I get a call from this number at least once a day. What happened to the do not call list?

Please know that the calls you are receiving are part of the American Heart Association’s Dear Neighbor campaign.  We are reaching out to caring people to volunteer to send letters to their neighbors in February If you would like to volunteer, please answer our call.  Or, to have your name removed, please call (866) 431-5121. Thank you!

no response-annoying waste of time

Glad to now know who is pestering us with the calls. BTW - the National Do Not Call Registry allows them to call if you have donated to them. Like most here, I don't like it at all and plan to block them somehow. Most likely from recommendations found on this web site. Since it is a toll free number, call blocker doesn't work.

Elaine - Drop dead!!
Are you kidding me with that BS sob story!!!  Go get a real job - stop harassing me...

At 8:43pm Thursday night I got a call from 1-866-431-5121. Didn't answer it. Already have AHA on national call block along with many others that start usually 9:30am till 2:30pm then 6pm till 11pm some even called after 11:30pm.

Time for the 1-866-431-5121 people to totally lose their phone privileges.

Friday 21st, November 2008.

Receive a call just about every day from 1-866-431-5121, they leave no message, just hang up, I want this stopped.

call from 1888-431-5121 did not leave a message, happens a lot

This call is from the American Heart Assoc. They call
up to 10 times a day on multiple lines. Here is the
list of all the numbers used so far. I sure glad I
have a call blocker.They can call "Till Hell Freezes
Over", but they will never get through.

(866) 431 5121
(866) 867 4178
(877) 213 5044
(877) 213 5046
(877) 213 5049
(877) 213 2767

Get at least 4 calls daily from 866 & 877 all tollfree numbers, when I answer, there is no voice. If I see the number, I just pick up, lay phone on counter & let them pay for unanswered call. It is disturbing.

I am an InfoCision Employee.
Lets clear up some ignorance.
1. We don't leave a message because there is no call back number.
2. This is computerized calling, over 800 people calling, do you think we sit there and dial these numbers?
3. We read a script verbatum, per the contract of the client.
4. We do not say "this is not a solicitation call", its not in the script.
5. Non-profit org's, which we are calling on behalf of are not subject to the National Do Not Call List. (Neither are surveys or political calls) We have a legal department, we obey all the laws.
6. We call no more than 8 times per campaign. We call once a day.
7. If there is no answer, it is because the dialer is slow, or there was a delay in the Watts line.  Why would we call and then hang up?
8. The law allows us to call 8am to 9pm. I get most of my volunteers between 8am and 9am.
9. There is no caller Id, because it is expensive for a non-profit to provide
10. Our pitch lasts 30 seconds, we do this once a year per org, its hysterical how much time you people waste counting how many times we call, just answer your phone and say yes or no, If you dont have 30 seconds to possibly help someone with Heart Disease, or Lung Disease thats pretty sad. But you sit on the couch and watch how many advertisements a day on TV?  
11. If you are eating dinner or are in the shower, do what I do, don't answer your phone.
12. We obtain over 800,000 wonderful volunteers, and help raise millions of dollars for critical research. non-profits dont have enough volunteers to handle this large of a fundraiser, so they have us do it for them.  Would you volunteer 40 hours per week to talk to rude people all day?
13. InfoCision does not outsource to India, I am an American citizen, I speak English and pay my taxes.
14. So, Answer the phone, tell us you dont want to help people in need, hang up, and we will call next year.  And if you cant stand the 30 seconds, ask to be put on the Infocision Do not call list, we will do it, and will not call back.  Do it politely, I am a cancer survivor, supporting a family of 6, my husband is out of work, and InfoCision allows me to work at home and is flexible with my hours.  I am a human being, but I am sure some of you are so proud that you have at times been so rude you made me cry.

I am an InfoCision Employee.
Lets clear up some ignorance.
1. We don't leave a message because there is no call back number.
2. This is computerized calling, over 800 people calling, do you think we sit there and dial these numbers?
3. We read a script verbatum, per the contract of the client.
4. We do not say "this is not a solicitation call", its not in the script.
5. Non-profit org's, which we are calling on behalf of are not subject to the National Do Not Call List. (Neither are surveys or political calls) We have a legal department, we obey all the laws.
6. We call no more than 8 times per campaign. We call once a day.
7. If there is no answer, it is because the dialer is slow, or there was a delay in the Watts line.  Why would we call and then hang up?
8. The law allows us to call 8am to 9pm. I get most of my volunteers between 8am and 9am.
9. There is no caller Id, because it is expensive for a non-profit to provide
10. Our pitch lasts 30 seconds, we do this once a year per org, its hysterical how much time you people waste counting how many times we call, just answer your phone and say yes or no, If you dont have 30 seconds to possibly help someone with Heart Disease, or Lung Disease thats pretty sad. But you sit on the couch and watch how many advertisements a day on TV?  
11. If you are eating dinner or are in the shower, do what I do, don't answer your phone.
12. We obtain over 800,000 wonderful volunteers, and help raise millions of dollars for critical research. non-profits dont have enough volunteers to handle this large of a fundraiser, so they have us do it for them.  Would you volunteer 40 hours per week to talk to rude people all day?
13. InfoCision does not outsource to India, I am an American citizen, I speak English and pay my taxes.
14. So, Answer the phone, tell us you dont want to help people in need, hang up, and we will call next year.  And if you cant stand the 30 seconds, ask to be put on the Infocision Do not call list, we will do it, and will not call back.  Do it politely, I am a cancer survivor, supporting a family of 6, my husband is out of work, and InfoCision allows me to work at home and is flexible with my hours.  I am a human being, but I am sure some of you are so proud that you have at times been so rude you made me cry.

