Well, it depends on how you look at it: if their goal is to get their hands on a fresh list of households where people are more likely to answer (they don't expect a telemarketing call, right?) then the do not call list is really a perfect phone book.
If it's a telemarketer, the callers might stage their call as a survey ("Who vacuums the floor in your household? What would you say if I tell you that there is a better way? Would you like to see how....?" ). If the caller is a con artist then they just got their hands on a newly updated contact list.
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Well, it depends on how you look at it: if their goal is to get their hands on a fresh list of households where people are more likely to answer (they don't expect a telemarketing call, right?) then the do not call list is really a perfect phone book. If it's a telemarketer, the callers might stage their call as a survey ("Who vacuums the floor in your household? What would you say if I tell you that there is a better way? Would you like to see how....?" ). If the caller is a con artist then they just got their hands on a newly updated contact list.