Re: Strange phone calls

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

What about all the junk mail 'tis the season' begging to give to this one and that one.

Kids are starving

feed the widows

help the animals

political ****

Help the politicians

Indian children

on and on and on

bell ringers mostly on weekends. Good, I don't get out on weekends 'cept to church and nobody is up that early. LOL

Q4u · ‎03-17-2010

I was told that all the phone calls I was getting was a scam. Eventually they were using MY phone number to call other people who would then CALL me and leave a message, like Why the %$# are you calling me.

The guy at AT&T said that blocking these numbers did no good as the number then changed and there are trillions and trillons of these changes and said even he gets them. He could only suggest changing my number and then NOT answer the phone at all, let it ring and go to message, which is what I've told my friends, then I call them. When you answer you've just let the automation know that you have a viable number, they log it in and then use it.

When the morning came that I got over 50 of these calls by noon I changed my phone number and let it go to voice mail!

*~"Never eat more than you can lift......" Miss Piggy~*

SharkE · ‎08-19-2010

Remember it's close to Halloween, also.

Pranksters, will be playing 'telephone'

kivah · ‎03-11-2010

Do NOT call back --- they're mostly SCAMMERS!!!!!!!!!!! The phone number showing in the caller ID is usually not theirs.

apple1964 · ‎08-07-2013

@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
Just do not answer the phone ... otherwise they will call you again and again and again.

I kept getting calls from different numbers but each time it was a man with a thick middle eastern accent trying to sell a home security system. When I'd say I've already told him no, please stop calling, I'm on the Do Not Call Registry...he'd cuss me out then hang up. I'd block the number but he'd call back using a different one. I reported it and was told the only thing they can recommend is to stop answering calls from numbers I don't recognize. Sad that's the only remedy. I think the guy should be held accountable in some way. I was told they are working on regulations to make the phone companies address it, but seems that ultimately passes on restrictions or costs to consumers.

Again do not answer the phone! Do not have a conversation with them, just ignore the call or get a voice mail device.

wildcat fan · ‎03-23-2010

@apple1964 wrote:
@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
Just do not answer the phone ... otherwise they will call you again and again and again.

I kept getting calls from different numbers but each time it was a man with a thick middle eastern accent trying to sell a home security system. When I'd say I've already told him no, please stop calling, I'm on the Do Not Call Registry...he'd cuss me out then hang up. I'd block the number but he'd call back using a different one. I reported it and was told the only thing they can recommend is to stop answering calls from numbers I don't recognize. Sad that's the only remedy. I think the guy should be held accountable in some way. I was told they are working on regulations to make the phone companies address it, but seems that ultimately passes on restrictions or costs to consumers.
Again do not answer the phone! Do not have a conversation with them, just ignore the call or get a voice mail device.

@apple1964 I know how to deal with unwanted calls and have been in touch with authorities. No need to get so worked up.

apple1964 · ‎08-07-2013

@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
Just do not answer the phone ... otherwise they will call you again and again and again.

I kept getting calls from different numbers but each time it was a man with a thick middle eastern accent trying to sell a home security system. When I'd say I've already told him no, please stop calling, I'm on the Do Not Call Registry...he'd cuss me out then hang up. I'd block the number but he'd call back using a different one. I reported it and was told the only thing they can recommend is to stop answering calls from numbers I don't recognize. Sad that's the only remedy. I think the guy should be held accountable in some way. I was told they are working on regulations to make the phone companies address it, but seems that ultimately passes on restrictions or costs to consumers.
Again do not answer the phone! Do not have a conversation with them, just ignore the call or get a voice mail device.
@apple1964 I know how to deal with unwanted calls and have been in touch with authorities. No need to get so worked up.

I hope you get the help from them you need. And I am not worked up. GL I know how annoying these calls can be.

apple1964 · ‎08-07-2013

@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
Just do not answer the phone ... otherwise they will call you again and again and again.

I kept getting calls from different numbers but each time it was a man with a thick middle eastern accent trying to sell a home security system. When I'd say I've already told him no, please stop calling, I'm on the Do Not Call Registry...he'd cuss me out then hang up. I'd block the number but he'd call back using a different one. I reported it and was told the only thing they can recommend is to stop answering calls from numbers I don't recognize. Sad that's the only remedy. I think the guy should be held accountable in some way. I was told they are working on regulations to make the phone companies address it, but seems that ultimately passes on restrictions or costs to consumers.
Again do not answer the phone! Do not have a conversation with them, just ignore the call or get a voice mail device.
@apple1964 I know how to deal with unwanted calls and have been in touch with authorities. No need to get so worked up.

In my frustration about these calls[I get them too] this has worked for me. I was trying to help not be bossy .

wildcat fan · ‎03-23-2010

@apple1964 wrote:
@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
@wildcat fan wrote:
@apple1964 wrote:
Just do not answer the phone ... otherwise they will call you again and again and again.

I kept getting calls from different numbers but each time it was a man with a thick middle eastern accent trying to sell a home security system. When I'd say I've already told him no, please stop calling, I'm on the Do Not Call Registry...he'd cuss me out then hang up. I'd block the number but he'd call back using a different one. I reported it and was told the only thing they can recommend is to stop answering calls from numbers I don't recognize. Sad that's the only remedy. I think the guy should be held accountable in some way. I was told they are working on regulations to make the phone companies address it, but seems that ultimately passes on restrictions or costs to consumers.
Again do not answer the phone! Do not have a conversation with them, just ignore the call or get a voice mail device.
@apple1964 I know how to deal with unwanted calls and have been in touch with authorities. No need to get so worked up.
I hope you get the help from them you need. And I am not worked up. GL I know how annoying these calls can be.

Your exclamation point, commanding tone, and green font suggested you were getting worked up.

gloriajean · ‎03-10-2010

Me again! I'm not answering them at all. Being I'm in charge of our Parish Prayer Line I thought maybe someone wanted to leave a request but didn't, so that's the only reason why I called that number back and got the message that that number is not in service. That was strange to me being they just called me. It's not strange getting these calls, I have been getting them for years and ignore them. I won't be calling back anymore that's for sure.

Thanks for your informative responses. Have a blessed Sunday!