This call came in yesterday.  I saw it on caller ID today.  I'm on do not call list.

Yep....I saw the comment over and over.  It needs to be updated.

I just received a call from this number but did not answer it.  When I see a number I don't recognize I don't answer it until I have google the number and see if it is legit.

On Android, Call Control is a great app to reduce/block the number of calls you get from these people.  Far better than just what Verizon allows you to block only for 90days.  And you can send the numbers for reporting...its definitely reduced the number of these calls that I get, but some still sneak through.

Thanks Gompers,
I have read many of your posts and I find your sense of humor refreshing. Normally I just ignore the shills and allow people to make up their own minds on the value of my posts. Since I only post on a number that calls me, if there are too many posts it is simply because they continue calling. I am just a poor ignorant uneducated simple country boy from backwoods Wisconsin who has received more than 550 calls from these scum sucking criminals.
Here is another post that usually gets them riled up!

Disclaimer:  This post is an attempt at humor (or frustration), it is not meant to be taken seriously.

Why can't something be done about these calls?
Let us take a look at a few things that might influence the inability to stop these calls.

Caller ID:
1). Your phone company is charging you a fee for Caller ID. Your phone company pays the scammer for sending their Caller ID information. Your phone company pays only a fraction of a cent per call and you pay your phone company to have the Caller ID displayed. The scammers send out millions of calls which amounts to a significant amount of money however your phone company is charging a large amount to millions of customers.
Result: This generates more money for your phone company.
2). Many of the criminals behind this are using VOIP which gives them very cheap international calls (many of these calls are coming from India, Belize and Costa Rica). Your phone company makes little profit (if any) on a VOIP call. If they can get enough people angry at the calls then maybe something will be done about regulating the VOIP calls and allow the phone companies to once again become monopolies.
Result: This generates more money for your phone company.  

Call blocking:
1).  I personally use Verizon Wireless which allows me to block 5 numbers for 90 days, unless I pay them an additional premium fee which will allow blocking 10 numbers.
Result: This generates more money for your phone company.
2).  Upgrade my simple non data flip phone to a smart phone and add in data, download an app that will block calls. Since they have called me using more than 160 unique numbers in the last year, this would seem to be the only option.
Result: This generates more money for your phone company.
This may have something to do with the phone companies inability to stop these calls.

The banking system:
1).  The banking system is also at fault here, without merchant accounts and ACH processing these criminals could not collect the scammed funds. Though the criminals use obfuscation, layered corporations, multiple bank accounts and offshore stashing, patterns of obvious fraudulent activity become apparent after a short time.
Result:  The fees generated means more money for the banks.
This may have something to do with the banks inability to stop these criminals.

The FCC, FTC and Do Not Call registry:
1). The FTC is only allowed to collect fines, not impose criminal penalties. These companies hide their money in overseas bank accounts and claim that they can't pay the fines.
Civil action by the FTC against such criminals is totally ineffective. These criminals need to be charged with Federal Felonies and subjected to significant prison time. All of those involved know that they are violating FTC regulations. The FTC levies huge fines, then rescinds them based on inability to pay. The FTC settles for the minimal cash on hand, and enjoins them from future telemarketing. The criminals sign off, then go right back to business as usual. These same people under different companies have been sued in the past and have only paid a minimal fine.
Result:  The FTC and FCC basically are saying 'Naughty - naughty, now go out and play nice'.
Solution:  Take away government funding for the FTC and FCC. If they want to impose fines then make them self sufficient and use the fines for their operating budget.

"Who keeps posting that annoying information about what to do if you get robo calls"

IMHO it's not annoying. A lot of people have not seen it.  They may have just received their first few calls from Card Member Services and such a post is quite helpful.  It takes just a few seconds to make a post like that.  

If you have a suggestion as to how to stop these calls, let's hear it.  The issue is not trivial.

Sometimes if I have nothing to do I try to keep them on the phone for as long as possible. I'll get to the point where they want my cc number and I'll tell them I am disabled and have to go up stairs to get i, which will take a few minutes.  Then I set the phone in front of the computer speakers and find a website with loud porn for them to listen to for the next several minutes.

Best thing you can do, either

a.) Waste their time
or
b.)Ignore the call.

