<p>SportsMama, I’m pretty sure there’s no kind of fraud or theft that could happen just by answering. You might be thinking of this call forwarding scam, which is true, but involves conning the victim into forwarding all calls to another number (which can’t happen just by answering the call):
[snopes.com:</a> Call Forwarding Scam](<a href=“http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/forward.asp]snopes.com:”>Call Forwarding Scam | Snopes.com)</p>
<p>Thanks, lunitari. I checked the link you provided and this sounds like what I was thinking of.</p>
<p>Hmm, on the top of this page is an ad that says “Fake your caller ID, Disguise your voice. Sound like a man or a woman. Make any number you want show up!”</p>
<p>Coincidence? I think not. But why would anyone other than a 12 year old making prank calls want to do this?</p>
<p>You have to put your cell phone number on the Do Not Call list, same as a landline phone. Then the calls will stop. You can put three numbers on the list at once.</p>
<p>National Auto Warranty Services has a long history of abusive calls. They ignore the do not call registry and have been sued by both Verizon and AT&T.</p>
<p>See (warning, strong language)
[Gizmodo</a> - No My Warranty Isn’t About to Expire, Stop *****ing Calling Me! - Spam calling](<a href=“No My Warranty Isn't About to Expire, Stop F*cking Calling Me!”>No My Warranty Isn't About to Expire, Stop F*cking Calling Me!)</p>
<p>[This</a> is the second notice that your factory warranty is about to expire… : reddit.com](<a href=“http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/8dcfk/this_is_the_second_notice_that_your_factory/]This”>Reddit - Dive into anything)</p>
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We have all our numbers on this list. It worked great for years but this new wave of callers doesn’t seem to care.</p>
<p>I came home from work every day last week to the same message “This is your last chance…”</p>
<p>I’ve waited through the messages twice.</p>
<p>The first time, someone picked it up, and as soon as I asked her name, the line was cut off.</p>
<p>The second time, no one picked it up. I just hung onto the phone until it was finished clicking and gagging and what not and I got the neep-neep-neep signal that means your phone is off the hook.</p>
<p>It would be a great advantage to get these calls on a cell phone that is on the DNC list because then you can go to the DNC website and report them. Just follow the instructions. You need the phone number or the name of the caller, and the time of day. There even is a space to write a longer and more specific complaint.</p>
<p>And, just be glad you don’t have a Spanish surname. Happydad and I get junk phone calls in Spanish on the land-line at least once a month.</p>
<p>I am seriously tempted to call all those people listed in my$0.02’s post repeatedly with my personal message, “This is your last chance to kiss my ***.” If only I could mimic that woman’s voice. They must be using some sort of reverse psychology, using that voice, with those sales tactics.</p>
<p>Have any awards ever been given to folks harrassed despite registering for Do Not Call? I’ve not heard of any :(</p>
<p>Oh well, I believe it has cut back somewhat on the calls for our house.</p>
<p>Am still irked about all the Scientology & other religous & charity calls. Want them all to stop–can see why people stop answering phones & just screen their calls. YUCK!</p>
<p>Hey! I haven’t had any of the automobile warantee calls for a few days. Could they be over?</p>
<p>spoke too soon. got one yesterday.</p>
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If only that were true. I put my cell phone on at the same time I put the landline on. Surprisingly the landline hasn’t gotten any of these calls yet, but the cell phone gets them regularly. My husband has yet to get one on his cell phone. I heard (via NPR) they shut down one line, but these guys just pop right back up like mushrooms.</p>
<p>I think your provider can block this type call on your cell phone.</p>
<p>I have never received any but when my husband (slow to enter the modern age) finally got a cell phone last summer, he immediately received all sorts of unwanted calls (expiring warranties, late bills, credit card announcements) and text messages (which we were billed for even though unopened or read!) I got the provider - sprint- to eliminate the charges and block the texting function which my husband didn’t and indeed couldn’t use. After another month of solicitations… I had the phone number changed, assuming my husband had been given someone else’s very unfortunate number and was getting their calls. When they still didn’t stop with the new number, I called sprint, explained the situation and asked how I could get a never-used number? They responded they would just block all those calls !!! And now it has been 5 months with no unwanted calls. I don’t understand exactly how they did it… but they did.</p>
<p>I get the car warantee one 2-3 times a week and always from a different area code so I can’t effectively block it. I don’t even own a car!</p>
<p>I filled out the FCC report form using the link from this forum. This week I received a nice form letter thanking me for filling out the form but telling me THEY COULD DO NOTHING as I had insufficient information. I’m not sure what else they wanted…I even gave them the phone numbers.</p>
<p>AND the Do not call list HAS my cell phone number on it.</p>
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See [Schumer</a> Calls for Probe Into Phone Spam - ABC News](<a href=“http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=7550851]Schumer”>http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=7550851)</p>
<p>The funny thing is that we have always owned used cars – our factory warranties ran out long ago!</p>
<p>Not all cell phone companies will block these type calls. I know this because I tried this recently. I had a cheap prepaid cell through a company. I never got these type calls. After the first of the year I upgrade to a better phone, same company, same prepaid, went to office instead of online to get it. Almost as soon as I got the phone I started getting these calls. After a short time I got tired of the calls (I had voicemail and they were leaving long silent messages eating at my mins.) So I tried the Do Not Call List, that did not help at all. So I went to my cell phone company and they said they could not block the number (but said they did not sale my info to anyone and I never asked) at all, I could do it if it was text messages but they don’t harass me in texts.</p>
<p>In the end I had my voicemail shut off and I just don’t answer when they call.</p>