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Re:I hate telephones by tonyztan on Saturday November 11, 2017 @08:43PM (#15679227)
I am not a lawyer, but if you can figure out who is calling you, I believe you can file a lawsuit against them for violating the TCPA (Telephone Consumer Protection Act), which carries statutory damages of up to $1,500 per violation.

Sources:

https://michaelrkn.github.io/how-to-sue-a-telemarketer/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalnewsline/2016/08/25/filing...

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Re:I hate telephones by petecox on Saturday November 11, 2017 @09:12PM (#15679325)
The law is probably not much help if they're scammers calling from overseas.

Criminals from India call us here in AUS pretending to be from some legitimate call centre, advising us of some non-existent government rebate.

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