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

Thanks for that, I'll try it the next time they ring.  It seems they have a bit more integrity than those scam callers, at least, specially if you actually get to talk to a real person and it's linked to a legit organisation (tho a pretty counter-productive way to go about their business!).  Keep us posted whether you get any more calls! :-)

I have had two calls from this number in three days. It's for a company called 2evolve, they do cold call marketing for not for profit charities such as amnesty, I donate with amnesty and this is a regular thing! Getting a bit over it to be honest! Hope this helps

I got the same call and I'm pretty sure it's from a company called 2 Evolve
http://www.2evolve.com.au/contact.asp
They're a cold calling telemarketer who specialise in being a pain in the a**

I just noticed what y'all said about Amnesty...I signed a petition for them the other day.  I thought they wanted to know too much.  They were going to tick a box on the form....in their words to say "thank-you" &gt; I saw that this box was for someone to contact me, and I said to the pretty young thing doing the survey, "No thank you".   I guess she ticked the box after I left.  I won't be supporting amnesty again!

Ok this number has been calling me for weeks.
thankgod for this site i now finally found out whos calling me
what a total pain in the A$$. how do they even get ur number
in the first place.

How did you find out it was connected to Amnesty? I donate monthly to them as well and have been getting one call every business day since the 11th of Feb.  I don't think I ever gave them my number tho (they're calling on my mobile).  I've never answered as I've had experiences on my work and mobile number with nuisance calls before and have also heard that answering the calls makes them more frequent... what happens if you do answer, do you actually speak to a real person?

You'd think a charity would be more responsible with their calls! How do they think they're going to win new members or keep old ones by constantly bugging them with calls day after day?!!