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Default How do you stop the political promo calls?

On Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:51:42 PM UTC-4, James Silverton wrote:
> On 10/22/2014 3:44 PM, The Cook wrote:
> > On 22 Oct 2014 19:26:51 GMT, notbob > wrote:
> >
> >> I swear, I'm getting up to half dozen calls per hr and they're all
> >> political promo recordings. I'm about to take the phone off the hook.
> >>
> >> nb

> > If you find a way to stop them, let me know. We get several a day and
> > they are almost all showing with phone numbers of 000-000-0000. I
> > just checked and since 10/08 we have had 25 calls, 3 of which were
> > from people we knew and 1 probable from my doctor.
> >
> > The big problem is that you cannot actually talk to anyone. I
> > sometimes slam down the phone but I'm sure there is no living person
> > on the other end. Makes me feel better. DH has at least once pushed
> > the 7 or 8 button when they ask for 1 or 2. After a couple of times
> > the hang up.
> >

> I don't get many phone calls asking for political contributions but I
> think I get about 10 hysterical e-mails each day implying that if I do
> not contribute the Kochs will prevail.
>
> --
> Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)
>
> Extraneous "not." in Reply To.


Yeah, but when the son of a deposed Nigerian prince calls, what are you going to do? - Mike