Does anybody get these telephone calls?

[bradedit]

The telephone rings, it comes up unavailable on my Caller ID, I pick it up and I get this noise and nobody is there. I'm getting more and more of them everyday. When I *69 it, I get it is not in my serving area.

I even waited and nothing.

[PHReD]

From what I understand, the idiots that love to call...
(take your pick, ATT, VISA, "Charities")

the dial like 4 or 5 numbers at once, and whoever answers first, they talk to them, and the others get to hear nothing.

Thats why I wait till avter the 3rd ring before I answer, anymore

[geepie1961]

Originally posted by bradedit
The telephone rings, it comes up unavailable on my Caller ID, I pick it up and I get this noise and nobody is there. I'm getting more and more of them everyday. When I *69 it, I get it is not in my serving area.

I even waited and nothing.

We were just talking about this at work the other day. One of the girls came home from work and had 40 messages from the same number 5 minutes apart on her Caller ID. She called the phone company and found out it was a fax machine dialing her number. The phone company faxed a note to the place attempting to send the fax and told them that the number they were trying to send the fax to is a residence and after that she didn't get any more calls.

[deal4u]

I get them all the time. I don't answer anythign that comes up "out of area" on the caller ID anymore.

[lesmun]

This is what is happening, the telemarketers have what is called a phone bank. It will ring like 100 numbers at a time and the first person to answer is the lucky one( or unlucky one). All the rest will be just a dead line with no tone or anything. The telemarketers will have various amount of people working in what they call a boiler room, so if you have 20 people calling the first 20 people that answer thier phone are the ones they talk to.
In case you are wondering yes I worked in one of these places about 12 years ago and the biggest companies were just starting at that time to set up this phone bank calling program.
I know this irritates me too.

[PHReD]

Originally posted by lesmun
This is what is happening, the telemarketers have what is called a phone bank. It will ring like 100 numbers at a time and the first person to answer is the lucky one( or unlucky one). All the rest will be just a dead line with no tone or anything. The telemarketers will have various amount of people working in what they call a boiler room, so if you have 20 people calling the first 20 people that answer thier phone are the ones they talk to.
In case you are wondering yes I worked in one of these places about 12 years ago and the biggest companies were just starting at that time to set up this phone bank calling program.
I know this irritates me too.

Yea... thats what I meant to say!

[beffie]

Hope this MIGHT help!!!

I'm not positive that this # is still valid, but our local phone company {Ameritech} gave it to me to call back in April when we were getting these "hang up" calls all the time!!! It seems to have helped, now we might get 3+ a month, instead of like 3-7 a DAY!!!

1-888-567-8688
To be removed from telemarketing/mail lists for Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union.

Ameritech also gave me these addresses, but I did not write to them:

For removal from mailing lists :
MAIL Preference Service
Direct Marketing Assn.
P.O.Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY
11735-9008


For removal from telemarketing lists :
TELEPHONE Preference Service
Direct Marketing Assn.
P.O.Box 9014
Farmingdale, NY
11735-9014

[stking]

Lesmun and PhRed, thanks for the info. I always wondered why I get alot of calls with no one there and that totally explains it! Now I know- I'll either answer on the first ring or let the machine get it! Thanks!