Incredible, some of the ruses reported here!!  My call came on 5/14/14, at 12:40PM, EDT.  Which lends credence to preying on unsuspecting seniors.  Everyone else is usually on the clock, at that time.  I'm retired, but I'm not decrepit and I never answer calls I don't recognize.  "Alert" as a CID has been used too many times, too.  The scammers need to find something else.

AMEN, I say!!

This number called.  Told me I just wo
Publishers Clearing House contest.

Wanted a special money order, I was
Told I would be in danger if I did not do this.

I hung up.

just another predator in this jungle world, looking for easy prey.

Sub-human scammers. Do not call list does not work. For that matter with the exception of the military,  the government  does not work as intended.

Here is a list of (mostly government) sites were you can report those scams, or learn more about them.

http://phonehelp.2truth.com/complaint_sites_rev.html

 Same thing, here. Alert came up during bad weather warning. I answered, thinking it would be our call center. These people should be stopped in their tracks! Using"Alert" on caller ID? A-Holes!

Wife answered. They were looking for old people to scam with the idea of getting help to pay their medical bills etc. All they help are themselves! She thought it was auto messaging for a local weather alert. Scums use anything!  The Do Not Call list is a waste of taxpayers money to feed the legal crooks in Washington!!

Same as above, they don't say a thing, caller ID reads ALERT.  Right, don't answer them!!!  Bottom feeders.

No one is on the line.