New Rules For Robocalls

People should never get frustrated, scared or cheated by some liar hiding somewhere refusing to be a man. If people were to collectively ignore all the calls, the scamming cowards would be making 0 bucks and would eventually go nuts. Even the cowards who use them to do their dirty work would go nuts. I noticed that they really get angry and frustrated when I ignore their calls. But I still record the numbers for the FTC to review. They tried all their tricks (new and old) but they've failed, and I love it.

The government, in my opinion, has totally missed the boat on this one.  There is a law in place requiring double opt-in for emailers to send out their spam legally to email accounts that are normally free as part of an Internet package, but any Tom, Dick, Rachel, or other idiot can call a telephone number, cell or land, that is being paid for?!?  My number is non-listed and non-published and still the calls keep coming.  Like a lot of you, I have tried the "do not dial this number again" route, predictably to no avail; if anything, the calls from that number increase.  Call me silly, but I should not have to prove my identity to any stranger calling me on the phone, yet if they call looking for another female, I am accused of lying if I indicate that I do not know the person they are looking for.  It's infuriating to say the least.  I run a business out of my home, and it is nothing short of maddening to have to stop what I am doing to check the caller ID 10 or 12 times a day only to see some random 800 number with "800 Service" listed as the caller.  I have received calls at 8:27 in the morning and 9:42 at night (I thought the law was 9:00A to 9:00P LOCAL time), weekends, holidays... they are relentless!

What needs to be outlawed is the practice of various institutions selling our personal information.  Where I live, we found out a few years ago that the DMV was selling lists to the highest bidder... phone numbers and addresses from driver's license records!!  Needless to say, once outed, that practice was stopped almost immediately... people were furious, and rightly so.  If I were a legitimate business (like the gas company, cable company, or some of the companies I do business with) that used an 800 number, I would be storming Washington with complaints about how these scammers and pests are interfering with the legit companies' ability to do business!  People are so suspicious of 800 calls they won't answer any incoming call from an 800 number anymore... I know, because I am one of them!

The passing of this so-called "law" is nothing more than a Band-Aid on a cancer.  This is a blatant invasion of privacy utilizing a service each and every one of us pay for!  And for cell-phone users getting blasted with calls and texts on their overpriced cell plans, this nonsense borders on theft... no one should have to pay to receive unwanted communications from anyone, least of all the "Rachel" robots and rude foreigners with virtually no command of the English language, probably calling from India or some other foreign call center dialing wrong numbers via their outdated information!!  These revolving phone number companies who hassle the American public at will need to be shut down completely and permanently, in my opinion.  If a debt collection company can't afford a real phone number that includes unlimited long distance and a proper name that shows up on a caller ID unit, that's their problem... maybe if that expense is too high they should just go out of business altogether and leave the rest of the country in peace!

If nobody cares or does a damn thing to stop these calls, we'll have to help ourselves. The reason why these pests call over and over is cause they think they can get away with it, think that people are vulnerable, stupid, or will pay them if they get threatened enough. The advise I have for others is, never ever give in or give up. You have the power to control scammers, not the other way around :-)

The pretenders who scam people would make good actors if they were in the film industry. They are good at acting, but they have a drawback. Their faces are too ugly to be shown in public.

I'm retired so I simply make it a sport.  I actually got one of these idiots to give me his real 800 number and was able to make about 200 calls to this number over a few days which cast them .50 a call.  When I told them that every one call to me equaled 100 to them they stopped calling.

Sometimes, if I'm having a bad day, I will fish them in for awhile and them hammer them with a stream of cursing that would make a sailor blush.  I got on of those little air horns and will sometimes speak real low so they turn up the volume and then give them the horn.  Sometimes I just talk dirty to the female callers.

So my advise is be creative, make it a game, vent your anger.  Never be rational or polite.  Look at the call as an opportunity to have a little fun.

It seems to me this new law is directed at the wrong source. The law should demand that the Telephone Companies who lease  these phone lines to the dweebs, cut off the offending telemarketer if the FCC receives  "X" amount of complaints in a 30 or 60 day period. That would be much more effective I beleive.

I receive most of these robo's on my cell phone, and I'm on prepaid minutes so every call costs me money. I have downloaded a filter app for my phone to block any phone number that I enter on the  (Block List). So now most of these calls for me do not get through anymore.  

If I receive a call I from a number I dont recognize I don't answer it. I dont get charged. The number is kept in my call log. I do a quick search on the web and if it is a robo terriblemarketer, it gets added to my block list. Thereafter it gets bounced. I f I do answer one of these in error, I simply hang up. I never press 1 or any other digit as that's a scam too.

Selective call blocking is a great idea. However, there is something called number spoofing, where the number which shows up on your caller ID isn't the number used to place the call. I found this our when I called one telemarketer back, and reached an operator, who said the number belonged to a Verizon conference center room, which was not for rent by outsiders. So, you block one number, and they show up with another. The best thing is to use your called ID to decide which calls you will answer. If you don't recognize the number, don't answer. The worst thing that can happen is that you wind up with a voice mail from someone you know who used a different phone. Also, never give businesses your cell number if you can help it. Save it for your family and friends.

