Still getting unwanted calls after registering with the Do Not Call list? Here's why

Some consumers who have registered their numbers on the federal Do Not Call list report they are getting as many as 10 unwanted calls a day. It is more than a distraction when the phone rings multiple times a day.

[@lambda2857]

These unwanted phone calls are such a pain in the neck.

[@susanstandard8727]

I just got 4 calls since this video started playing!

[@JaneDoe-ds2iz]

only 4? Geeez, wanna switch numbers? Try counting how many you get during your evening meal. If you have enough fingers in your family to do so. We sure don't cause there's only 2 of us. It's ridiculous, isn't it?

[@HillaryMarek]

I used to work as an appointment setter at a call center. This was not random solicitations as we were calling people who had registered at an exhibition booth to be contacted by a representative later on. One of the most valuable things i learned in that time was how to instantly thwart robocall devices. We used the same kind of autodialer as pretty much all those places do, it calls phone numbers in rapid succession and when someone answers it pings an operator to pick up. But what about voicemail and wrong numbers like say a business? Well it is programmed to ring through to the operator when you answer with 1-3 word salutations such as Hi. Hello? Hi this is (your name). Talk to me. What's up? What's good? and even, Who Dis? However when it detects a string of 5 or more words that is a good indicator that it reached a business or voice mail. Example: "What's up? You've reached Hillary, talk to me. " will probably get hung up on. But answering as I do with my business name like this, "Good morning. Thank you for calling Hillary's Of Houston. How can we best dress you today? " not only gets it to skip over connecting me but also submits a variable that lets the system know that this number is potentially a business. After the second time it flags it the number gets taken out of rotation for 90 days. If it is taken out 3 times instead of putting it back in on the 4th time, it permanently deletes it from the system. In our case that usually means the person gave us a wrong number. Either way, it does not serve us in any way to keep it on file. So how do you permanently block these guys? Answer any unknown number with a longer greeting. If it's a friend or family calling you can then explain why you are answering like that. Up to you.

[@quercus4730]

Robocalls and medical commercials on tv make my day. America the free. Consumer harassment is something that needs to be brought up in congress.

[@TheSuburban15]

It has been, but they can't actually be bothered to do anything about it.

[@norman7179]

@@TheSuburban15 The telemarketers "buy" the politicians who SHOULD be doing something to end this.

[@kentharris7427]

When I get a Robocall I always purchase the product, this gives me the Telemarketers contact information and then I send a demand letter. This one company last year refused to pay so I sued them for $5 million and they settled for $15,000 instead of the $3,000 I ask in my demand letter. Once I get the telemarketer's contact information I do a chargeback on the credit card.

[@thenotoriusbp]

karma at its best

[@HulksterHogan]

Holy crap that is genius. If you are a senior citizen you could make a living doing this alone with how many calls you get.

[@billwalker7556]

The federal do not call list is woofully ineffective. I have been on the list for years and receive an average of 10 calls per week. I report each call to the FTC, however the reporting of these criminals is ineffective as I receive repetitive calls from the same numbers. Many numbers are spoofed and reverse call identification tools are mostly worthless.

[@greyjay9202]

The "do not call" list is a ripe plum, and the government sells it to telemarketers. Its a scam.

[@AR-jx6wr]

The feds don’t care.

[@onemorerep6597]

Mr. Hellas Pretty Much

[@KatieFisher575]

I added my number on the list and I still get scam calls every single day and it's so annoying

[@Michelle-uy2ll]

This do.not call registry needs serious over haul. I'm on it. Still get these robo calls

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

AT&t has a serious problem with allowing robocalls ever since I moved over to T-Mobile I have not had a problem whatsoever the only spam I've got was a newspaper printer calling me to resubscribe.

[@harrychristie3852]

I considered NoMoRobo 6 months or so ago. However, the number 1 complaint about the service was that robo calls increased after registration, sometimes as many as 4 or 5 times more. Needless to say, I didn't pay to register. As for Do No Call, once the the biggest issues with it is that it specifically excludes Religions, Political and Charities - all of which are in the top 5 telemarketing callers. The only service I think could work is to see if your telephone provider has a call interceptor (usually available on land lines, but not too many cell) - this is where all incoming calls have to press 1 to continue (ideally, you could change that number). Robo calls, of course, can't press 1. On the other hand, I don't think many of the existing interceptors will allow for a whilelist to allow certain callers immediately through. It also wouldn't be all that difficult for the telephone carrier to ping the caller back to make sure it's a "real" number and not a virtual number (since if you do try to call most of these back, you'll get a "number does not exist" error.

