[Soundy]

^Hahaha, I like that, I might just use that message myself

My brother's voicemail OGM is, "Hi, you've reached me, but you haven't quite got me..." Kinda like that one

[gurutech]

My outgoing message is:

Hi, you've reached me. If you are a debt collector, I've sent the payment already. If you are calling to send ME money, leave a message and I will call back with my address for you to send payment. If you are my mother in law, hang up and lose my number. I won't return your call anyway. If it's that important, call your daughter - she still talks to you occasionally.

[silverado4]

Thanks for all your help in this matter. I did put a block on the anonymous caller. It was supposed to go to my voicemail, but it doesn't. I would block that number if I could see a number, that's my problem. There is no number, only "unavailable unknown caller". I'm working with my cable phone co. now, I have a ticket in, they are going to try to resolve this problem. Maybe they will give me the option of typing in "alpha's" instead of just numbers to block anything I don't want, I hope so.

[silverado4]

I found out the way to stop the anonymous calls, I'll try that again for a few days to see if this works. I don't have any outstanding bills, so I don't know why anyone would even try to call me. I was just wondering if someone could call my line, then when I answered, use it as theirs to call someone. Is this possible? That was my concern. I'll get back to you in a few days to see if this works this time.

[sup2a]

in Australia we have had a massive mobile callback scam, a number from...Sydney i think, will ring your mobile for a split second, and you of course ring back wondering who it was and they charge you a fortune for the call and try to make you enter a competition, i have had this call many times now and i guess all you can do is ignore it, as much as it is annoying not knowing who is actually calling you

[silverado4]

I didn't ever call back, or answer it. I also thought it was this type of scam, that's why I never called back. My cable phone co. 'packet8' is looking into this matter now to see if there is a way to stop these. Thanks for your feed back.

[Soundy]

I never call back a missed call unless I know who it is. I figure if it's that important, they'll either leave a message, or call back. Anyone who can't be bothered to do either, I probably don't want or need to talk to anyway.

[JohnWill]

I'm with Soundy, if they don't leave a message, how important can it possibly be? They're on automatic ignore with me. A phone call has no legal standing, so getting in trouble by not calling back is a non-issue.

[silverado4]

I'm sure it's not an important message, but it's still frustrating. I wish the phone system would just ignore these calls, but they won't. I've never heard of "soundy", is it a cable phone co? I pay $199 per year plus 4.76 per month, taxes. I don't think that's bad.

[Soundy]

Originally Posted by silverado4

I've never heard of "soundy", is it a cable phone co?

[silverado4]

Wake up and smell the coffee, I could have had a V-8. Sorry, I thought "soundy" was a phone co, I didn't look back.
I didn't get any "unavailable unknown caller" today, 5/11, maybe they are picking on someone else now. Let's hope.

[silverado4]

Today is the 14th of May, I still haven't gotten any more unknown caller's. Could this be the last of it? Did they get tired of me not answering? I sure hope so. Thanks for all your help in this matter, it was greatly appreciated... Silverado over and out (I hope).

[sup2a]

it really does depend, i mean it could have been a salesperson trying to get you to buy long distance whatever, and ti may have been a one off thing, or it could have been someone with a wrong number in which case they may try again, or it could be a nuisance call either way, they MAY stop, but i guess there are no guarantees, i though i got the last of the Sydney "Hang up" calls, but i recently got another...