Ogandydancer
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I get them from all different area codes but, mostly they google to an Ohio area. I get about 1 a week on my cell and landline.
Has anybody come up with a way to get Cardholder Services to stop calling?
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Mcwsky09
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Have you tried playing a recording of a fax machine?
My phone service has number blocking but there are just too many numbers. They also have a block all unknown but I haven't tried that just yet as it might block calls I do want.
My phone service has number blocking but there are just too many numbers. They also have a block all unknown but I haven't tried that just yet as it might block calls I do want.
crankyoldlady
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I use PhoneTray. It's a computer program. I can block by numbers, area codes, or names.
PhoneTray - Block telemarketing calls, stop robocalls, zap telemarketers
PhoneTray - Block telemarketing calls, stop robocalls, zap telemarketers
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In your best professional voice, "Attorney General's office... how may I direct your call?"
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I am on the State and Federal do not call. I don't answer the phone but it still goes to the answer machine so I still need to delete it. It's a PITA.
Frank237
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We get a lady speaking Chinese? Mandarin? I enjoy those. I answer...hear it's the lady...hand it to the wife... "It's for You". We laugh.
Rachel and a few others absolutely make me nuts. WHY the G can't do something is beyond me.
Rachel and a few others absolutely make me nuts. WHY the G can't do something is beyond me.
I've gotten frequent calls for years
Lot of calls from Rachel and people working 'on behalf' of someone else, Pick up the phone and nothing there but clicks. Then there are the ones when you answer the phone and say hello, there's a long pause then finally you hear the person come on and say, "Dawn?" (my wife's name) like they know her. I usually give them the same treatment by just putting the phone down. When somebody gives me a sale talk I just say,"I'm not interested, thank you very much." and hang up the phone. I get plenty of practice with this as I usually get several calls/day of various types.
Lot of calls from Rachel and people working 'on behalf' of someone else, Pick up the phone and nothing there but clicks. Then there are the ones when you answer the phone and say hello, there's a long pause then finally you hear the person come on and say, "Dawn?" (my wife's name) like they know her. I usually give them the same treatment by just putting the phone down. When somebody gives me a sale talk I just say,"I'm not interested, thank you very much." and hang up the phone. I get plenty of practice with this as I usually get several calls/day of various types.
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Android phone: "number blacklisted"
Phone will not even ring.
Phone will not even ring.
None since I moved.
I used to have a really short answering machine message. It was short enough that the robocallers didn't detect it and connected the operator. I used to get a lot of messages: "hello....hello....hello.....click"
I found it amusing
I used to have a really short answering machine message. It was short enough that the robocallers didn't detect it and connected the operator. I used to get a lot of messages: "hello....hello....hello.....click"
I found it amusing
I know there have been threads on here before about this, but somebody has to have a way to get this company to stop calling. I have already put my cell number on the Do Not Call Registry, but I still get calls. I have lodged a complaint with the Iowa Attorney General, and they basically said they can't do anything, because they can't pin down where this company is. I get calls from several different area codes.
I have tried the following:
I politely asked them not to call.
I called back on the number that came up. It usually will not go through.
I ignore the call. They never leave a voicemail.
I answer and immediately hang up.
I answer, and pretend I'm interested in their "Service", then tell them I recorded the call, and am filing a complaint.
I answer, and as I'm talking to them go BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, trying to sound like an electronic noise that is the sign they are being recorded.They hang up.
I have been REALLY nasty and vulgar to the operator. They play along.
I have been super nice, and asked if they knew they were going to Heaven when they die, then I shared the Plan of Salvation with them.They played along.
I still keep getting the calls. It wouldn't be so bad, but now they're waking me up. I sleep, or at least try to, much later than most people because of my business. I have to leave my cell phone on 24/7 so employees or clients can always reach me, and unfortunately, they often have to in the middle of the night.
I really want to find some way of making this stop. I am thinking about carrying a whistle, and breaking somebodies eardrum next time they call.Don't know if that would work, but it would make me feel better.