[@stephensmith60]

If ANYONE knows someone who works for a telemarketer, you need to first slap the shit out of them, and then tell them that they're the most hated people in America!

[@weRweekendwarriors]

Do not call registry stinks....

[@ColonelMarcellus]

It's a farce, a scam against the People by the government.

[@misterb6416]

I can't even turn on my ringer anymore, I get at least 20 calls a day, I block those numbers and the next day I still get about 20 calls. This is getting way out of hand. I don't answer or call them back because I don't want to open myself up to a scam. You just feel helpless after a while. I have missed important calls or texts because my ringer and notifications are off.

[@FarmerMan260]

Use att call protect

[@foureyedchick]

20 calls a day? That's how many I get in an hour!

[@470ohio]

I keep getting call's from the same people but it's a different number every time. And how do you get rid of the scammer's? Any idea's???

[@ststephen]

i use both t mobile scam likely thing and the national trade thing and still get scam calls

[@davidp719]

Many robocalls are set to play their message when they hear a voice. I started to just pick up the phone and listen. If the robocaller doesn't hear anything they just hang up and might not call back. The calls have decreased by half (tell your friends that you're doing this).

[@GX2re]

Thanks I'll try it

[@smudgybard8983]

Does it still work

[@ultimamage3]

Any updates on the success?

[@icospawn]

because its not a ligit marketer its a scammer LOL

[@jacindapeters2303]

I'm sick of getting calls from Telemarketers trying sell me stuff.

[@greyjay9202]

I keep a brass police whistle next to my phone. When I'm "lucky" enough to get a real person trying to hard sell me, I give the whistle a good blast. I have the satisfaction of sending them home with a blown eardrum.

[@Ghost89008]

How do you report spam and robo calls that don't have an area code and call four or more times a day

[@REAL-UNKNOWN-SHINOBI]

Sadly the do not call list does not work if you cancel a newspaper subscription because they'll always call you at least once a day wanting you to sign back up even though I'm looking very hard to save money not spend even more.

[@gmoops8986]

Some days, getting only 10 calls would be a relief.

[@Elb-mf2el]

Its tax season my brother just got 5 calls I'm the last 30 minutes claiming to be us treasury

[@darkshadows8347]

on the do not call regestry website i found a link for telemarketers to buy phone numbers 😂 so pretty much the government is making bank selling peoples numbers

[@vivianebeget]

stop all telemarketers have no right to bother people private telephone number

[@cavitycreep]

I get more unwanted calls after registering

[@CoreyAReeves]

5 years later, still getting calls

[@stevenhorsefield2909]

I've never once pick up the phone but yet they always called me. Anybody know where theses people are located?

[@darkshadows8347]

usually from other countries

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

India

[@timsering9964]

India street shitters

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

we have no jurisdiction in India @Mr. Hellas

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

nope. not in the least. aloha nui loa!@Mr. Hellas

[@michaelwightman4358]

Just Report & Block the #'s!

[@raytune42]

We have paid every bill on time with AT&T for 15 years and in return I have gotten over 1125 phone calls to my small business from AT&T claiming they can switch my account around to save me money. The savings is not true and it is harassment for people who pay their bills. I have repeatedly asked AT&T to stop calling my business over 800 times and they will not stop calling. For those of you starting a new business you need to be aware of this staggering amount of phone calls you will have to deal with ....at least one call every two days from AT&T and sometimes two times a day. How does that sound to you? Are you OK with that? There are 250 working days in a year. If we get one call every 2 days, that’s 1,875 calls over 15 years. About half the time we ask that they never call back and about half the time we just hang up. This has caused considerable stress and argument between myself and my business partner, disagreeing that the constant interruption is hurting our production, as we do highly technical and artistic problem solving in groups, we need a clear uninterrupted time to reach conclusions to proceed forward. I am of the opinion that AT&T owes our business money for the times they interrupt....asking us to stop what we are doing and instead talk to them.

[@dayanyankov1352]

Healthcare calls are the worst of the worst. No getting rid of them and I registered 2 months ago.

[@matthewadams9900]

I get 10 to 15 calls a day. I called the ''do not call list'' with no positive results.

