[Shop-talk] annoying calls

[Brian Kemp]

Many home phone systems have the option to save the phone number to 
'call block' or similar.  If you notice the same number calling, it may 
be an option for you.

Calls to our home are so bad that we don't answer anything not in our 
phone book or with a caller ID we recognize.  Once upon a time back when 
I answered the phone, I'd see how long I could keep the person on the 
phone.  That was really fun for the telemarketers 'doing work in my 
area'.  I'd ask if they were the ones doing the big house on Main Street 
to quickly ID how fraudulent they were as there is no Main St anywhere 
near me.  I thought about inviting them to give me as estimate at the 
local Sheriff department address, but never did.

Brian

On 3/25/2019 9:29 AM, john niolon via Shop-talk wrote:
> for some time I’ve been getting calls on cells phones and home phone 
> offering me “lower credit card rates” and have a limited time to 
> reply... when I press “1” to speak to an associate, I get a foreign 
> being speaking almost english and when I tell him to stop calling they 
> hang up..these calls are two to three times a week and sometimes twice 
> a day. Today I called their 800 number and got bank of america. After 
> three failed attempts and a call back I finally spoke to a person and 
> she told me it was a scam and they mask their number and it shows BoAs 
> 800 number.  She said there was nothing they could do... but put me on 
> BoAs do not call list but offered no incouragement that that would 
> stop the calls
> Is there anywhere I can take this to get it resolved... I can’t seem 
> to block the number on my home phone since it[s a 800 number and 
> haven’t found a way on the cells yet... come on phone/tech/gurus... 
> little help here
> thanks
> John
>
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