Thread Number: 80047
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Phone ringing after hanging up on automated message |
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Post# 1039740 , Reply# 1   7/28/2019 at 19:02 (1,704 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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I’ve never had that happen—really odd. Used to do more bill payment/checking of balances by phone; nowadays it’s mostly online. Rent, utilities, gas bill, health insurance are all on autopay/automatic deduction. I do still call JCPenney to pay my MasterCard bill. I hang up early on it all the time but have never had it call me back!
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Post# 1039744 , Reply# 2   7/28/2019 at 19:17 (1,704 days old) by Marky_mark (From Liverpool. Now living in Palm Springs and Dublin)   |   | |
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Were you using a traditional wired phone? Could it have been that you inadvertently “flashed” the hook switch key while hanging up? This would be equivalent to pressing the “flash” key (aka “recall” or “R” key in some countries) as though you wanted to make a three way call etc. Then when hanging up, the call that was placed on hold will then ring back through. If this was the case, there shouldn’t be an entry on the caller ID log as it’s not an incoming call (even though it rings like an incoming call) — check to see if any call was registered.
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Post# 1039749 , Reply# 3   7/28/2019 at 19:29 (1,704 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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Post# 1039762 , Reply# 4   7/28/2019 at 20:52 (1,704 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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If I dont recognize a call on ID, I hit answer, wait 2 seconds and hit disconnect. Normally it disconnects but those jerks keep calling back with credit card crap, Microsoft, etc. I never engage with those jerks and even if I let it go to my answering machine, they still leave an "urgent" message to call back. Ya, right like I would call back. Scam calls should be sent right to back to their foreign country.
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Post# 1039777 , Reply# 5   7/28/2019 at 22:14 (1,704 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 1039851 , Reply# 6   7/29/2019 at 12:35 (1,704 days old) by henene4 (Heidenheim a.d. Brenz (Germany))   |   | |
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Would suppose some kind of digital routing glitch, with robotic systems more likely then with others. When the robot end is still pushing data to your number I would suppose a routing system could interpret that as a new call comming in. |
Post# 1054419 , Reply# 9   12/16/2019 at 04:09 (1,564 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 1054427 , Reply# 11   12/16/2019 at 06:21 (1,564 days old) by ozzie908 (Lincoln UK)   |   | |
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Post# 1054615 , Reply# 12   12/17/2019 at 22:11 (1,562 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN)   |   | |
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Sometimes I answer like a child with an Asian accent or answer in German. Tony answers in Korean. But other times I answer and just start punching 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 I read somewhere that trips their system and it thinks it's a dead number or something. |
Post# 1054626 , Reply# 13   12/18/2019 at 00:01 (1,562 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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just saying, if you haven't reg'd already, after a couple of weeks crap calls cease. CLICK HERE TO GO TO bradfordwhite's LINK
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Post# 1054702 , Reply# 14   12/18/2019 at 18:49 (1,561 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.)   |   | |
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I registered my landline on 8/19/2003. The advisory says registrations do not expire so no need to re-register. I am still receiving calls ... from credit card interest reduction offers, vacation property offers, Microsoft, Apple cloud services, electric providers, etc. I've been playing with the foreigners-with-American-names calling several times weekly about saving 15% on electricity. The front-line caller hangs up (after however long I can play him) upon finding out that I'm served by an electric cooperative (which owns their distribution lines and I can't change). Yesterday I pushed one all the way to getting transferred to a supervisor to do the sign-up process because the front-line guy didn't ask which service I'm on, LOL. Month ago one of the front-line guys said "Oh, you're on a coop, I'll take your number off the call list." Yeah, not thus far ... so you keep calling, I keep playing. Also receiving calls on the cell, which I don't answer any number I don't recognize. Anyone legitimate will leave a message. There have been a few instances of a recording leaving a message. |
Post# 1054707 , Reply# 15   12/18/2019 at 19:53 (1,561 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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The Do Not Call registry somewhat works. Any number, especially out of state, I hit answer, keep silent and they usually hang up the call and its rare to get a real person to hang up on. The Rachael calls have pretty much stopped wanting my credit card number and an occasional Microsoft one to charge me $300. No IRS or sending the "Cops" after me in a long while.
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Post# 1054715 , Reply# 16   12/18/2019 at 21:29 (1,561 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City)   |   | |
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Post# 1054754 , Reply# 19   12/19/2019 at 05:49 (1,561 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 1054793 , Reply# 20   12/19/2019 at 12:21 (1,561 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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It's been a right plague here in Canada recently - seemingly endless calls from 'spoofed' numbers that look like legit local to you area code numbers or better still, Government agencies. Most of the time it's a robocall urging you to press 1 to speak to an agent and avoid imminent arrest and prosecution. We've been getting the time-old time-share vacation property scam again, too. It's been quite some time since Karen from Microsoft called....
My mobile has been getting lots lately and I have been answering them, alas, because I have a number of irons in the fire and am waiting for callbacks from plumbers, electricians, health-care professionals, etc.
If I am feeling particular bored, I'll press 1 to talk to however answers and keep them on the phone for as long as I can. After all, they are trying to 'work' so what better revenge than to keep them from earning their dishonest living?
The government says there will be new measures to control these calls, but they are expecting our phone/internet service providers to come up with the solutions, so that's likely not to happen. If it does, of course the telcos will triple their already-outrageous rates claiming "we had to invest in new technology".
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Post# 1054794 , Reply# 21   12/19/2019 at 12:59 (1,561 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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We’ve had our home phone and both of our Tracfones registered on the Do Not Call registry every since it was available or 15 years ago, and it has done little if anything to prevent these scam calls.
The best preventative measure we have found yet is the on screen caller id from Comcast. If we don’t recognize the number, we don’t answer the call, PERIOD! If its legit, let them leave a message, which they almost never do. Recently, one of these scam numbers did leave a VM, and that damn thing was endless! It repeated at least three times before I finally got the prompt to hit 7 to delete it. Even NOMOROBO doesn’t work very well sometimes anymore. In fact we’ve even had some call show up as being from NOMOROBO, which I’m positive weren’t from them. We are both senior citizens, and I believe that these diabolical callers target the elderly, in the belief that we are easy marks, and I’m sure many are. Eddie |