How am i receiving calls from disconnected numbers

Scammers are doing things that are ilegal, and they won't stop just because we don't like it.  They make money by scamming and stealing it from others, and if just one in 10,000 calls is successful, they make a profit.  They fake their callerID (to regular customers like us) so that's why they show as disconnected if you try to call them back.

Lately, I've been getting lots of calls from political campaigns, which while annoying, is still legal.  

Haha, conspiracy much?

Or just maybe he has been in office for 8 years and technology and capabilities change fast?

How about that when he came into office smartphones were just nice idea that was just beginning and the very large majority of people still used a land line?

I thought the name of this thread was "How to stop ghost calls from non working numbers". Now it seems to have turned into "Hey Snowflakes, feel free to highjack this thread".

Download ATT Call Protect app and install.  This will cut down on these calls.  Has helped cutdown on ones I receive

WOW!!! Here is a new one!

So like all of you, I too have been receiving these annoying calls on my cell phone that is listed on the do not call list.  I have stopped answering #'s I am not familiar with and wait for that dead voicemail that is a hang up. BUT...while I am at work (company that has rotary lines for business) I call back that #, that as you know, is a non-working out of service #. Funny thing is I just received a "CALL BACK" and after repeating the business name thanks for calling...I hear that funky clicking sound when that scammer starts their spiel, only this time they ask me, "Is this a business?" I say yes and that they say, "Sorry, wrong number".  WHAT!!!  So even though you call back and the line is not working....supposedly, they see you calling which in turn keeps them calling you!!  This must be how our #'s stay on their annoying list! Hope this helps.       ~Kat

The best way to block these calls on a landline is to use a portable device costing about $20 called ProCall Blocker, it stores up to 1500 numbers which you can add to your blacklist of numbers.  The phone will ring once then go dead.  It is 100% effective.  Best of luck, John.

I was told never to say "yes" or "ok" or anything like that because they can use the recorded response to say that you agreed to something, like something that could be charged to an account you have every month or however often they please.  I never use those words.  Sometimes they ask if I can hear them or something, but I never say anything.

How come this has YET to be answered??  there is no solution to this issue??