An Unknown Number Keeps Calling!!?

Question

And it's driving me nuts!

My sister will answer the phone and the caller will ask for either my husband or myself (we suspect they are different callers)

When my sister asks who is calling they don't answer her! She can tell they are still on the phone but they wont answer. She asks 2-3 times who is calling and they ignore her- so she will hang up.

Or she will say no that we're not home and if she can take a message and they'll hang up on her.

What can we do about this?? It's rude!

Answer 1

talk to them and see what they want. perhaps then theyll leave you alone.

Answer 2

This happened to me turn off your phone and turn it back on in a hour of something they will get bored and stop doing this

Answer 3

It's a telemarketer, ask to be taken off the calling list or just ignore and don't answer.

I'm suprised this never happened to you before!

Answer 4

first of....do you get the number from the caller ID??

ok......then I'm sure they using *67 to call you!!

if you activate *77 then the *67 can not get thru to you!!! try it!!

if they use *67 and you don't have a number/name ....try using *77 ACR which is anonymous call rejection...but if you do have a number.name....try all these websites to find out who is calling you!!

try whocalledus.com or zabasearch.com

http://whocalled.us/lookup/

also whocalledme.com

here are some more websites.....try them all....!

# yellowbook

# 411.com - Business and residential telephone numbers, zip codes, public records on individuals, maps and local entertainment

# switchboard.com - Find telephone listings for people, businesses, products and get e-mail addresses, maps and city guides

# Who Where - Powered by Lycos, find phone numbers and e-mail addresses for your family and friends

# Any Who - Find a person or business

# Google Voice Local Search - Google's new free 411 service

# Tellme - Microsoft's 411 service geared for mobile users

# Free 411 - Free directory assistance

# White Pages - Look up telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, area codes and websites

but zabasearch is one of the best!!

if nothing work........then call the phone company and have the last numbers blocked....report the date/time.

and lastly the only thing that would work be a callerID manager!!

Answer 5

Next time, tell them it's their final warning before you call the police for harassment.  If they call again, call the police.

Answer 6

If your caller ID is displaying unknown number I would recommend not answering the phone. That is the tact I take with calls that come into my land-line. Most of the time they are sales calls of some flavor anyway. If it is either a sales call or a crank caller of some flavor eventually they will get tired of getting no answer or getting your answering machine and give up.

You could try calling your phone company to learn if there is way to discover what phone number the calls are originating from and have it blocked but I don't hold any hope out for that.

Think about, most of your family and friends will have their numbers displayed when they call, or leave a message, so you really aren't missing anything by letting your caller ID and answering machines do the jobs for which they are designed.

Answer 7

I will again leave the URL to the National No Call Registry.

Also, your state may have a No Call Registry.  Why register at both?  Simply put, the more the better and also if you decide you want to prosecute someone who violates the list, then you have two charges, one federal one state that the prosecutor can file.