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The government's " Do Not Call List " is a sad, sad, joke.

Amen Brother! We've got every phone number we have on the "No Call List" and we are bombarded with calls. Several each day. Any 800 type numbers or numbers that have invalid exchanges like Area-000-Number we just ignore. I gather these places have some sort of computer program that generates fake numbers that can't be traced to their origin, so it does no good to report the calls. There is also some sort of loophole where they are permitted to call you (usually while you're eating supper) if they claim to be a charity of some sort. The few times we've been tricked into answering such a call, we simply tell them we don't do anything over the phone, including promises to donate money when they say "Can we mail you such and such?". Of course that doesn't deter them from continuing to call you over and over and ...