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We have nuisance calls every day..today was the worst, about a dozen calls one after another...same caller but different ID...a boiler room in a foreign country...I let the machine pick up and, of course, there is no message...any ideas how to STOP THIS ????
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BLUETTE I will try that...I let the machine pick up, or I pick up and use a bicycle horn and blast them...or pick up and lay the phone down for 5 minutes..yesterday he used obscenities saying I should go on a date with him...

On 7/23/15, Novel wrote: > On 7/22/15, Bluette wrote: >> We have nuisance calls every day..today was the worst, &g...See More
Jul 23, 2015
Betty Ann The behavior you are hearing (obscenities, date, ...) is way over the line. Have you contacted your local police department and/or phone company?

Start by making sure that you are on the Do Not Call list. Then start keeping a log of times and phone numbers. When you receive an unwanted call, specifically state that you do not want to recei...See More
Jul 23, 2015
Flacka First, don't answer the phone if you don't recognize the number. Often they are robo-dialing repeatedly to figure out what time you are home. If they are calling from the same number, block the number. Many cordless phones have this feature and they must get some signal or something because once I block the number, that pretty much stops calls from...See More
Jul 24, 2015
Bev Iris Over the last several months it's been crazy with the telemarketers, and the resulting no message. All times of the day and night.

For the last few weeks though, I've started calling the number back. Sometimes I get a message saying the line is no longer in use (huh? It just called me!)

But most times I either get a recording giv...See More
Jul 27, 2015
Bev Iris Hitting the hash key or star key seems to have no affect on these people! I tried this also.
Jul 27, 2015


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