Wacky. A couple of weeks back I was a conference and this idiot managed to me and a co-worker pretty much consecutively using slightly different tactics. The ominous tone is hilarious.
If your do-not-call register works the same as ours, these morons wouldn't be impacted as they likely run from overseas. The use of a local number would get them in trouble, along with the whole crime side of things, but do-not-call only impacts legitimate local businesses. Plus there's the politics and charity loophole that sucks.
One of the scammy work-arounds local businesses try to use is to get offshore call centres to make the calls thinking they don't need to follow do-not-call. If the company offering the service is based in your country, regardless of where the call centre is located, they still have to follow the register. Several have been fined locally for this breach. Robo-calls should be covered by the same rule.
Had a scummy local company who thought the do-not-call register didn't apply to them because they were calling on behalf of a charity. Well, not exactly calling so much as hang-ups (repeatedly) and having a robo-message on the call back number. They are a for-profit company, not a charity, so they have to abide by do-not-call. I traced the number and found the company. They foolishly listed direct numbers for their staff on their web site. I called their scum bucket CEO directly and had a chat. They never called back after that.
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If your do-not-call register works the same as ours, these morons wouldn't be impacted as they likely run from overseas. The use of a local number would get them in trouble, along with the whole crime side of things, but do-not-call only impacts legitimate local businesses. Plus there's the politics and charity loophole that sucks.
One of the scammy work-arounds local businesses try to use is to get offshore call centres to make the calls thinking they don't need to follow do-not-call. If the company offering the service is based in your country, regardless of where the call centre is located, they still have to follow the register. Several have been fined locally for this breach. Robo-calls should be covered by the same rule.
Had a scummy local company who thought the do-not-call register didn't apply to them because they were calling on behalf of a charity. Well, not exactly calling so much as hang-ups (repeatedly) and having a robo-message on the call back number. They are a for-profit company, not a charity, so they have to abide by do-not-call. I traced the number and found the company. They foolishly listed direct numbers for their staff on their web site. I called their scum bucket CEO directly and had a chat. They never called back after that.