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These calls are radio producer quality recorded voices pitching me on credit card special interest rates, business loans, health insurance offers, cruises, etc.
I have to say they are clever and well produced - and they MUST STOP!
I also suspect they are scammers, phishers and fraudsters -- every one of them.
My phone used to ring with prospects and I still answer virtually every call as I once did - sadly, now it just rings with this horrible spam.
Anyone have a solution as to how to avoid this?
Or change your number. Pain in the butt but I've went that route before.
I can't seem to find anything that disconfirms this.
[tpsonline.org.uk...]
Friends and family know to start talking, most cold calling systems automatically disconnect. I still get the pre-recorded messages very occasionally but less than one a month.
I do not have any sense that this applies to commercial entitles.
However, this page [www2.ftc.gov] says:
Most phone calls between a telemarketer and a business are exempt from the Rule. But business-to-business calls to induce the retail sale of nondurable office or cleaning supplies are covered. Examples of nondurable office or cleaning supplies include paper, pencils, solvents, copying machine toner, and ink — in short, anything that, when used, is depleted, and must be replaced. Such goods as software, computer disks, copiers, computers, mops, and buckets are considered durable because they can be used again.:(
I'd still file a complaint with the FTC anytime you get a B2B robocall. Maybe if they get enough complaints they'll realize the need to apply it to ALL robocall solicitations.
Just now (no kidding) I got a robo-call from lexitelcom saying "for only $ 29.95, I could have all these annoying calls pre-screened" and removed so I could "save money and time".
Frost on goat continues to get thicker !
I am now listening to these and pressing 2 to get on their "do not call" list - which I think is the same as responding to spam by asking to get off their spam list.
We use the TPS and the fax preference service both of which work well. The FPS saved us a fortune in ink cartridges for the fax machine, and the TPS stops most of the annoying calls by people (except for some reason the ones from the nasty little scrotes who although they speak English very poorly expect you to painstakingly tell them all about your telephone system or mobile phone contract so they can quote you for their version which may or may not save you any money).
The TPS does not cover pre-recorded messages, the advice on their website is to listen to the message, find an address or phone number then complain. What a waste of time; they are all different! I would spend most of my life dealing with these criminals.
When will the people who like to invade our privacy with there half-assed offers realise that this sort of individual "proactive advertising" is a compete waste of time all it does is annoy,infuriate and finally alienate any potential customers.
The penalty for sending this sort of stuff should be death. On second thoughts that would be letting them off too lightly, ten years incarceration with a flogging every two days then death.
The penalty for sending this sort of stuff should be death. On second thoughts that would be letting them off too lightly, ten years incarceration with a flogging every two days then death.
Of course, being in prison, they don't have much else to do besides listen to phone calls, so we'll have to devise something else that answering phone calls takes them away from doing. Maybe just the act of making them rush in from the exercise yard because they have an incoming phone call and the jeers of the other inmates when they return to the yard and have to tell them it was just another robocall...
What do they get when they press 1? More robo-help...
their robocall come-on was "sign up today and get free vision and dental care".
the person repeatedly refused to provide me with any information other than I must enroll today to get further information.
of course, they were well trained and stuck with their script, with the attendant boiler room background noise of dozens of operators standing by humming away.
how can a legitimate business operate this way?
Of course, the caller ID number, when called, was blocked.
If you're in the States, the new robocall law went into affect Sept. 1 that prohibits most robocall
We've seen no September drop off in the immense numbers of such calls we've been getting. Far worse than a year ago.
Often I put the receiver down on my desk for the full length of the call or more. Want to use up their "dime" as much as I can. Anyone know if that hurts them?
Many of them are probably making the calls in violation of their VoIP provider's ToS. Getting their phone service cancelled for a ToS violation would be nice payback! Not sure how to go about that though...
It must be profitable, much like spam.
They never come in here and the number has been available to the public for quite some time now.
Of course this only works if the number they call from stays the same.
Of course this only works if the number they call from stays the same.
Sounds good but most robocallers don't show their numbers.
I remember back in the day when I was getting fax spam I found there were people who were actually finding the spammers, establishing evidence and the like bringing suits against them.
If anybody finds anyone who's doing this, (other than the FTC and the BBB) please post what details you can here.
I believe call routing can help you. That way when your customers call, they will hear the automatic recording and dial 1 or whatever to talk to you. Unless something can be created to counter that, I'm guessing the robo callers can't dial one or whatever... or can they?
I don't know about US phones but in the UK that will keep the line engaged.