Anybody have a way that has worked for you?
Jim
AN AIR STRIKE !
Do not call registry
I've been on the registry and still get several calls a day.
I, too, am being assaulted by the robo calls. Every time I get one I report it on the National Do Not Call Registry. It doesn't do any good, but I feel a little better. It blows my mind that nothing can be done about this!
I've been on the registry and still get several calls a day.
Gaffer
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As an ex-telephone manager I have tried all the various routes to stop these calls. From contacting the various state AG's to the FTC and FCC. All are aware of this outfit and are trying to stop it but this outfit moves their operation on a daily basis to stay ahead of the police.
In the old days of Ma Bell you could have stopped this but todays variety of telephone systems are only looking for the fast buck and will not help with stopping this.
I blame the credit card companies as well as they could all get together and stop this if they tried.
In the old days of Ma Bell you could have stopped this but todays variety of telephone systems are only looking for the fast buck and will not help with stopping this.
I blame the credit card companies as well as they could all get together and stop this if they tried.
Look for news on this front next month. In October the Federal Trade Commission announced a $50,000 prize for the best solution that would block robocallers. Contestants were provided with millions of phone numbers about which complaints had been lodged, but I would guess the answer won't lie in a look-up table.
A winner is to be announced in April. If you want some background just Google FTC ROBOCALL COMPETITION. I subscribed to the data dumps but never had the time to do much with the ideas I had to solve the problem. I think federal regulations that mandate both land line and wireless carriers to implement call verification routines and make extensive rejection lists available to all customers may be part of the answer. My landline carrier offers a *60 function that lets me put numbers on a block list, but it tops out at 30. It needs to be 3000 or more for robocallers that reserve blocks of phone numbers to call out on. My wireless carrier just lets all calls go through -- doesn't even offer a call-block service.
There are filters you can put between the wall jack and the phone that you can program to reject greater numbers of junk calls, and they will even accept wild card digits so you can block all calls from a particular prefix in a particular area code, for example. That's pretty powerful. But why should we have to buy additional electronic devices to extend functionality that the phone companies can offer?
At least two thirds of incoming calls my landline are junk calls, and probably one third of calls to my cell phone.
A winner is to be announced in April. If you want some background just Google FTC ROBOCALL COMPETITION. I subscribed to the data dumps but never had the time to do much with the ideas I had to solve the problem. I think federal regulations that mandate both land line and wireless carriers to implement call verification routines and make extensive rejection lists available to all customers may be part of the answer. My landline carrier offers a *60 function that lets me put numbers on a block list, but it tops out at 30. It needs to be 3000 or more for robocallers that reserve blocks of phone numbers to call out on. My wireless carrier just lets all calls go through -- doesn't even offer a call-block service.
There are filters you can put between the wall jack and the phone that you can program to reject greater numbers of junk calls, and they will even accept wild card digits so you can block all calls from a particular prefix in a particular area code, for example. That's pretty powerful. But why should we have to buy additional electronic devices to extend functionality that the phone companies can offer?
At least two thirds of incoming calls my landline are junk calls, and probably one third of calls to my cell phone.
fonejack54
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Google "Tom Mabe". His way of handling these calls will bring tears to your eyes, but probably won't help stop the calls.
I just did that. I take it you were referring to the way he dealt with telemarketers? That was good.
I could do that easily. Only problem is with this company, whenever I press 1 to be put through to an operator, all I have to do is say hello and they disconnect me. I think there is something that comes up that says I have recorded them or something, so they don't want to talk.I'm gonna try stuff like that if I get the chance though.
Jim
labworm
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The phone rings, you pick it up and say hello.
Before someone speaks you'll notice a slight delay, when they speak I put the phone down and go about my business.
At least I let them go through their 2 minute rehearsed act.
Then I hang up the phone.
Before someone speaks you'll notice a slight delay, when they speak I put the phone down and go about my business.
At least I let them go through their 2 minute rehearsed act.
Then I hang up the phone.