No one should be able to call without your consent first. My phone is for my use not theirs. Besides a lot of people work at night and sleep during the day and need to be able to leave their phones on in case of family emergency.

Got a call from an African scammer in a boiler room using an old trick but it didn't work out as he planned. If he were to work hard in his life and did something positive in his lfie, he'd have become the manager of a big company, but his low IQ, his madness, his lies, and his ugly habits turned him into a cowardly scammer.

I am guessing there are Indians working with the Africans as well. Most probably a Nigeran coward living in India working with Indian parasites or a Nigerian coward making calls from a boiler room in Nigeria. I want to get a hold of the owner that controls these Nigerian/Indian slaves.

I heard a long time ago that if you tell a live person who is trying to sell you something over the phone, to remove your name and number from their call list, that if they do call you back and you can prove it (by way of phone records), you can legally get compensated like $1,000 if you file some kind of claim or something like that. All without having to go to court or file a subpeona or summons (like a civil suit).  Does anyone know if there is any truth to any of this or anything that sounds anyway familiar to what I'm talking about?  I never thought so but I guess here's as good a place as any to see what anyone else might know.

The point of making these robocalls is to break people down and give up, but when I get such calls it makes me stronger and more determined. I want people to never ever give up to criminals. Dont worry guys, they cant do a damn thing to you cause the callers are actually scared, scared of getting caught. I can sense their cowardly hearts beating hard. They can run but they cannot hide.

My elderly mother (who foolishly gave a few bucks to a local low-level Republican politician) was under horrific inundation by both robocalls and personal calls from the political machines of every single Republican candidate for president (back when there was about a dozen or so) as well as a dozen Republican "think tanks" and PACs, all of them demanding a donation.  

We didn't know what was going on, just that she was scared to pick up her phone.  Apparently you can put your phone number on a POLITICAL DO NOT CALL list and the phone calls/robo calls will stop.  They are nonprofit and nonpartisan, and it worked, no more political calls for my mother!  She was very grateful.

www  (dot) stoppoliticalcalls (dot) org

My home phone number is known only to my close family and close friends. I got tired of having to pay to change it to avoid talking to people I didn't want to talk to. I have a cell phone number and I don't hesitate to give that out because I have "Mr. Number". This handy little app allows the user to customize who gets blocked. For instance, I block all private and with-held numbers. I tell other callers not to call again because I don't want to use my minutes that I have to pay for to talk to them. As soon as I hang up, their number is added to my block list. As this is being done, I get a report about this number....spam probability, the amount of times it was reported as spam and the option to add comments and read others' comments about the number. It also keeps track of how many times it has called me since I reported it. It never rings and it also blocks texts. I have an android cell phone and I believe I paid $.99 for this. It is a free app also. I have paid $9.99+ several times a year to vonage to change my number and I refuse to do that again. I only have a vonage number for the ability to send and receive faxes and it also keeps my shared family plan minutes super low. I can also call almost anywhere in the world for free (after the 24.99 + taxes, fees, etc. charge).
The majority of calls I get are for school closings from Washoe County School District. I live very far away from that county and I guess the kids fill out the forms and put any number they want so that their parents aren't called. Trying to rectify that situation was useless and 2 yrs later, they are still calling. When I wake up, I have found that they have attempted to call me once again, only I didn't have to be awakened at 6am to find out that school was canceled or had a delayed opening. This has solved my problem and although we shouldn't have to go to such extremes, it is a solution that works for me. Now if only I could do something about junk mail....

I recently moved to another home (rent, not owned so no footprint) and was contacted by the republican committee asking me if I have changed my voter registration. I ignorantly thought that my political affiliation and address was confidential but to my dismay, my daughter just pulled me up on the computer and I was listed as a republican and my entire identity along with my last address was up there for anyone to see. Of course my DL and SS# weren't listed because I didn't give them,,,,,,,,but I am sure they could be obtained. I just thought it was a little strange for someone to locate me based on my political affiliation. The thought is frightening to me that anyone can locate me by name so easily and in a matter of seconds because of politics. Needless to say, I will not be changing my address with the voter registration in my county until I can come to an understanding and get an explanation as to why this is happening. It is an excellent way to locate someone....even locating another person through utility records required a small amount of skill for the average person.  Be aware....
I previously posted about an app called Mr. Number for your cell...blocks whoever you choose to block...keeps track of how often they call and most important, it does not ring through. I love this app and keep my vonage home phone number very private. When my home phone rings, it is always someone that I want to talk to. My cell announces who is calling so I don't even have to look at the caller ID. Much easier to deal with.....I wish I could do something about junk mail with the post office...never mind, they will be bankrupt soon or getting a bail out.  But I get too many email offers asking if I want a bigger [***]..and viagra for it....haha. Fortunately for me, I am a female  so I just find it funny.  Even though I mark them as spam they arrive every day from another senders name.