If their caller ID doesn't identify who it is, then I just let it ring. If its someone important they will leave a message and I will call back.


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SIR, AS YOU CAN TELL I DO NOT SEE VERY WELL AND I AM DISABLED (CAN'T WALK VERY WELL), SO IS MY HUSBAND. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FRUSTRATION WE HAVE WE REACH THE PHONE AND "NO ONE IS ON THE LINE" AND THE SAME AS YOU, " UNKNOWN NAME UNKNOWN NUMBER". OUR SON GAVE US A TELEPHONE THAT " ANNOUNCES WHO IT IS", IE " UNKNOWN NAME " OR IN OUR CASE " UNKNOWN NAME NUMBER 111-111-1111, WHICH IN FACT WAS OUR SON CALLING FROM IRAQ. WE KEPT IT RIGHT BY OUR BEDSIDE UNTIL HE RETURNED THANK GOD SAFE AND SOUND. HOWEVER NOW WE USE IT TO SCREEN OUT THIS NONSENSE UNKNOWN NAME UNKNOWN NUMBER BECAUSE IF WE ARE NEARBY AND ANSWER IT, GUESS WHAT? NO ONE ANSWER. I TRULY BELIEVE IT IS ONE OF THOSE AUTOMATED TELEMARKETERS AND THAT IS WHY "IT CAN NOT LEAVE A MESSAGE " AS TO WHY THEY SAY NOTHING WHEN YOU ANSWER IS BEYOND US. ANY IDEA'S?

Check with your service provider and find out if they have a feature called Anonymous Call Rejection. I will block calls that do not show a legitimate telephone number. Check with your service provider for exceptions.

Don. I can sympathize with your problem. My wife and I receive dozens of these calls a day. My theory is that the "unknown" and "no number" calls, which do not respond when you answer the phone, are attempts to verify that you are home for a later call, or, it's some group simply trying to verify your phone number or your residence. I know that this doesn't help you, but good luck.

I get the same calls from a company recorded message stating that my creidt is in trouble and promts me to press 1 then I get hung up on. I am on the do not call list also, I get the calls at least twice a week.

i am on the registry and use the anonomous block. sometimes i have to redo the anonomous block since i have digital phone but no big deal. my newest problem is google calling saying that i subscribed to something on the internet and thats why they were calling. when i informed them that i did not and if they like i prefer to receive emails. the women was rude so i told her not to bother sending me emails now lol. amazes me these people have the nerve to catch attitude with me. i also been getting that stupid your vehichle warrenty is about to run out... can u say scam... my car is a 97 and 240k on it lol havent had a warrenty in a long time and i have asked around and alot of others have received the same call. dont give out any info to these people im sure its a rip off. actually i wouldnt buy anything from anyone who is trying to sell me over the phone with all the identity theft out and so forth. :D

If you are getting calls from someone your caller id can't identify, try dialing *69. You must dial *69 before another call comes in. If *69 doesn't work it means the phone company's network cannot read the call either. In that case, try *57. *57 intiates a trace. After dialing *57 there will be a short silence and then a recording will tell you how to proceed.

Other information about what to do for these types of calls is available on both the Verizon and FCC web sites.

I find this very handy when dealing with any company....

Secret Customer Service Numbers

http://www.curiousread.com/2007/09/secret-customer-service-numbers.html

Those telephone calls with no one on the other line are simply ways for companies to identify when you are home. When you answer, it records that the call was answered at such and such a time. Later on, you will be called by a human agent. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think alot of those numbers originate from the police dept., fire department, paramedics, etc. At certain times of the year, like now, you get live calls from all of them asking for donations.

The latest slimey tactic is that the caller ID lists a number that is either "stolen" or completely fake. I now see many Dish Network calls coming in with a private party ID, and when I hit the call-back button, it is clear from my folloup conversations that telemarketers have developed some kind of computerized caller ID theft. Hopefully the several complaints I've made to the FCC & FTC have some level of impact, and an investigation into the matter is undertaken. Please do some "screaming" of your own. After all, we still live in a nation where, "the squeeky wheel gets the grease."

I do the same as FB. I don't answer unknown callers/resricted #s. If it is important they will leave a mesage.

Keep record of date & time & note "caller unknown" on all unsoliciated phone calls made as far back as you have them on your caller ID. Keep records for at least a week or more to show consistancy. Submit, via e-mail (listed in your phone book) that list w/brief message to your telephone company, your States Attorney's office, & your Congressman.
Then re-register on a "do not call list" thru your telephone co. that costs $10 a year. It has solved my problems of getting the same call 3 times a day from telemarketer in Utah selling satellite dishes even tho I have Dish network. They said to hit #9 to stop their calls but it didn't work for over 2 wks.

LOL I just hung up from a Wayne Green talking about how I have won 3million...of course I mention 419 scam and he hung up..but gloria that is a great idea ask them to hold and then leave them hanging. I get calls from that USDW out of Arizona and they "claim" I have done business with them, which is not true but next time they call I will definitely do that...

When you keep a caller 'on hold' they hang up usually in less than a minute because this is considered a non-contact. You are still on the list to be called back, probably that day. If this is a legitimate merchant you have dealt with, just speak with them enough for them to take notes on the status of your business with them, don't hang up, and they will not call back for 4-5 days if the matter is still not resolved, and not at all if you resolve the matter - pay your bill, or whatever was the request.

The best way to get back at telemarketers is to prank them when they call you. Here are a couple of my favorite examples...

Tom Mabe makes the telemarketer think he's in trouble with the cops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5z4Vs26-TI

Eugene Mirman talks with an anti-gay phone company:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk8b5WGhAuY

Quentin, you idiot, are you one of them telemarketers? Give us your phone number so they could all call you at home. Besides, where do you get your ridiculous info that telemarketers have anything to do with home sales. Get a life asshole