12/07/07 received call from this number without a caller id - showed toll free call. Started conversation with punch line "this is not a solicitation call" from the American Heart Association. Immediately halted any futher conversations as we were heading out door to attend funeral services for a relative.

I got a call from this number on my cell phone today. I did not pick up.

I never worry anymore about these calls as I purchased a neat little caller ID Box and Call Dump , you can program it to NOT allow ANY toll free Numbers 888, 800, 877, 866 etc etc. and it shoots them right to VM or to a non exsistant ext. ypur phone never rings, you can also dump ANY other number that bothers you best $99.00 I ever spent. DO NOT CALL  registries have too many loop holes and do not work
Check it out!, No I do not work for them !
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Received call from this number.  I answered, and there was no response on their end.  No message left on answering machine.

I think this is bu***hit that something cant be done about this stuff. They have call about everyday for about two weeks and when i pick up they hang up. They dont even have the decency to leave a message on the answering machine. American heart assoceation or not they are the most ingrert f***ers ever, and all they want is money. I hope they read this because all i got to say is f*** u u mother f***ers.

I do not have caller ID, so I have to pay 75 cents to pay for the silly *69 option to find out who has called when a hang up occurs.  So, today I get the 866-431-5121 number, and find out it's not available through reverse phone look-up, unless of course I want to pay $14.95!  Oh palleasee.  I'm glad to know it is the American Heart Association.  I already do not like the way they raise money, and this is really irritating.  I am a nurse and have many family members with heart trouble, that does not make me all warm and fuzzy when they solicit you to send guilty envelopes to neighbors and family, frequent phone calls, and junk mail.  
BTW, I hate caller ID but may have to succumb to it eventually.  It annoys me that people pick up the phone, and actually think, well, do I want to talk to Joe now?  Call me old fashioned but....and then my mom, who has caller ID gets 'so MAD' that she has to pick up the ringer to read the caller ID to find out it was a telemarketer, that she doesn't want to talk to...Seems like that's a no-brainer and not something to stress your heart about....ah, but she had to get up to check, even if she wasn't going to answer..oh dear.  Relax...deep breath...
ps:  I'm also on the Do Not Call list...so much for that..

I am registered on the Federal do not call list, but I still get these calls.  The caller identified herself as calling from the American Red Cross, which I do respect, but she wanted me to receive envelopes and go to my neighbors and collect money from them.  I responded that I work all day don't have the time and I already did it for the March of Dimes.  She said she repected my time, but still needed the help from me.  I hung up.  Don't need this crap.

Just got this call, You need to report it to the Do Not Call site. I do for ALL calls like this.

Calls at lest once a day with no message.

they have called more than once. Stop calling us.

Saw on my caller ID that they called while I was out.  No message left on answering machine!

Several times last week this company called with no answer, just silence and a disconnect.  But I did hear talking and laughing in the background, so I figured it was kids messing around.  Tonight I got another call, answered it, and when the guy started his spiel about the AHA, I cut him off saying "I don't accept solicitations by phone" then hung up.

Yep, same with me.

I keep getting call after call, day after day, from this number.  However, every time I answer it, they hang up a second or two later.  No verbal response to my "Hello? Hello?  HELLO?".

Each time, a hang up.

Sorry, but IMHO, if they hang up, it is an ANNOYANCE call, and not a charity call (which the latter are except from the DoNotCall law).

This number is from the American Heart Association.  They try to get you to send out 20-30 envelopes for donations, and they don't take no for an answer!

1-866-431-5121  I've received many calls - sometimes as many as 5 times per day over the last 2 weeks.  I've had all of the same kinds of call experiences that others have posted about and actually only spoke to one caller personally and made my feelings clear, for what little that's likely worth.

As posted here before, these calls are absolutely coming from InfoCision Management Corporation, based out of Akron, OH.  A person at the national AHA confirmed this.

I called my _local_ AHA (the number for yours can be found on the AHA org site) and complained pleasantly, but 'firmly', asking the local powers-that-be to contact the national AHA and tell them about the public relations damage and public anger that these calls are causing.  This may be a more efficient means to stopping these calls. ???

I admit that I also called InfoCision and, upon getting an answer, gave the initially confused/dumbfounded person my best AHA sales pitch.  (It's quite "amusing" how 'they' don't like getting the exact type of call that 'their' own company makes.)  Also called every InfoCision PR person's number (found on their site) and did the same, or left an extensive pitch on their voice mail.

Recieved call this a.m. at 8:15.  Let it ring twice then picked up call.  No answer. I got rid of caller ID because I got tired of paying for it.  I now just don't answer the phone.  Everyone that has business with me will leave a message.  Family and friends know to start talking and I will pick up.  If I want to know who called, I *69.  I figure that is cheaper than paying $5.99 per month plus tax on my phone bill.  Since this was so early I *69 it then came here.

Please know that the calls you are receiving are part of the American Heart Association?s Dear Neighbor campaign.  We are reaching out to caring people to volunteer to send letters to their neighbors in February If you would like to volunteer, please answer our call.  Or, to have your name removed, please call (866) 431-5121. Thank you!

I rec'd a call on a Sunday night after 8:00 p.m.from the 866-431-5121. There was no voice mail message.  It's very annoying! We've rec'd several of these calls w/ no msg.
I filed a complaint to www.donotcall.gov/complaintcheck.aspx
Maybe if more file to the gov't do not call site, the gov't will get after these  idiots.