I had 3 in a row yesterday on my home phone from someone "in D.C." who works for ICE and something about immigration. It makes me so sad to think of the frightened people they are scamming.

Caller IDs for such calls are almost always phony and changing so call blocking doesn't always work.

If you're getting a swarm, why not just unplug the phone for awhile? Or turn off the answering machine so you can see who calls (to know the valid ones you've missed) without having to listen to bogus messages. Such calls can be annoying but it's no reason to get upset.

My caller ID says Mass and NY but they never leave a message. I finally turned off the answering machine. It costs extra here to block numbers and I could never get it to work so I had it taken off. I just look to see where the call is coming from. Anything out of state without a name I know just has to keep ringing.

I had a call every morning last week at 8:10 AM from 'Informed Electorate'. Not answering doesn't seem to be deterring them ;0( No messages left.

Right we don't answer either. I could hear it on the answering machine. We are trying to get stuff done in the house and atrium preparing for the possibility of flooding. My sister is in the hospital with congestive heart failure I have to leave the answering machine on in case it's an emergency call. I can hear the answering machine from the atrium. It is just frustrating to have it over and over again. I think their robot caller got stuck. I did go report it at the do not call website you are able to report them. I doubt it does much good.

Those are really annoying! We almost never get any real phone calls on the home phone anymore...nothing but telemarketing calls. It's easy to block a call but if it's from a different number every time then you can't stop it.

You ask "who would fall for that?"; a whole lot of people and that's why they keep doing it. People are really THAT gullible!

You could do like I did and cuss them out when they call, I haven't gotten another since I told them to "go to h*ll!". HAHA!

I get calls all the time, telling me there is a problem with "Windows"--I say I'm so glad they called because I've been wanting to have a new bay window installed. They get flustered, and try to tell me "computer windows". I just say that I don't have a computer, but I would like a new window. That's when they hang up.

My cousin fell for it...$500 later, his computer wasn't any better. He called me, and I told him he was scammed and to call his credit card company. They didn't charge his account and dealt with the scammer. And my brother-in-law was ready to give them his credit card number, when he remembered that I had warned him about that. He terminated the call. I have to give them credit for being persistent (and a pain in the butt).

Once we kept getting repeated automated calls about lower credit card interest rates, asking customers to press 1 for more information. I finally pressed 1, gave the person a piece of my mind, and only once received a repeat call, where I followed the "press 1" instruction again and gave a severe reminder about my first comment. Never heard from them again. It's so unfortunate that many people are unaware of these scams (phone and computer) and end up by losing a great deal of money and peace of mind besides.

I told the "Windows" caller I had a Mac and they hung up on me.

I get that other original Microsoft scam too and at least there is a person I can deal with but this new one has no humans lol. So I can't even give them a cussing.

I have turned off my answering machine and hardly ever answer my home phone any more.

Sue

I used to get so many calls from different states where I didn't know anyone. What I do is hit Talk and then Off immediately. I'm not sure what this tells the telemarketers but my calls have almost stopped. Maybe they think the phone number is not a working phone.

I have donotcall and the phone rings once and then stops. If it rings more than once I look at caller ID and if I don't recognize the number or name, it goes to voice mail. We were expecting a call from Apple almost two years ago and coincidentally got one of these scammers. Thankfully nothing happened but not because my husband was smart. As he talked with this guy with an accent and started doing stuff on the computer I googled the number. Guess what?.. Nigeria. I've only gotten one call since then and I let him have it.

We ended up on some robo call list a few years ago. The incoming number changed with each ring but it was the same stupidity. "costs to block" that is RIDICULOUS. I had a #number that reported it anyway..maybe it wasn't blocking it?? It was a few years ago. There was also a site on line to go and report these things...That stopped them. It does drive one a bit nutty. Sorry for your frustration!!

Like lily, we have nomorobo.com and it screens calls - phone rings once and if scammer it's intercepted and if not, it comes through. We do get a few scammers that get through but nothing like the volume we had before. Plus, we've never had any personal calls that later said they couldn't get through.

Okay, I spoke too soon. A few minutes ago it rang and bypassed the donotcall and the screen said 00000000, but I wanted to see so I answered. Guy with an accent asked about Windows. I said yes I have windows all over my house ...about 40 of them. He said no on your computer, and I said I don't have a computer. Then before I hung up I said I know all about you scammers so go F yourself.

I have home phone and answering machine and Caller ID. If I don't recognize the name or number, I don't answer. Most times if it goes to answering machine they don't leave a message. Wish those scammers would find something else to do with their time.