Predictive dialers ring the numbers, not people.. The best way to 'fool' the computer when it rings looking for a person to send to the headset of a telemarketer, 'Hello, you are speaking with <name> how can I help you today?'

Most of the time the computer will hang up as it thinks it is an answering machine.

If you just say 'Hello' the computer will think a person has answered and in the 2 or 3 second silence your call is getting sent from the auto computer to a telemarketers headset..

As for Do Not Call Register, it does not apply to Charities, so even if you register you will stop telemarketing from companies but not for profit, government and marketing research can still call.

I have had calls from this number and others in the same range (02 903256XX) over the past 4-5 weeks. The first time I answered they asked for a different person and they we agreed it was the wrong number. Then they kept calling. How do they get around the do not call register???

I donate to charities. If these people cannot give me the courtesy of providing a clear message outlining their intensions and the ability for me being able to return their call.
I DON"T CARE WHO THEY REPRESENT< THEY CAN GET f*ckED AND WILL RECEIVE NOTHING FROM ME.

Repeatedly calling. Haven't answered. Couldn't id the company when I called back. Don't leave messages

Repeatedly calling to cold canvass additional money (I already donate regularly to them) and never leaving a message identifying who is calling. Very pushy. I wont be answering again.

When you call back you can't distinguish the name of the company.

Calling for Amnesty

Got a missed call after very short ring .. they cut the call .. to my mobile

Also just looked up the company and they have contact details online. Maybe a few emails expressing how annoying it is and that it's being seen as harassment will help get you off the list:

AUSTRALIA.

Level 6,
260 Elizabeth Street
Sydney NSW 2000

PO Box K350
Haymarket NSW 1240

Toll Free: 1300 364 170
P: (02) 8114 9700
F: (02) 8114 9701

contact @ 2evolve.com.au

|v been getting them all the time soo frustrating

Amnesty are a pain in the a**.  They ring you daily, sometimes twice daily until they give up after a few weeks.  And if you do pick up while at work or changing a nappy etc, they don't seem to understand that you don't have time for an update on genocide at the moment.They also do the annoying thing where they ring until it rings out, then they immediately call your other number (mobile or home) and do the same again.It's tempting to pick up after 400 rings and scream "are you for real????"I've also asked not to be called on previous Amnesty call-out campaigns, but here we go again apparantly.I find it interesting that you all get the same thing too.Seriously, for the $600 I have given every year for over a decade, is not being harrassed for more money not too much to ask for?It's enough to make you consider cancelling you donations, which is sad really.

My experience is that this number was used by a Save the Children Fund caller.  Luckily, the first time they called, the phone dropped out so I was able to put a tag on that number ("Do not answer") so that I've been able to dodge the further 8 calls that they've made since.

I have never seen this number before...and they tried to call me twice today (but I missed it both times!)A bit weird...it's a NSW number, and I live in QLD!