Called by this number - did not answer. Getting so that when an out of state number shows up on my phones (home and cell  though both are on do-not-call lists) I just don't answer. If it was important, they will leave a message or call back. Sick of these phone ticks.... Where's my DEET?

This is yet another credit card co. offering to lower your interest rate.  The number that appears on the caller ID is not the real number - they generate a fake # so you can't block them.  The way they get around the do not call list is that if you press "1" to be connected then they can claim you effectively called them.  They claim to have no idea who it was that called you with the lead-in to get you to press "1" :  "Oh, that must be some kind of marketer ... they transfered you here.  We have no idea who that was."

got this call, no reply on pick up then a disconnect. my block list is filled (from such bottom feeders) and I listed to my phone book as SCAM OR SPAM.. so it won't get answered on the caller i.d. come-up.

We continue to get calls from this number 1-252-998-0000 and they hang up before saying anything. We are on the Do Not Call list. FRUSTRATING!!!

Pre-recorded message to lower interest rate on Discover cards. (we have no credit cards at all).  Lately, we've been handing the phone to our 2 year old daughter when a telemarketer calls because apparently "Do Not Call" means nothing to these spammers.  This time, my daughter did not want the phone so she said, "I don't want it" when there was a live person on the phone from this number. The man on the phone said, "You don't want to what?  Stick your pee-pee in your daddy's butt hole?  He likes it"  I was so appalled because I've never had thought someone yahoo would say something so disgusting to a child!!  I reported them to the FCC immediately after.  I'm just glad my daughter is too young to understand what he said....and we will not be handing her the phone anymore.

they call, i answer and no one is there.
i call them back, and get recording that it isn't a working number

I received an automated call from 252-998-0000 yesterday with some message about my credit cards, hit "1" to speak to a rep and promptly told them to take my number off of their list.  In the past I have answered and put the phone down thinking as long as I keep the line tied up, maybe that would keep them from calling a few more folks and/or discourage calls to my phone number.

keeps calling- no one will talk-- tried to dial it back, but the phone response is " we're sorry, you've reached a phone number that is disconnected or no longer in service".

I have 9 calls same voice  diffrent number  just today

called cell phone, i did not answer, no message.  they are from north carolina

The FCC has temporarily halted 9 minor unprofitable boiler rooms who will receive a slap on the wrist and be back at it within a few days.  At the height of this telephone debacle it's been said that each call center was making 27 calls a second, which is a whopping 2.4 million calls in a single day.

In the meantime the calls will continue since they are making money with what is called a CNAM revenue-sharing program through companies like http://www.telephonemanagement.net and http://www.CallerID4U.com
In their own words:  'Every day your company makes thousands of outbound phone calls. Every one of those calls generates revenue for many companies, why not yours? Our CNAM revenue-sharing program helps you make money every time a Caller ID request is made by a phone carrier. A high-traffic call center can lose hundreds to thousands of dollars a day to phone carriers by allowing them to charge for access to your own data.'
There is a blog site that has information on one of these operations:     http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com
Please read the blog and report violations to the proper authorities.
You can now see why the criminals keep calling even though they know you won't fall for their scam. They are making money even if you don't answer the phone. If someone does make the mistake of answering the phone and falling for their scam then it is just icing on the cake for them. These people are the lowest form of filth on this planet.

The criminals behind this operation aren't going to pay attention to you asking to be removed from their list. Their calls cost them almost nothing and they make millions of them so they have no intention of ever removing someone. When you press a key to talk to them all that is accomplished is to verify that they have a working number.  These people are the lowest form of filth on this planet.
Unfortunately blowing an air horn or whistle doesn't work either. Their headset have noise dampeners plus they are expecting it. However with that said if it makes you feel better then by all means give it a shot.

