"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 02 May 2013 13:29:28 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> I don't get calls from *live* telemarketers anymore. But those darned
>> recorded calls haven't stopped. "The F!B!I! reports there is a break-in
>> every 10 minutes" and other such foolishness. Most of the time their
>> names and numbers aren't displayed. So I've got no way to report them.
>>
>> I've given up answering the phone. And no, I'm not going to listen to
>> the recording then press 1 to get a live person on the line to ask them
>> to stop. I seriously doubt they care. And probably don't have any way
>> to control it even if they did care.
>>
>> However, if anyone has any suggestions about how to rid myself of these
>> recorded nuisance calls I would greatly appreciate it.
>>
>
> Screen your calls with an answering machine.

That's really the only way, or if I happen to be close by the phone and
don't recognize the number, I just pick the phone up and immediately hang
up.

Cheri