Dan Yeh has been on the federal government's Do Not Call Registry for years. And for a while, it seemed like the leave-me-alone system worked just fine.

Not anymore.

"There's been a real surge recently," Yeh, 72, told me. "I've been getting five or six calls a day, at all hours, seven days a week."
The Huntington Beach resident isn't alone. I've heard similar complaints from dozens of other people.

Regardless of having registered a phone line with the Federal Trade Commission as a telemarketer-free zone, a growing number of consumers are saying that some businesses are ignoring their stated preference and calling anyway.

A particular annoyance: automated robocalls that get you on the line before looping in a human telemarketer. Such calls frequently use "spoofed" lines that hide their origin or make it look as if the call is from someone you know.
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We're definitely seeing an uptick in consumer complaints," acknowledged Lois Greisman, associate director of the FTC's division of marketing practices, which oversees enforcement of the do-not-call list.
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Agency officials advise consumers to hang up as soon as an unwanted marketing call arrives. Don't press any numbers if prompted to do so because this will alert the marketer's computers that an active phone line has been found.

And even though it may seem pointless, Greisman encouraged consumers to always report unwanted marketing calls to the FTC.

"We'll find who's making them," she pledged. "It's hard, but it's not impossible."

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-la...357,full.column

My number has been on the do-not call list for years and I'm getting all kind of robo calls. It takes time to report them but I've reported one in particular that calls twice a day.

I tolerate the calls on my home phone ...BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS ON MY CELL, I GO BALLISTIC !!

Best thing ever invented ..CALLER ID !!

They're getting good at getting our cell numbers.
Wish they could come up with a better solution for stopping these idiots!

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They're getting good at getting our cell numbers.
Wish they could come up with a better solution for stopping these idiots!

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Here is one ...you will just love !!

Thursday, I received a cell call ...

A recording, "for security purposes, your ATM card has been suspended, to talk to a security agent ......please press 1".

It was a scam (written up in the newspaper the next day) call aimed at getting your banking information as well as other information.

Lots of people did give out their personal info ....the police are investigating.

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Here is one ...you will just love !!

Thursday, I received a cell call ...

A recording, "for security purposes, your ATM card has been suspended, to talk to a security agent ......please press 1".

It was a scam (written up in the newspaper the next day) call aimed at getting your banking information as well as other information.

Lots of people did give out their personal info ....the police are investigating.

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