re: The " do not call list" is a joke

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Once you have identified the spam caller, block their number with your cell phone (most have this built in today).

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I bet I have a thousand blocked numbers in my phone and I still get 3 to 5 shite calls a day. So aggravating.

I get daily calls from people with Indian (dot not feather) accents with anglo sounding names. "Hello sir, my name is Mike from American Pharmacy. Would you be interested in discount Viagra or Cialis today?"

Discount Viagra? Please tell me more, Indian guy who called me out of the blue.

My cell phone has made it on the list

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I work in sales so that's a dumb option.

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Dumb for you maybe, but the average person getting spammed on his personal line should absolutely follow that advice. Don't pick up if the caller isn't in your contacts list. Legit callers will leave a voicemail.

The thing is that most spam callers nowadays aren't even telemarketers. They are scammers and robocallers. They are already running an illegal operation. They don't care about things like the "do not call list."

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My cell phone has made it on the list

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I probably average 8-10 per day. Either out of state or they spoof the first 6 digits of my number

I use NOMOROBO and it works about 50% of the time. It's worth it to cut down half of my bs robocalls.

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That's because they are constantly changing numbers, and/or duplicating actual people's numbers. Therefore, there is no way to track them down and enforce the rules. The block feature on cell phones is great.

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Sure there's a way. If the agency/agencies that our tax dollars funded actually wanted to enforce this all they'd have to do was accept the call from a number that was on the do not call list, provide a bait identity to the company and eventually during the investigation the company would have to reveal itself and boom.....fine the hell out of one or two of these companies and publicize it. The others would get the hint and the calls would stop very quickly. Since the violations are so rampant it would be extremely easy to do. But then that would actually solve the problem and they'd have to stop taking so many tax dollars to 'regulate' this sort of thing. Not trying to go into conspiracy theory mode but they'd be better off creating calls than actually stopping them so they can legitimize continuing to take tax dollars. Not saying that's the case but you can't claim there's 'no way to track them down'. We literally have tax funded agencies dedicated to do this very thing.

Somewhat perversely, the "list" has to be available - legitimate companies observe the list because they can be punished for violating it.

Therefore, every "business" who calls you, at least if you do not already do business with them, is a scammer.

Period. Every single one. Not a legitimate business to be found. Most are call centers in the Subcontinent, the Caribbean or Africa (generally where English is one of the official languages).

The only exceptions are political calls/surveys and some of the charities get an exception, particularly the law enforcement and firefighter charities - however, I don't reward bad behavior on their part and never donate, at least over the phone.

We used to have so much fun with these pieces of shite when I was still in college. We'd be hanging out at the fraternity house when one would call and we'd waste half an hour teasing them and asking ridiculous questions until we got bored, told them to kill them selves and hung up.