I'm getting phone bombed.

[Baitball Blogger]

Five calls in half an hour. Each number is long distance and different. I picked one up and instead of hearing someone on the other end, it dialed out to someone that quickly answered. Unfortunately, I was half asleep and didn't understand what he said. I apologized and hung up.

But the calls keep on coming in.

Is this normal?

[Baitball Blogger]

1. Now, six calls.

[Phentex]

2. I hate to ask but

Have you made any donations recently? I swear I have every group ever associated with the Democratic Party calling me for an urgent donation. Always a long distance number. I stopped answering. I appreciate what they do but I do not appreciate being ratted out to every calling list ever invented.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Not recently.

But I know that this area probably has its share of telemarketing businesses.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Now seven.

At least they're getting more spaced apart.

[MicaelS]

5. Are you googling the numbers?

I would start doing so. I am willing they are coming from one Telemarketing firm.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. That's my next step.

I've been busy this a.m.

[MicaelS]

8. I use Caller ID, and do not answer calls I do not recognize.

I figure if it is important, then they will leave a voicemail. 95% of the telemarketers do not do so.

[RebelOne]

12. My feelings exactly. If it is urgent, the caller will leave a message. n/t

[DebJ]

7. We stopped answering numbers we didn't recognize, and the calls slowed almost

to a stop.

Some computerized calls are made just to see what time of day you are available to answer
the phone. When I found that out, I decided to not be available.
The calls almost completely stopped. Now we just get one call or two a day about
changing our electricity service biller. I keep asking those to take us off their lists
so hoping that will stop in the next 30 days or so.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I don't generally answer the phone, but they send scouts.

This morning I answered quickly because I have a friend who is going in for an MRI this week and I told her I would be available for her. I didn't even check the number before answering.

[DebJ]

10. Yes I know the feeling. Have 2 children in their 30s now but I still rush

to the phone when it rings...just a bit more cautious now.

[Jenoch]

11. There really is no such thing as long-distance telephone calls anymore.

My father still has a land-line and he gets about 5 calls a month that actually matter. He has had the same cell phone number since 1996. In fact, he has a second land-line for faxes. He does get faxes associated with a side-business. I've designed a PDF that could be e-mailed to him so he still gets the reports. So far, I've had little success in getting him to drop his land-lines. Of course, he's 80 years old so change isn't easy.

[RebelOne]

13. I have a land line and a cell phone.

I can't drop the land line because I have a life alert system and it must be connected to a land line.

[Jenoch]

14. I understand that security systems also need a landline.

The benefits of a land line is that they almost never go out, and they really don't cost all that much anymore.

It was just a few years ago, well, probably at least 15 now, that we were being asked to change our long-distance carrier and get $50 or something like that. I have a SIL who drove my brother nuts because he never knew for sure who their long distance carrier was.

[HappyMe]

15. I get calls from a certain number

all the damn time on my cell. I can block/reject the number, but I can still check in the 'received calls' doodad. They called 23x in one day! Just called 2x today. I put this number into the 'have phone, need name' and it came up with 'known for spam'.

[Baitball Blogger]

16. I am on my tenth call so far.

Each one is a different area code. I wonder if the numbers can be traced to a source, when it's redirecting the calls to another number if you pick up the line?

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. Many news atories confirming that Do Not Call is worthless

that telemarketers ignore and they also use spoof numbers on your caller ID screen.

I get, 3-4 times a week, at varying hours, robo calls offering "security" systems, and offering car warrenties.
Same recorded female voice, I think it is Rachel from Cardservices in a 2nd job or something.
Waiting out the robocall and pushing the number they give to remove us from the calling list does absolutely nothing.

Mr. Dixie has the land line in his name, and stupidly allowed his name and number in the phone books in our area..
grrrrrrrrrrrrr.

The few times I get calls where a human asks to speak to "Mr or Mrs" his-last-name,
I know it is a sales call, and tell them he is dead.

HE is not in the house all day long, so the annoying calls don't bother HIM.
grrrrr again.

[darkangel218]

18. I labeled them as Spam. spam1, spa2, spam3... etc

and blocked em. I use MrNumber app on my cell. I can still see who and when they call though

[darkangel218]

17. Lmao, i have the same thing happening to me

some telemarketers trying to sell BCBS insurance, which I already have! they call at 8:30am every day, then another 3 or 4 times a day. I told them I don't want any, but they keep calling.

[Baitball Blogger]

20. I'm on call number eleven.

This last one from Hickory N.c.

This is the list of times and area codes:

Yesterday from Yuma, AZ 928

Today:
Unknown 9:26 (426)

Unknown 9:27 (790)

Unknown 9:32 (790)

Unknown 9:36 (499)

Unknown 9:38 (632)

Unknown 9:45 (290)

Unknown 10:06 (554)

Unknown 11:29 (667)

Unknown 1:16 (547)

Unknown 1:30 (794)

Hickory, N.C. 1:42 (828)

[darkangel218]

22. Holy shit!!

At least mine come from the same numbers.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. Seems sort of intentional, doesn't it?

[darkangel218]

25. Let me go search the codes, brb

[darkangel218]

26. Here is what i found

Area Code 426
The 426 area code appears to be a invalid, it may be "spoofed".

Phone calls originating from within the 426 area code often turn out to be a telemarketer, a telephone survey or bill collector trying to disguise their real phone number.

If you received a phone call or text message from within the 426 area code please drop a comment about it, or lookup the phone number to see what other people know about the phone number.


http://www.namethatnumber.net/areacode/426.html

you can do a reverse look up on all the numbers. its most likely telemarketers
426 doesn't even exist in US. Its either international or computer originated

[Baitball Blogger]

27. Thanks!

Great work!

[darkangel218]

28. np! anytime

[NV Whino]

21. Answer the phone and tell them to take you off their call list

I did this on the advice of my telephone company. I thought I would have to do it for each number that called. Turns out stopping one number pretty much stopped 90% of the calls from all numbers. I still get a few calls, but not nearly the volume as before.

Not answering the phone doesn't work, by the way. I tried that for almost a year. They are robo dials and they just keep dialing until someone (at their end) tells them not to.

[Baitball Blogger]

24. I may play this out. Maybe a DUer will come around to give me a number I can call to complain,

and to give them the numbers.