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RedEyeTheJedi
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I keep getting these calls on my cell phone about a possibility to win these cruise ship tickets for just answering 10 questions (thats when you know its stern bullshit). I hang up every god damn time. I have been called 4 times this month and probably close to 20 times total. I tried calling the number back all I got was a busy tone. I put the number in my phone as do not pick up, so hopefully I won't have to pick up the call anymore.

Is there a way to report this number and block it from calling me?
Oct 20 2012 2:46PM
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NotGhood
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no
Oct 20 2012 2:46PM
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McFellon
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I've been getting similar calls. It's annoying.
Oct 20 2012 2:49PM
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Round-Four
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 174
next time they call ask to be added to their "do not call" list and they will usually stop.
Oct 20 2012 2:51PM
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Dragonite.
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https://www.donotcall.gov/

Oct 20 2012 2:52PM
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RedEyeTheJedi
Posts: 443 - Karma: 30
I did that and they still call. I looked up their number and there are hundred if not thousands of complaints. They apparently try and get your information and steal your loot. I also read many other complaints where people kept getting calls after they selected to be on the no call list.
Oct 20 2012 2:54PM
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dompuch
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i get those too, annoying as fuck, ignore them
Oct 20 2012 2:58PM
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Lucas
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I've heard of people getting calls like this and actually getting to tickets but when they get home from they trip they'll find that their house has been robbed.
Oct 20 2012 3:00PM
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Mag
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I'm sure if you try hard enough you could do something about it that they would definitely not enjoy.
Oct 20 2012 3:11PM
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RedEyeTheJedi
Posts: 443 - Karma: 30
Thats fucked.

The call goes BEEEEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEP "this is your captain speaking you have a chance at winning 2 free boarding passes for a cruise in the Bahamas just answer these 10 questions. blablabla" Annoying as fuck.
Oct 20 2012 3:11PM
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vault.
Posts: 469 - Karma: 91
I'm fairly positive you can block those numbers. Just contact your service provider and see what they can do.
Oct 20 2012 3:13PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
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Yeah dude i get these everyone once in awhile. Havent gotten one lately tho. I miss talkin to the ol' captain.
Oct 20 2012 3:14PM
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powderdrunkie
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^ thats the call I get all the time!

I should get those tickets and be waiting for them inside my house with a spray bottle full of bleach and a steel pipe.
Oct 20 2012 3:14PM
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Jblz
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is the area code 202?
Oct 20 2012 3:16PM
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dompuch
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dont kno about OP but mines 303 and i git em
Oct 20 2012 3:25PM
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Errl
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Be very very very polite when asking to be put on it. People that rage about it to me during surveys just get hung up on. Fuck you for thinking I'll even think about putting you on it if you're an ass.

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Oct 20 2012 3:29PM
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Mag
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Errl. That's illegal, in Britain anyway, it's probably the same for you.
Oct 20 2012 3:35PM
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Errl
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They're political surveys, not sales. I think it might fall under a slightly different umbrella. But I'm not sure/ don't care all that much. It's just an incredibly easy part time job.
Oct 20 2012 3:57PM
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RedEyeTheJedi
Posts: 443 - Karma: 30
It a recording. There actually isn't anyone there. They gave me a choice to be taken off the call list and I did that, but they still call me.
Oct 20 2012 4:08PM
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Errl
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It's a trap.
Oct 20 2012 4:12PM
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Peter.
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why not just use a gun? seems more effective
Oct 20 2012 4:27PM
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powderdrunkie
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eh, i don't know man ammo is pricey.

plus turning the spray nozzle to jet and squirting someone in the face with bleach and then beating them with this:
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you'd still have the ability to shoot them after all that..
Oct 20 2012 4:41PM
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RedEyeTheJedi
Posts: 443 - Karma: 30
the number is a local number it isn't 1-800, I think its time to get a Glock .45 and hunt him down the old fashioned way the next time I receive a call from this guy. Damn frauds trying to steal peoples money. Ill put him in his place 6ft deep.
Oct 20 2012 5:00PM
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Aidan-G
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What you did there, I see it
Oct 20 2012 5:01PM
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