Despite the best interagency enforcement efforts to combat mass marketing fraud, the FBI remains cognizant of the fact that the only enduring remedy for this crime problem lies in consumer education and fraud prevention programs. Toward this end, the FBI has not only produced its own mass marketing fraud prevention materials, but coordinates on other public information efforts with the DOJ, FTC, and the USPIS, among others. The FBI also supports a consumer fraud prevention website in conjunction with the USPIS which can be located on the web at: http://www.stopfraud.gov.  Additionally, further information on mass marketing fraud schemes can be found at www.fbi.gov, www.ftc.gov, www.ic3.gov, and www.stopfraud.gov.

Why hasn't the FBI used the RICO act and gone after these organizations? On October 15, 1970, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961?1968), commonly referred to as the 'RICO Act', became United States law. The RICO Act allowed law enforcement to charge a person or group of people with racketeering, defined as committing multiple violations of certain varieties within a ten-year period. The purpose of the RICO Act was stated as 'the elimination of the infiltration of organized crime and racketeering into legitimate organizations operating in interstate commerce'. S.Rep. No. 617, 91st Cong., 1st Sess. 76 (1968). However, the statute is sufficiently broad to encompass illegal activities relating to any enterprise affecting interstate or foreign commerce.

What To Do When You Get an Illegal Robocall; http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls
1.    Hang Up. Do not press 1 or any other numbers to get off the list and NEVER call them back
2.    Consider blocking the number or on a cell phone add it to a contact list and assign NO ring tone
3.    Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
4.    Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
5.    People should continually file complaints with their Attorney Generals office
6.     Report any criminal activity to the FBI here:    https://tips.fbi.gov

Robocalls are illegal unless you have given them prior permission in writing (not worded into some small print contract from a 3rd party) and are absolutely illegal to a cell phone.  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act permits individuals who have received certain unlawful telemarketing, such as junk faxes or telemarketing calls, to sue the violator in state courts where they may be awarded up to $1500 for each violation.

This is an all out attack from these scum sucking filthy pigs! EVERYONE should be reporting them everywhere that they can. Since this is an obvious attempt at identity theft and is interstate, the FBI should be forced to get involved. Charge them with a CRIMINAL offense and throw them in prison instead of the FCC saying 'Naughty - naughty, now go out and play nice'. (Prosecute them in criminal court instead of civil penalties).

David- I had a phone number whose previous owner owed money. I could NOT get them to stop calling. They would call every day, for hours. Even though I wasn't the person they wanted. Very similar to the road runner cartoons. The coyote does the same stunt, over & over, expecting the outcome to be different. I got a magic jack number - transferred ALL my banking, utilities, etc. to that number. I set magic jack, on their web site, to go to voice mail after 5 rings. I then changed my number, & got it unlisted, & unpublished. I also did NOT put it on the do not call list. In an honest world, I would have. But why put an unlisted number on a list for crooks to use? But, as you asked, I also did not get voice mail. I have not had a junk call in 11 days - no lie. Not for everyone, but for me, Worth EVERY penny.

I am anxiously waiting for one of these scumbags to go nuts on their office.

I am getting phone calls from this number.  I don't answer it anymore, due to that nobody is on the other end, when I do. I wish I could get my number taken off their call list.  I have tried to block it, but that last only a few days.  I am on the do not call list, but I still get these weired numbers.

Question:
Would turning off one's voice mail slow down or stop the calls?
My thinking is that being able to leave a voice mail message indicates to the fraudsters that the line is live or active. If no one picks up and the phone just rings, then maybe the fraudsters will go elsewhere. But my guess the fraudsters just use random dialing.
Any thoughts?
Other than these people deserve the electric chair.

Same here...i keep telling them to take me off their list and they keep calling, don't know where the got my number from, but it sucks that they keep calling...I tried blocking the number and they just call from a different number.

Keep receiving calls from this number at all hours of the day. No one responds when I answer.

I get calls from random numbers like this one.  No one answers.  I block them.

Hi, this is Anne, there is not a problem with your credit card BS BS BS

Get them on the phone and the second you don't give them a credit card or ask to be removed from their list, they hang up.

I have heard from some people before that numbers ending
In 0000 are the police lines.  So I came on here to see and
This ended up no help they could not tell me. My daughter
Had just got her number and had recieved calls from the Police
looking for previous owner of number. I just can't remember what
The number looked like.