Phone calls

**jjl** · 23rd March 2011 13:10

Has anyone else been getting silent calls? There is no caller id for it, only ppp. Anyone else experiencing weird stuff like this? Last week I saw 4 different kinds of UFOs. one I saw two nights that week! I would really be interested in anyone else on the forum sharing this kind of experience.

**The One** · 23rd March 2011 13:16

jjl

Thank you for sharing this with us

I'm getting at least one call a week i know there is someone else at the other end of the phone but they never say a word.I get that used to it it dosent bother me anymore but does make you think who could it be.Maybe i know to much thats why i get the calls.

**GK76** · 23rd March 2011 13:24

It sounds like the telephone sales scumbags - just in case they get a no-answer they call more than one at a time, the first to answer gets picked up the rest are eventually dumped. The numbers are hidden to avoid unnecessary blocks being put on to ruin their fun. Time is money as THEY say.

What time do you get these calls? If it is around 6-8pm... we've found our culprit.

**jjl** · 23rd March 2011 13:25

Do you talk to them? I do! I always ask why they bother calling if they dont want to speak to me...jj

**The One** · 23rd March 2011 13:28

I get no reponse whatsover when i ask who it is.

Thats why i cant understand if it is telephone sales people why they dont just acknowledge you

**jjl** · 23rd March 2011 13:36

it's not sales people. My phone just got another one, it's just quiet breathing. My caller id didnt even record it as a call coming in. it just rang till I picked it up.

**GK76** · 23rd March 2011 13:52

Posted by The One (here)
I get no reponse whatsover when i ask who it is.

Thats why i cant understand if it is telephone sales people why they dont just acknowledge you

Often it is computer driven, as soon as the pickup is heard the telemarketer is connected, the rest are dumped or transferred to others in the call centre. Many companies outsource their telephone marketing to the big boys as they like to get results for their clients... they don't actually care about the customer's life in any way... well, until they hear sound of wallets being opened.

**Gardener** · 23rd March 2011 14:30

In a genuine phone call the caller answers you back within less than a second, if they don't I disconnect, no sales, no games, no intimidation.

**The One** · 23rd March 2011 16:31

Funny that we are going on about this

In the last month i have had to get my computer fixed twice due to a virus wanting to steal my information. (maybe co-incidental) this has never happened before.

**Flash** · 24th March 2011 00:33

Yes, predictive dialers (a machine). The machine listen and detect if it is a human voice or a voice recording: 1-3 seconds, then, if a human voice is detected, they will transfer the call to a live agent. If no live agent is available, they make you wait until one agent is, if you are not aware enough and wait. Some dialers will be programmed to drop off the call when no live agents are available.

Useless to talk to them, it is a machine. Your phone number that they programmed on their computer to dial you was probably taken from a list sold to them, somewhere or someone (company or organisation) to whom you genuineluy did give your phone number has sold their list to marketing/sales agencies. Did you participate in any draw where you left your number? Anything, lists or others, that could have been stolen (from a bank, a govt agency, a phone company, employees do that sometimes, stealing lists to make money, have you made business with an organisation that services you from abroad such as Phillipines or India or other countries - you got it, when there, our info is up to the best payer's grab)

**manny** · 24th March 2011 00:37

our family received many phone calls with no one answering on the other end.
so what we decided was to leave the phone off the hook ,when they did not respond.
so that they where paying for the call.

**str8thinker** · 24th March 2011 02:05

I usually ask them what the weather's like in Bangalore.

**jjl** · 24th March 2011 18:10

Two more weird phone calls. If anyone would post theirs on here, (this thread I mean) it would maybe help uncover why. Maybe a pattern. jj

**Gardener** · 25th March 2011 00:39

Two more weird phone calls. If anyone would post theirs on here, (this thread I mean) it would maybe help uncover why. Maybe a pattern. jj

Hi jjl
A couple of things come to mind.

When did they start? What might this timeline correlate with?
Is it since your post about your self recently?
Who, if anyone, might be 'stalking' you in the jealous, axe to grind way?

A long time ago I had a ladies underwear shop, you can imagine the type of calls we got with regular monotony. There were some who would say straight out some interesting stuff, some would say nothing just breath. lol

By far the best technique to deal with them was to laugh at them and say something like, no thank you I don't smoke woodbines, and hang up. The silent ones we just hung up, give them no time or energy. They are looking for a 'rise' out of us, maybe fear, some kind of reaction, if they don't get what they want they give up.

Anyway I hope this helps in some small way. It is possible to isolate the time and number from phone service provider if they become a real nuisance, but I think the police have to acquire the data.
The bottom line is to change the number which is what the police advise.

g

PS added. Woodbines were very small and cheap cigarettes, emphasis on the small.

**Cottage Rose** · 25th March 2011 04:11

Posted by jjl (here)
it's not sales people. My phone just got another one, it's just quiet breathing. My caller id didnt even record it as a call coming in. it just rang till I picked it up.

I never pick up the phone unless caller ID indicates a person I want to talk to. Solves a lot of problems. Any business of importance can be done by mail. Can't you silence the ringer for a while? If you don't answer, it will stop.

**jjl** · 25th March 2011 08:43

I think everyone gets the impression that these are sales calls. I am on a no call list. With my phone every call is time stamped and recorded as coming in. And if the return number is blocked that's recorded also. No record of the call at all. Except these. I dont felel threatened. But they are not sales calls.

**str8thinker** · 26th March 2011 01:04

All joking aside, I agree with Cottage Rose that an answering machine and caller ID is the best way to go if this becomes a nuisance.

**iceman** · 26th March 2011 02:52

I recive those call at least 6 times a month usally just scream hello a few times when no one answers then hang-up

**Icecold** · 26th March 2011 02:59

I used to get them all the time. Sometimes they would say..."Is that Mr. Right?"

I always said no, then one day I said yes and the calls stopped.

**jjl** · 28th March 2011 14:58

Posted by str8thinker (here)
All joking aside, I agree with Cottage Rose that an answering machine and caller ID is the best way to go if this becomes a nuisance.

I have caller ID. that is my whole point. These are the only calls that dont register str8

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