Auto-Dialers and Call Abandonment
May 15, 2008 Leave a comment
You’ve likely had this experience (or am i the only lucky one?):
- A call comes in on my cell phone with "restricted" or "unavailable" where the number should be. I pick up and after a brief silence, there is no one on the line and the call disconnects.
- Some time later, another call comes in whose number is similarly blocked. I pick up and after a brief silence, I am speaking with a live person, soliciting for one thing or another.
I’m guessing these events are related, and the function of some boiler room auto-dialer that rings number after number, connecting the next available operator to the victim.
Have you seen this? What is your experience?