Telemarketing Script

Call your local Postal Inspector for a sting for the sale of prescriptionless pharmaceuticals. This is part of the Alliance Health Group/myfirstpharma outfit. The domain has an IP address located in Hong Kong and a bogus contact number for a Homer Smith at 1-315-409-7229.

With Caller ID, smart phones etc. Why doesn't someone invent a phone that you can enter a number in or hit a button, when you receive a call that you don't want repeated, that will automatically ID the caller and if it is a number that you have entered simply hang up on it. It could even, with a little programming, have the first two rings not be audible. so that you are not bothered at all. It could also provide a list of calls that were rejected so you can check if anyone is not getting through that you would like to take off your list of reject numbers.

sunrocket's voip service allows blocking calls selectively.  this feature alone is worth the service, i can't say enough for it.  the calling party, if blocked, gets a busy signal each time.  it was great during the last election period.  i've got 54 numbers blocked so far and i haven't had an actual recording or person from an annoying telemarketing firm since february.

I used to have a cordless phone (Sony, I think) that would let you set a silent ring for numbers.  I now created my own "ring tone" on my cell that is silent.  I add the numbers to a group in my contacts and they never ring again.

Actually, there is call intercept from Verizon. I realize not everyone has verizon though...I have stopped 100% of these stupid phone calls because of it. Yeah, it's an extra four bucks a month on my phone bill, but it's worth it. You can go into the system, and enter the number you want to block. So for those of you with verizon, your only option is "call-intercept" Ask the representative when you call. I don't believe you need DSL for this service though....I had it way before I had my DSL installed. Hope this helps

Oh and might I add, the idiots calling here the message "We are not excepting calls from this number" Brilliant!

DO NOT ask them to send you their "Do Not Call" policy. You would have to give them further contact information about yourself in order to receive it -- that will only build their database on you and open you to junk mail or spam.

Okay, how about this: If I hack a cell phone number and use it for personal use or sell it for profit - Theft of Service, correct? If I climb a utility pole and connect my TV cable so I can watch TV for free - Theft of Service, correct? If I cut the seal on my electric meter box, pull the meter out and spin it upside down to make it run backwards in order to get "free" electricity - Theft of Service, correct? If a Telemarketing Company calls cell phones or text message phones against established Federal Laws or spoofs Caller ID to bypass home displays against Federal Law - Theft of Service - correct? So...
Losses incurred because of a casualty, disaster, or theft may be tax-deductible. Casualty and theft losses are reported on Form 4684 and Form 1040 Schedule A.
Loss of property because of theft may be tax-deductible. According to the IRS, “a theft is the taking and removing of money or property with the intent to deprive the owner of it. The taking of property must be illegal under the law of the state where it occurred and it must have been done with criminal intent.” You may have a theft loss if you are the victim of
blackmail, burglary, embezzlement, extortion, kidnaping for ransom, larceny, or robbery.
Perhaps if we begin documenting the losses due to Telemarketing and begin deducting these losses from tax forms - in other words talk to them in their own language - they may start to listen to "We The People" and do something about this telephone virus that's beginning to encroach more and more into our daily lives.
I dunno... Just Wondering...

I have an answertone on my cell that I use for anyone who is not in my phone book and it says that if they are calling to sell me something, charity, politicians, etc, to not call me again and to remove my number. if you have cingular/ATT it's worth looking into. Thankfully with my cell phone i can block numbers.