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[terrier3]

I rarely use my land line phone. It's hooked in to my ADT system. I don't even have messaging on my land line.

People who know me call on my cell.

Yesterday (Sunday) I had 11 calls from telemarketers asking for money. Every disease imaginable.

One woman even said - "Wow - you are hard to reach - I've been calling your number for days!" She was with the Susan Komen Foundation. I have never donated to them and never would donate to them.

How do you get off lists for fundraisers?

[JustJazzmom]

nomorobo.

[Puzzle Piece]

I hope someone here can help. I have the same issue though we have tried various ways to stop the calls.

[bikerbabe]

i never get these calls since i dumped my landline. sorry, i can't help.

[deepwaterdotter]

If the caller is an actual human, I ask them to remove my phone number from their list. That seems to take care of it.

[terrier3]

On 2/23/2015 JustJazzmom said:

nomorobo.

Verizon traditional landline isn't using the service...

thanks for trying!

[terrier3]

On 2/23/2015 deepwaterdotter said:

If the caller is an actual human, I ask them to remove my phone number from their list. That seems to take care of it.

I have done this over and over again...it doesn't seem to work with charities.

I think they buy lists from each other...spreading the problem around.

[kdgn]

I'm on the DNC list and average 5-9 calls a day. I check caller ID and if I don't recognize the number I let it go to the answering machine. No one leaves a message. I think charities are allowed to call but I'm not positive on that.

Get an answering machine and screen your calls. That's the best defense I've found.

[brii]

If I don't recognize the number, I don't answer the phone.

I only give out my cell - so if it's important or family or friends, they know to call or text that number.

Any nuisance calls get blocked on my cell phone. I google the number and then I put a block on it. I don't even answer.

[dooBdoo]

terrier, Non-profit charities are exempt from the Do Not Call Registry. But third-party telemarketers calling on behalf of the charities don't have the same protection.

The only thing you can do is:

tell the caller, politely, to cease (and if they don't, contact the parent agency involved and file a complaint), block the calls, only answer if you recognize the caller ID, or use Nomorobo (https://www.nomorobo.com/).