How to report annoying Telemarketing calls.

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    C replies to Jean
    I have used esupport.fcc.gov for my landlines in the past so it should be okay to use it for yours (at the time I disn't have a cell phone, just my landlines).

    I also wouldn't just stop at the FCC or the do not call site but try also FTC's own site and ic3.gov as well and see if that might also help.
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    Kwitcherbellyakin
    The FTC is having Robocall Summit on October 18th.  For more info go to:
    http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/10/robocalls.shtm
    http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls

    What To Do When You Get an Illegal Robocall; http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/microsites/robocalls
    1.    Hang Up. Do not press 1 or any other numbers to get off the list.
    2.    Consider blocking the number
    3.    Report it at http://www.fcc.gov/complaints
    4.    Report it at https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov
    Register your phone numbers online at http://www.donotcall.gov or call (888) 382-1222 (must call from # you want removed).
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    Rue
    Harassing calls all day every day
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    Payback
    If some people don't get calls during the holidays, you can be certain that your callers are wimps hiding here in the US. They are enjoying their holidays and I don't want them to enjoy a holiday or any day of their pathetic life.
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    freadgee
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    909-784-7802 this stupid number keeps appearing on to my phone. Receiving message about applying cruise ship insurance and every time i pick up they hang up so it goes straight into my voice mail.
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    MidNyteStorm1 replies to Walker
    After working with the public for 15 years, I can tell you sometimes you need to repeat things.
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    Laura replies to Ben
    01253725439 annoying me can you annoy back !!
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    Mary Lou Hall
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    I get annoying calls at least twice a week from an Air Duct Service...I live in a senior residental apartment complex and have no need for that service...they call after 5pm and as I'm not well the calls really bother me. I could not contact them as when I call their number back(1-206 257 7822) I get the recorded messsage: "B241 test successful" I don't know what that means????
    How do I stop the calls??
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    Nancy26
    I get calls that simply say "goodbye" when I answer .  Then come the messages when I don't answer on the answering machine that say "Day".  There is not a valid phone number when I try to dial back.  The real phone number appears on the answering machine.  I have called to report that I don't want those calls, to no avail. The calls started in April and are still coming.  The valid call back number is 1-616-613-2225, however you get a sales pitch and no response to complain.  Very  maddening.
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    Aguanga Cowboy
    | 2 replies
    Here's a good one.

    Tom Mabe LOL

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAb8vGSRBoE
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    waldon replies to reporter
    Thanks . I just filed a report. I hope something can be done about these harrassing phone calss
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    Just another Joe
    They use a combination of "spoofed" caller IDs and actual "VOIP" portals courtesy of unscrupulous marketing companies who pay individuals for a small spot in their homes and small businesses all over the US.  It is in these places where the company provides internet service and a phone line or two to the gateway.  Time on these gateways are sold to anyone world-wide who wants to appear "local" to their intended victims (oops, I mean "markets").   Of course they are not going to stop calling.  Once on a call list circulated by these thugs, it is sold, and re-sold... the buyers are going to make the calls.

    I don't answer unknown or unrecognized numbers.  For each unidentified number which doesn't leave a VM, I do a search.  If the number comes up as one with lots of complaints, I add it to the contact named "SCAM".  Depending on my mood, I assign a ringtone of "silence", or for some cathartic relief, I use a barking dog.
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    just do it replies to freadgee
    909 is an area code in San Bernardino/Riverside California....block it or report it.
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    Annoyed
    Send the calls as a call forward to the States Attorney General's office. Verizon allows selective numbers to be forwarded. Let that office see what it's like to get these calls day and night.
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    Mb
    | 1 reply
    I am on the Do Not Call list and have been for years. Continue to receive
    Annoying telemarketer calls. Would like of these calls and caller to stop.

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