[@samanthamccormick1505]

If you are getting these on your cell phone or a phone that displays number of the caller, only pick numbers that you know

[@billyleroux]

I dont even bother answering the phone

[@searchbug]

Businesses should know why tools such as phone validator exist. It is a tool to know the status of a phone number whether it is registered under DNC or not. If it says it's under DNC, businesses should respect that and remove the numbers from their database. There are people who are taking getting cold calls seriously and win against companies who did it. Businesses should respect consumer preferences, that is why TCPA is there.

[@corniss]

I think the govt gives your number to these people. I have gotten 15 or more calls a day since signing up for obamacare and it dont help to put number on do not call list.

[@jakesnake4998]

i agree with 100%. i did applied some governments applications and started getting a lot of junk calls more than usual minimum of 10 calls a day now

[@dcrockafella]

My grandmother lost her house because of the confusion from a scammer, she won't be honest with me and let me see her bank statements so I can help her, she lost her house and some one bought it and now rents it back to her for $800 a month. Or maybe it was my dad drainer her bank account.

[@icymeel3378]

Donald J Trump

[@invincible5065]

stupidity at its finest

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

Do Not Call didn't do a thing for me.

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

they're in India We have no jurisdiction in India But you already know this don't you?@Mr. Hellas

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

@Mr. Hellas omg! I checked up on you and you're a kid! I should've known by your syntax and grammar. I cant/wont/don't chat with kids. Also you're just not very interesting. Aloha nui loa

[@gabehcuodsuoitneterp203]

Underfunded enforcement arm?

[@lookoutcam9614]

it doesn't work

[@maxheadroom8097]

I just keep fucking with them until they get so mad they hang up

[@911awwmang]

Google Pixel phones look into them very good for that

[@K4tan4z]

This is exactly why I have dnd on my phone

[@williamzinser2378]

I get 30 to 40 robocalls a day.

[@carlosmurphy4u1]

The NDNCR isen't worth a fly'n shit! I tried to register a complaint for the "SEVEN" CALLS I GOT TODAY and the last question on the form is what was the call about. HOW THE FUCK WOULD I KNOW what the call was about, I've learned NEVER answer my phone for out of area or out of state calls and even THAT doesn't work because I get these fucking calls sometimes from my own area code.

[@brentmiller1607]

I have ringtones set for everyone on my contacts, if you're an unknown caller its got a silent ringtone! But, that blocks out others from trying to reach you as well...... I wish that every telemarketer call in the country could be redirected to all liberal/Democratic/progressive/ socialist offices, they're not accomplishing anything anyway! One scam artist to another!

[@NortonChold]

The only way to stop this is discontinue your service and have NO PHONE 😃😃

[@SolidSonicTH]

Seems like the phrase "locks are only for the honest," in action. The registry exists to notify legitimate companies of who not to call yet no one with legitimate intentions is calling you.

[@TheTriplelman]

Federal Do Not call list sells your number - what else do you expect from your Gov.

[@ochicoloto3524]

It socks. Those scam calls

[@ruths8802]

The federal call list does not work I have registered every phone number in my family and continue to get tons of calls every day I firmly believe the call list sells our phone numbers to the hackers in a scammers I firmly believe they're making money off of us they do not stop

[@sharonchristie7579]

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[@craigtheschmeg3253]

Verizon offers call filter service at $3 a month. Sounds like the phone companies are in cahoots with spammers. Like computer systems and hackers.

[@lionsareus]

Another "news" piece that covers absolutely nothing. This story helped fill up the newscast's allotted time on a slow news day. Nothing to be learned here, there are several videos on KZbin like this, giving nothing of value.

[@kegangardner2277]

If you got nothing from this, maybe you need to rewatch it.

[@user-dk8tq1fg9k]

Need Do Not Caa phone number 0:40

[@rokuwhitefox7764]

So sick of this shit.

[@timothyhurley46]

Do not call registry are fake.

constant call hangups after mumbling blm to seniors from SCAMMERS 205-596-7948 alabama / 772-402-3018 hobe sound fl = blm

[@timsering9964]

absolutely useless...I get as many calls now, as I did before signing up.....another government failure

[@kegangardner2277]

Did you even watch the video? It's not the governments fault, it's scammers and the gov't has zero control over them. Blame the Cell Phone Providers

[@yonnabartlette2535]

Nomorobocalls is not free. After 14 days you are $4.50 amonth

[@norman7179]

C O M C A S T is the world's worst. They will not stop calling. If the phone companies value their customers they will STOP this.