How to get Google to stop calling

[MNBobcat]

Take a listen to this:

telemarketer-calls-murder-scene

You don't have to get that elaborate, but you could answer the phone like this:

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Agent Smith. Please hold while we trace this call.

 

[dave1949]

We get nuisance calls quite often lately. Years ago we had a box that went between the line and the phone that required the caller to enter a PIN# or leave a message. They don't usually leave messages and their computer is confused anyways by the enter PIN# instructions. Of course the drawback is all of your welcome callers now have to look-up or remember the PIN#. It works well but has that drawback.

There are similar boxes that can programmed with a list of allowed calling numbers, the rest get tossed.

I used to just ignore calls that I didn't recognize the calling number, but lately Sharon gets calls from all over related to her dog hobby activities. That woman is high maintenance. :laughing:

 

[TnAndy]

Check with your phone company. Ours has a *60 service that you can add up to 12 specific numbers you want to block ( if the number shows on your caller ID ).

We can also block ALL anonymous calls using *77. They get a message "this phone does not accept anonymous or blocked calls".

 

[texasjohn]

Scams abound, I am always extremely suspicious of anyone calling out of the blue and wanting something from me.

Got one the other day (Indian accent) saying they were from Microsoft customer support and my computer had been calling them with problems and they wanted to help me.....I hung up....they called back and demanded to know why I hung up...I explained that they were bogus and that MS would NEVER initiate such a call.

Really?? I'm supposed to believe that Mother MS is calling and for free will spend time over the phone with someone with unknown computer skills?? Not in my lifetime!

I also have a friend who got the same call...was gullible and followed along...they required a software download and then to run the downloaded software.... net is she decided to purchase a new computer to get away from the problems resulting...

 

[tallyho8]

I get an average of 3 robot phone calls a day from different scammers. I have been on the do not call list for years. It is illegal to make pre-recorded calls so it is usually only scammers making them. Pushing the number they tell you to remove you from the list does not work, they keep calling. Waiting till the recorded message ends and then talking to a real person and asking them to quit calling does not work, they just hang up.

These recorded phone calls are dangerous also because they don't hang up until they finish and if you had to call 911 or had another emergency you could not use your phone until they are finished.

For the last couple of months I have been reporting all these unwanted calls to the FCC at 1-888-382-1222 but have seen no decrease in the number of calls yet. You do not need to know what number they called from to report them.

I like to keep my home phone and have it listed in the phone book so people can find me but I imagine that some day I will just have to get rid of my land line to end this aggravation unless the FCC finally does something.

 

[tallyho8]

Also, the places making these calls have hundreds of phone lines so if you block one number, they just call you from a different number next time.

 

[TomSeller]

? I get up to 10 call a day from what they say is "updating my Google account.?

At 10 a day forward your phone to one of the google offices on the attached link for a few days.

http://www.google.com/about/company/facts/locations/

Either that or to another telemarketing company.

 

[sixdogs]

As mentioned, we just hang up, especially if no one answers after the first "hello" from us. Many of these computer calls require a second 'hello" to connect to someone so we just hang up if no one answers after that first hello. It does seem to be working and we get very few calls.

Hanging up must be very permanent as a response because they know if they call back we will keep hanging up before they can say anything. As tallyho mentioned, we're just going to drop our land line if things get worse so you would think the phone companies have a vested interest in stopping these calls.

 

[TnAndy]

Yeah, got the "I'm from Microsoft" guy too.

"Are you sitting in front of your computer ?"

"Buddy, I don't even OWN a computer"

"Oh, well very sorry to bother you then"....and hangs up.

 

[John White]

They are always different numbers. As some stated, being on the do not call list doesn't work, they keep calling, reporting them to the telephone co. doesn't work. I run a small business and I am the one has to run to the phone taking my time. Really agveritating especially is I am welding or up on a ladder or painting. I run a service type business and if I don't get to the phone and answer it right away, most customers will not leave a message for me to call back. With the cell phones now if a area code pops up different than ours it still can be a real customer in my area. I have often wondered what would happen when they call me to say "sure" sign me up and then give them a bogus credit card #. That's what they are after is your credit card #. You will probably never get their product. Every day my wife tries to lay down and take a little nap after lunch at home and it never fails some one will call and say "we have your free life alert pendant" Can we have your credit card to cover postage. As far as I am concerned this is no different that theft. I have so many minutes in a day and if some one calls me, with bogus calls, they are stealing from me. For awhile I was having investors calling me wanting me to invest money with them. I would say sure mail me some information about your co. and investment. They would and I would throw it in the trash. (I am sure it cost them a couple of bucks to have it printed and Fed Exed to me) then they would call back in a few days and I would say I never got it and they would mail it again. Then I would say "the dog ate it". send it again. Finally they got the message and I don't get very many calls on that any more.