Telemarketers who call and then don't answer

[jayk]

I've been getting lots of calls recently from advertising companies who call and then don't answer the phone.

I call back the # on the call display and that's how I know it's an advertising company.

Any solution to this annoying problem?

[quadkings]

just pick it up and as soon as you hear them just hang up and don't answer them... i used to do that and now i rarely get any calls.

[TapemanPL]

or pickup and scream random bs at them...

[yao416]

Yea I hate these :S

[Kasakato]

Its an automated dialer. They phone you at different times to generate a profile of when you are home, and not home.

[lagirl4music]

just say you are busy at the moment, and ask them for their home phone and say you will call back later. If they say they dont want to, then say "now you know how i feel"

[malaco0219]

Its an automated dialer. They phone you at different times to generate a profile of when you are home, and not home.

Yah i've been getting these too lately, they piss me off.

I usually just say no thank you and hang up.

[zegerman]

i also did the pick up and hang up trick too. works well.

also tried picking up and answered with a low voice .. sometimes these telemarketers use auto dialers and when/if you talk loud enough it will connect you to an operator .. hence the low voice hehe

[ShadowVlican]

did you know that?

automated dialers will respond with their spam even if you give it static noise!

now you know!

[nsr250]

I keep getting calls from Rogers, now I have my TV cable and cell phone with them and on my caller ID on my cell phone it says in big letters "ROGERS COMM" whenever I answer no one talks and it immediately hangs up. I get calls 3 to 4 times at random times each day, been going on for a week now. I finally had time to call back and had to hold for 30 mins to talk with a rep finally I get through and complain about it. And they tell me its an outbound sales call that dials 4 to 5 numbers at a time and whoever picks up first will talk to someone and the rest is dropped off. The rep told me they'll put a 'No Solicit" flag on my account so hopefully that solves it.

[jayk]

Its an automated dialer. They phone you at different times to generate a profile of when you are home, and not home.

that is so annoying
basically they are advancing their interests by wasting your time intentionally

[Frankie3s]

just pick it up and as soon as you hear them just hang up and don't answer them... i used to do that and now i rarely get any calls.

Bingo! That's what I do. These people are so F@$% lazy sometime they ask me who I am!!!!!

[162]

just say you are busy at the moment, and ask them for their home phone and say you will call back later. If they say they dont want to, then say "now you know how i feel"

Yeah I saw that one on Seinfeld too!

[YnD]

I keep getting calls from Rogers, now I have my TV cable and cell phone with them and on my caller ID on my cell phone it says in big letters "ROGERS COMM" whenever I answer no one talks and it immediately hangs up. I get calls 3 to 4 times at random times each day, been going on for a week now. I finally had time to call back and had to hold for 30 mins to talk with a rep finally I get through and complain about it. And they tell me its an outbound sales call that dials 4 to 5 numbers at a time and whoever picks up first will talk to someone and the rest is dropped off. The rep told me they'll put a 'No Solicit" flag on my account so hopefully that solves it.

Robbers calls quite a bit. They keep trying to convert our Bell landline to Rogers when we clearly told them no. They also came door-to-door as well.

[kingfencer]

****, i'm getting alot of that too, its so damm annoying i don't want to give them any publicity, but the crank caller for me is
1 800 831 9690 anyone else getting cranked?

[Espio17]

****, i'm getting alot of that too, its so damm annoying i don't want to give them any publicity, but the crank caller for me is
1 800 831 9690 anyone else getting cranked?

IF they call and u pick up and they dont answer hang up quick cuz wen there not sayin anythin theyre machine is Checkin to see if your line is still a avalible number so they let it load before they talk

this may sound like a load of garbage but my teacher told me that cuz he used to work as a telemarketer

[Justin]

A couple times a day i've been getting a call from the same number

It is a recording that say something to the effect "this is not a solicitation. it is an important business matter. please call 1-866-887-0744 back immediatly and be sure to state the phone number you were called at"


I've never called them back. I figure if it was an important business matter, i would not be getting a stupid recording. Anyone else get this? Could it actually be important?

[ShadowVlican]

no it's not important

spammer calling my house is:
1-877-503-2115

[boneca]

This happened to me recently....this one number kept calling and everytime I answered the phone the person on the other line was silent...finally a few days later I answered but did not speak at all...I was silent on the phone for a good 45 secs until they finally spoke. I then told him to f-off and hung up :lol: A friend suggested next time they call back to moan :cheesygri (but I think that will only get them to call back more)

[Paolo]

Do u really want to get back at those telemarketers? Seriously? then listen to this.

Telemarketers can NOT disconnect a call on you, you have to initiate the hangup. When someone calls, just simply place the call on "hold" and put the phone down, go wash the car, take a shower, cook dinner, change the baby's diaper, etc.. then when you come back, the person will still be on the other end of the line guarenteed. Trust me, I left one call off the hook for an hour and came back, the guy was still there and I could tell he was nervous.

[rf134a]

You can help by adding their name and number to the database:
www.whocalled.us

I get lots of call from (712)429-02xx calling about an important credit offer and to press 3 immediately.

[Kasakato]

Do u really want to get back at those telemarketers? Seriously? then listen to this.

Telemarketers can NOT disconnect a call on you, you have to initiate the hangup. When someone calls, just simply place the call on "hold" and put the phone down, go wash the car, take a shower, cook dinner, change the baby's diaper, etc.. then when you come back, the person will still be on the other end of the line guarenteed. Trust me, I left one call off the hook for an hour and came back, the guy was still there and I could tell he was nervous.

Actually after a reasonable amount of time, they hang up. Give them 3-5 mintues. They do not wast 5h on a call.

