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Waited for voice mail, but left no message.

Waited for voice mail, but left no message

The number of phony charity calls coming in these days is staggering.  I don't feel sympathetic to any of them.  Either I pick up and hang up, or pick up and let them listen to the television or to dead silence until they hang up.  (Dead silence seems more effective.  They never call back.)

Caller ID Charity Jim Jones for the Firemans Society. I hung up

I don't use an answering machine, but I do have caller ID.
Someone using this number called me, but I was not home.
Caller ID said it was Charity.  Who exactly, is beyond me.
Guess who is NOT calling them back...?

Caller ID says "I" .    let it go to answering machine, which answers in Spanish.  Guy just said uhhmm & hung up.

Just got a call from these fools. No one there. Called before 8AM.

i get this same guy calling. caller id is 'I'.  why can i block people on my cell phone but not my landline? if people know how to do this please post. or else i will enable the answering machine to go on after one ring and turn the ringer off if this guy calls. he usually doesn't call over and over again.

We are in the 'Do not call list' and still we receive unsolicited calls.

This post has two parts.  The =second= is for people who are interested in the realities of the Do Not Call list.  The =first= is for people who have difficulty understanding long explanations, but think the DNC list does not work.

1)
The DNC list is not a magic switch attached to your phone.

The DNC list is intended to help stop calls from legitimate telemarketers.
* Your calls were not from legitimate telemarketers.
* Therefore, the DNC list will not stop those calls.

2)
The DNC list does not automatically block calls.  Instead, it provides a list of  "do not call" phone numbers to legitimate, registered telemarketers who pay a fee for the list.

The DNC list exempts political callers, survey organizations,  charities and companies with preexisting business relationships, but these organizations might have their own, internal Do Not Call list (ask them).

The DNC list is not effective against criminals, spammers and scammers, because those people do not subscribe to the DNC list, and do not care if you are on or off that list.
Its purpose is to stop calls from legitimate telemarketers, and it does a pretty good job at that.  Just think ... if there were no DNC, you would be receiving incessant calls from BOTH legitimate and scam telemarketing callers!

Here is your reading assignment:
https://www.donotcall.gov/
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/media-resource ... try/enforcement
http://www.ftc.gov/news-events/press-releases ... lemarketers-pay

Remember, the Do Not Call site is a good one to report unwanted calls from LEGITIMATE telemarketers.  The DNC list does not cover calls from criminal scammers & spammers.  To report those, visit https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

If you receive calls even after reporting them (and waiting a sufficient time), then you should consider using a call blocker app, device or service as your first line of defense.  Google "call blocker" to see such things at Amazon or other sites.
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Calls then answere and no response back.