call, or a phone (or device connected to the line between the phone and the jack) that will filter anything that does not look like a phone number in the presentation. As for callers from toll-free numbers, there is little you can do to block those, and you shouldn't block them outright. Any legit business that you do business with may be calling you (such as a bank) and if they cannot get through for something important/time-sensitive you might find your account suspended until you call them. (They do it for security purposes so there is no reason to complain about that.)

Program numbers into your phone that you know are legit with some indication of who it is so you know to take that call.
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reply to Oleg
I have a foolproof plan for avoiding telemarketers. I don't pick up my phone unless the caller ID shows someone I feel like talking to. Everyone else goes to the answering machine. If I'm in the middle of something, everyone goes to the answering machine. Just because someone dialed my number doesn't mean I'm obligated to drop everything and rush to the phone.
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reply to footballdude
Better yet, ditch the land line/VoIP, go 100% cell and you'll see a 99% decrease in telemarketers.

reply to dandelion
I am suspecting so called "Do not call list" database was compromised or sold.

If you would ask me how? I would say someone who works for FTC has sold the database to the telemarketing companies. Just think about it, how many Federal agents got busted for an illegal activity in the past.

By the way FTC's site was hack into before »cylaw.info/ftc-gov-hacked-again-···-leaked/

reply to Oleg
I've been into a similar situation before. Mine were prank calls by an anonymous caller who kept calling even at midnight. I had to leave the phone off the hook just so I don't get disturbed at night.

And I learned that nuisance callers just have a lot of ways to harass anybody with calls so it's a waste of time to try to find out how. I suggest you refer these calls to your telephone service provider and check how you can block their future calls.

And I think it's important that your report these calls to »www.callercenter.com and your state attorney general so they are investigated for phone call harassment.

reply to Johkal

We're lucky if we get 1-2 ea. a month across 5 Cells in my plan.

The rare telemarketing cellular calls I get are robo calls.