[MizTEcK]

i get these calls too often on my landline, i think cancelling it would be a good idea

[gman]

Actually after a reasonable amount of time, they hang up. Give them 3-5 mintues. They do not wast 5h on a call.

I agree especially for those auto-dialers. The telemarketer does not even have to be on line. What people can hold up the line is the small outfit such as those calling to cleaning your vent.

For the pro, the autodialer calls you. If you pick up the phone, the line will transfer to a telemarketer. He or she will then pick up the line at that time. Hence, it usually has at least 2 seconds of delay. And, that is why those line zapper can work. You can hold the line as you wish, the telemarketer will just push the button and go to another line.

My rule of thumb is if I say hello and no answer within seconds, hang up.

[sxz]

What I did with one telemarketer was just answer then placed the phone on the table. I let it sit there for about 5ish minutes then I picked it up and listened in. The guy was still going on about his stuff before he realized something: nobody was on the other end. Then I heard him ask his boss or supervisor "What do I do? I don't think anyone's th--" haha I believe his supervisor hung up for him.

[Anessa]

I wish there was a MSN block feature on phones for those annoying numbers.

[PQpine413]

i think its something to do with their system
i know what when i pick up and say hello and know1 says anything right away, its telemarketting and then i hang up before they say anything

if it's someone i know, they'll call back. if it's not then they don't call back.

[DaVibe]

I think they're dialing with their headsets and there's a delay so I just hang up right away.

[gman]

I think they're dialing with their headsets and there's a delay so I just hang up right away.

They don't dial. The system dials. When the system can connect somebody (somebody actually picks up the phone), they system connects the line to a telemarketer. That's why there is a delay.

Sometime when you pick up the phone and the line is dead silence forever. You may think it is a prank call but it may just be the system cannot find an available telemarketer to connect to.

[Kasakato]

They don't dial. The system dials. When the system can connect somebody (somebody actually picks up the phone), they system connects the line to a telemarketer. That's why there is a delay.

Sometime when you pick up the phone and the line is dead silence forever. You may think it is a prank call but it may just be the system cannot find an available telemarketer to connect to.

And thats when you look retarted saying "hello? HELLo?" for a few moments.

[Riffer]

If you are sick of these calls, record a SIT tone on your answering machine before your greeting.

Using the SIT is like a good virus. The tone tells the autodialer that your number has been disconnected, so the dialer won't waste time dialing it again. The autodialer then communicates this through the master list to other autodialers and the next thing you know, no calls.

Of course, it is a little annoying to humans that call, and blocks all autodialers, including the ones you want, like your broker or Sears calling you when your order is in.

The good news is that you can take it off after a couple of weeks, and as long as you follow simple recommendations like screening calls and never saying hello more than once, you will never get put back on the master list.

The Telemarketing Scum page appears to be down, so here is the cached page with details as well as other suggestions on how to block calls.

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:ccozAgx3AfAJ:www.scn.org/~bk269/data.html+telemarketing+scum+page+sit&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1

[DaVibe]

And thats when you look retarted saying "hello? HELLo?" for a few moments.

Are you answering in jail? When people look at you when you pick-up ...




:lol: I know what you're saying though, +1 agreed!

[Renton]

Get call screen:

http://www.bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON/118.details

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[Pete Jones]

Do u really want to get back at those telemarketers? Seriously? then listen to this.

Telemarketers can NOT disconnect a call on you, you have to initiate the hangup. When someone calls, just simply place the call on "hold" and put the phone down, go wash the car, take a shower, cook dinner, change the baby's diaper, etc.. then when you come back, the person will still be on the other end of the line guarenteed. Trust me, I left one call off the hook for an hour and came back, the guy was still there and I could tell he was nervous.

Where on earth did you hear that they can not disconnect a call on you?

The technology we're talking about here kids is called a "predictive dialer":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_dialer

These things are designed to maximize an agent's "talk time" by predictively dialing the numbers and routing the waiting calls to an agent.

Most of the current crop of predictive dialers don't respond to SIT tones anymore. Remember the telezapper, it issued the first of the three SIT tones. I think you can still buy one at XScargo for $5 or something like that. Now you know why.

If you pick up the phone and there's nobody there within a second, hang up.

Likewise, call display is your friend. When my phone rings at home, I follow two simple rules:

1. I never run to the phone unless I'm actually expecting a call. If my phone rings and I'm not right next to it, I probably won't answer. If it's important, you'll leave a message, right?

2. If I am by the phone and I don't recognize the number, (call display) I don't answer it, either. Again, if it's important, you'll leave a message.

I did some digging once and found some freeware that allows you to plug your modem into the line and effectively block (by picking up and hanging up the line) any calls from specific numbers you specify. So if some twit telemarketers are calling you three times a day, put them on the list and they won't bother you again.

--Pete

[AirForceElite]

just received call from them 5 minutes ago.
CID just says:
UNKNOWN NAME
1-800-831-9690

i called back and machine said its TD Canada Trust.
I know why thought...I didn't pay for my Visa for 2 months so they are trying to get me to pay it.
I just don't understand why would they do such a thing. Why call and never talk??!

[ItemFinder]

:arrowu: Pay your credit card, you bum.

[manixc]

my home has been getting lots of these empty calls lately. extremely annoying.

[Paolo]

Actually after a reasonable amount of time, they hang up. Give them 3-5 mintues. They do not wast 5h on a call.

try it for yourself and see.. i left the phone for an hour and the guy was still there, he was so borred he was singing to himself

[Kasakato]

try it for yourself and see.. i left the phone for an hour and the guy was still there, he was so borred he was singing to himself

Ok, Ill let you know when I get a call.