I have a couple of ways to deal with these parasites. First, I let the phone ring three full times before I pick up. I pick up and don't say anything for 2-3 seconds. If it is a computer autodialer, 80-90% of the time the computer will hang up thinking it has gotten a voice mail or answering machine. After 2-3 seconds, I say our company name, but don't give out my name. That way they don't automatically have a name if they call back and get someone else. If I still get a person and they insist, I tell them my name is "Richard Smith"(it's not). It is none of their business what my real name is, they are telescammers who are breaking the law. If they persist in calling over and over again, I tell them that my boss is available, and then I use a sports air horn right next to the phone. What are they going to do, sue me? "Your Honor, I was illegally telescamming and they deafened me!" Good luck with THAT argument. The judge might give me a medal. Reporting these "people"(I use that term loosely) to the Do Not Call Registry is futile, they are usually spoofing their phone number anyway. If you have the time, have some fun with them. See how long they will stay on hold or still be on the line if you put the phone down. Take your cordless into the bathroom and have an extended "deposit" at the Porcelain Bank, complete with very loud fake sound effects. Tell them you ARE the boss and listen to their sales pitch, never saying yes to anything, but always saying that you will look at your numbers and see what you can do. Some scammers will record any affirmative answer you give and then splice it into a call and bill you for whatever they are selling, using that as evidence of an order. Waste as much of their time as you can, because that keeps them from scamming other people, and it can be a really fun stress reliever! Anything that we can do to make this less profitable for these ticks on the butt of humanity is a plus. Feel free to pass this on or add to it with your fun ways of taking back your phone lines. If these idiots would get a real job, the world would be a better place for all of us.

This call had dead air for a few seconds, and then sounded like it was connecting me to a telescamming "boiler-room" with lots of chatter in the background. I had a real customer coming in so I hung up. I listed this as a prank call since "telescammer" or "scam call" were not available choices.

received several calls about supposedly offering some sort of facebook campaign for my business... i figured it was some sort of telemarketing scam because the person has been calling my phone non stop all day (no reputable company would do that...good ones dont need to harass people).  I googled the company and found tons of negative reviews so I certainly will not be returning that call...  Hopefully they stop calling.

I will file a complaint with the "Do Not Call Registry" and I would encourage everyone to do the same.  It takes about 1 minute and you can do it online.

Do you even bother looking to see who is on the "Do Not Call List", Mark?

If we are on the do not call list doesn't that prevent any solicitor from calling us?  Even if social media marketing companies????

tried to sell me a marketing plan to get me seen on facebook.....

they are selling what you can do for yourself......

buyer beware

wow just stop calling

WOW, yeah your not a scam alright (roll eyes)

http://www.websitepublisher.net/blog/2008/11/07/netbiz-google/

WOW

Just google Brandefined and Netbiz, we did "ads" with these crooks for 4 months with our vacation rantal.  I founds out about their shady service months after I cancelled.  They lie lie lie

Hello, My Name is Mark Fuchs and this phone number is my direct work line. I work for a company called Brandefined and we are based in Portland, Oregon. We do social media marketing for small business owners. If you have received a call from this number, it is me calling to talk to you about advertising your company. This is not a scam number and my name, title and this number is listed on our company website, www.brandefined.com. We area Verisign and Trustwave verified company, and this in no way what so ever is a scam call.

Received a call from this number and a man by the name of Mark Fuchs....

I got a call from this number. I returned the call. There was a recorded message that it was the do not call registry. The message said to press one and then input my phone number to be put on the do not call list. Sooo I am supposed to think that the do not call registry called me?? Who is that and what is the scam?