Blowing a whistle, or anything else that stops these f****rs from having to spend 10 minutes on you will never ever get you off their scam list. Plus it's just fun to play along, just be the 'ideal' customer they want to scam, old, and  senile, and you will have no problem keeping them on the line with your 'memory amnesia'. I have kept some people on so long, and they get SO pissed at me, by far the best payback ever.

Please note, that these f****rs actually make money from calling you, so unless you waste their time, the scammers will still win, source: http://telemarketerspam.wordpress.com/

Got a call supposedly from 551-123-6010.

One big problem .... The number is totally PHONY!!!
     per < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Numbering_Plan#Numbering_system>

  -- in the U.S. phone #'s are AreaCode - NPA(Central Office Code) - Subscriber #
  -- the NPA can " Allowed ranges: [2?9] for the first digit,
                                 and [0?9] for both the second and third digits
                                     (however, the third digit cannot be "1" if the second digit is also "1").
so the NPA can Never start with a 1.

So if you see a phone number with NPA starting with a 1 you know they have spoofed the CallerID.

Yet another # for my SPAM contact.

Thank you for these posts...I thought I had missed an important call back from a doctor and tried to redial and it would not go through.  Relieved to know it was nothing and not to answer it next time.
Peace

No message, no speaker

Call came from NJ

I like to talk to them.  Tell them some sob story about how I'm so grateful for them calling to save me some money on my credit cards.  I have some old, expired card number I use so I can keep them on the line.  Its entertaining for me and hopefully it saves someone from being scammed.

Was is a bright lit area and couldn't tell who was calling so I answered.  I know better than that.  Any way they hung up as soon as I said "hello".  Maybe they thought I said to go to hell-o.  Have no idea who they are.  May their mother run out from under the porch and bite them.

Who keeps poting that annoying information about what to do if you get robo calls and the FBI, FTC cannot stop this so guess who gets the brunt? We do the on's getting the calls all day every day, If I posted to all of the links below every call like this that I get I would be out of a job as that would become my full time job. They can do something, they choose not too. I'm willing to bet that nobody from the FBI gets these calls. How sad that scammers outsmart the FBI.

Jason called identifying himself as a floor manager for credit consolidation and interest rate reduction company for visa, mastercard and discovery companies. He is insistant that i'm a fool if i don't take advantage of his service. I hang up and someone else calls right back or i can expect a call every Tuesday about 3pm from a different number and for a different reason

blah blah blah, Consumer Law, blah blah, (click)...hung up on them...patiently awaiting their call back, which i know will happen in a couple of days...

These people keep calling and Ihave nothing to do with them.I am on DO NOTCALL LIST

WTF?

Unsolicited call to my cell phone.  Ignored.  No messages left to voicemail.

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

The FCC has temporarily halted 9 minor boiler rooms that will receive a slap on the wrist and be back at it within a few days. Civil action by the FTC against such criminals is totally ineffective. The FTC levies huge fines, then rescinds them based on inability to pay. The FTC settles for the minimal cash on hand, and enjoins them from future telemarketing. The criminals sign off, then go right back to business as usual. These same people under different companies have been sued in the past and have only paid a minimal fine. These criminals need to be charged with FEDERAL FELONIES and subjected to significant prison time. All of those involved know that they are violating FTC regulations. At the height of this telephone debacle it's been said that each call center was making 27 calls a second, which is 2.4 million calls per day.

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.

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.

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.

EVERYONE should be reporting them everywhere that they can. It is important to keep up the pressure even though nothing seems to be getting done, or else the government will just sit back and claim they are doing a good job since there are fewer complaints.
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).

I almost never answer before I recognize the caller.
But, I was expecting calls so I picked up on TWO rings.
Dead silence.  Yet another F**king robot dialer.  
I am so ashamed that I got caught.
Find the "real me" at http://CustomerFromHell.com/

Unknown Robo Call about an account receivable, stating I'm in defualt... Couldn't call back, They called  4 times in a row.

Yes, especially weird since I have not had a credit card in nearly 20 years.  They can give me better rates. I ask them if they intend paying me then because what rate is better than zero?

Cardmember services scam.

Oddly, the robomessage claimed they were for "Accounts Reductions Inc."  Fools need to synch up their scams better.

Every day I getting this call on my cell from some credit card consolidation. I have asked them to put me on their do not call list but them just use different area codes.