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

We have also been dragged into this after donating to Save the Children. 2evolve have phoned us 5 times in the past week. My husband phoned Save the Children and complained - told them that we have a private number and have never consented to having our details released to a third party and now, because of this we will never donate to them again. We requested to be removed from their list and this has apparently been done, however it has not stopped the calls from 2evolve.

2evolve rang again last night at 6.45pm during dinner. I told them we were not interested and wanted to be taken off their list. Let's see if the calls stop.....

It looks as if I have been dragged into the web of 2evolve myself. I have been getting calls for a couple of weeks from two numbers (02) 9032 5675 and (02) 9032 5689. Every day!Not happy about being called constantly, not good advertising for Amnesty. I hope iphone can bar incoming calls! Will certainly look into it. And maybe send email to 2evolve. Thanks for providing link... And thanks for all the previous comments, that was very helpful.

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 StreetSydney NSW 2000PO Box K350Haymarket NSW 1240Toll Free: 1300 364 170P: (02) 8114 9700F: +61 2 8114 9701contact @ 2evolve.com.au

keep geting phone calls from this number, so 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.

|v been getting them all the time soo frustrating