anyway of stopping telemarketers from calling your home phone?

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anyway of stopping telemarketers from calling your home phone? the cable company wasn't too smart in when they issued us our home phone number years ago and gave us the same exact number as the previous owner's (big mistake). literally get over a dozen plus calls a day (mainly for them) which are missed because we don't bother picking up and no one leaves a message...
 
I don't have a home phone, no need with unlimited cell service, gave it up 8 years ago.
 
Get a new number or ditch the home phone all together is basically your choice.

Or answer each call personally and toy with them until they stop
 
Isn't there still a national "do not call" list?
 
Nomorobo has been very effective for us, it's free and I've never gotten a junk email from them after signing up. It's not available for all telecom providers though.

Only down side is that your phone will ring once, then stop. Takes some adjusting to wait until the second ring before going to the phone.

It's also very good at filtering correctly. I still get automated calls for prescriptions, dr appts and from the library that a book is ready.
 
Comcast allows me to block numbers. They call once, I block that number...BAM! All gone!
 
I called our phone company and they were limited help because most of the phone numbers were VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) numbers. However they did cheerfully pass the numbers on to the Better Business Beuareu. My wife had also bought a new house phone, and it has a call block feature. Someone calls, I put the number into the call block feature, no more calls. Maybe that's the way for you to go.
 
Just got a call today...

(recorded message) -

"The IRS is seizing all your assets and taking legal action against you for federal tax penalties... call .... xxx-xxx-xxxx"

Call comes from Washington DC. I proceed to get the same call 4 more times. Apparently, this is a scam where you call them back and they ask you to send them pre-paid debit cards for "tax penalties".

It's pretty sad. I did some research and it says citizens have been scammed out of over 14 million dollars with this scam. Immigrants have their citizenship threatened if they do not pay.

Just an FYI, this is a known scam per the IRS website. The IRS is aware of the scam and reports they never will contact you in this manner.
 
While I don't advocate harm, more than once I have considered an airhorn.
 
Telemarketing Calls—Exemptions:

-Charities seeking donations
-Politicians seeking your vote
-Companies with which you have
an existing business relationship
-Survey companies doing opinion polls


Bob
 
Yep... if it's a cable company phone you have a management console, just block it.

What I do is not answer "hello", instead I say "yes" or "how can I help you". That generally startles them so, that they forget how to talk.

Upon occasion, (especially if they keep calling with different numbers, but seem to be the same people) I'll answer by saying "Fraud Protection Department"... which is followed (on their end) by a CLICK. :laughing:

Then when I'm feeling particularly froggy... I'll say "Jack Johnson... Johnson City Morgue" and I can say that NOBODY, and I mean NO friggin' BODY responds to that! :D ROTFLMAO :laughing:

As Bob linked to... we still have the Do Not Call List... but good luck with that working in a timely manner! We've had the same number for 12 years, and constantly get the same calls. We did change from AT&T to Charter for phone service a few months back, again same number... but now the telemarketers have increased.

Today I had one that came across the TV as Bank of America, so I answered it. We don't bank there, but my mother in law does, and had her identity stolen a couple months ago so CarMomma has been dealing with that on a weekly basis since. So I answered it, and it was offering me a 'free cruise' for answering a survey. Now normally I'd instantly pushed all sort of buttons till it went bonkers, but this time I listened to 3 questions, then pushed the buttons for an answer. (Not any particular answer, just 3 for each answer.)

So at the end, it said "push 1 and a representative will call you to confirm your free cruise". Sure enough... about 10 minutes later the phone rang, this time it wasn't from Bank of America and as SOON as the woman on the other end spoke I ripped into her for them using a Caller ID saying they were Bank of America. YUP.... didn't take long... CLICK. :D
 
+1 for Nomorobo, I'm more than happy to put up with 1 ring on the land line in exchange for no more krap phone calls.

If something new slips through, I can add that number to the blocked list at Nomorobo.

If something gets blocked that you want to let through ( not likely), add the number at Nomorobo.

They do all this for free & it works 1000% better than the useless DoNotCall list that has to be renewed every few years.
 
NYV6Coupe said:
+1 for Nomorobo, I'm more than happy to put up with 1 ring on the land line in exchange for no more krap phone calls.
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Oh yes, it was not my intention to make it seem like a bad thing. In fact, I giggle every time the phone doesn't ring a second time. It feels quite good to outsmart that scum.


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cardaddy said:
Yep... if it's a cable company phone you have a management console, just block it.

What I do is not answer "hello", instead I say "yes" or "how can I help you". That generally startles them so, that they forget how to talk.

Upon occasion, (especially if they keep calling with different numbers, but seem to be the same people) I'll answer by saying "Fraud Protection Department"... which is followed (on their end) by a CLICK. :laughing:

Then when I'm feeling particularly froggy... I'll say "Jack Johnson... Johnson City Morgue" and I can say that NOBODY, and I mean NO friggin' BODY responds to that! :D ROTFLMAO :laughing:

As Bob linked to... we still have the Do Not Call List... but good luck with that working in a timely manner! We've had the same number for 12 years, and constantly get the same calls. We did change from AT&T to Charter for phone service a few months back, again same number... but now the telemarketers have increased.

Today I had one that came across the TV as Bank of America, so I answered it. We don't bank there, but my mother in law does, and had her identity stolen a couple months ago so CarMomma has been dealing with that on a weekly basis since. So I answered it, and it was offering me a 'free cruise' for answering a survey. Now normally I'd instantly pushed all sort of buttons till it went bonkers, but this time I listened to 3 questions, then pushed the buttons for an answer. (Not any particular answer, just 3 for each answer.)

So at the end, it said "push 1 and a representative will call you to confirm your free cruise". Sure enough... about 10 minutes later the phone rang, this time it wasn't from Bank of America and as SOON as the woman on the other end spoke I ripped into her for them using a Caller ID saying they were Bank of America. YUP.... didn't take long... CLICK. :D
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Very interesting, I got a cell number from a lady who is writing bad checks and screwing credit cards left and right,I get at the minimum 2 calls a day for the past 5'years.I can't change it cause business number.
 
swanicyouth said:
Just got a call today...

(recorded message) -

"The IRS is seizing all your assets and taking legal action against you for federal tax penalties... call .... xxx-xxx-xxxx"

Call comes from Washington DC. I proceed to get the same call 4 more times. Apparently, this is a scam where you call them back and they ask you to send them pre-paid debit cards for "tax penalties".

It's pretty sad. I did some research and it says citizens have been scammed out of over 14 million dollars with this scam. Immigrants have their citizenship threatened if they do not pay.

Just an FYI, this is a known scam per the IRS website. The IRS is aware of the scam and reports they never will contact you in this manner.
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I got that call last year. As soon as it said this is the IRS I hung up. The IRS will never call you
 
DaveT435 said:
The IRS will never call you
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Yes, they can. There will be whole bunch of letters and lien notices first though. People who get calls know they owe taxes, and have large outstanding liabilities.

You are absolutely correct that a random call out of the clear blue from someone saying they are the IRS will not be legit. If the service calls, it will not be the first contact, there will be no element of surprise if you are that far into the process.
 
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