Australia - https://www.donotcall.gov.au/
Canada - https://lnnte-dncl.gc.ca/en/Consumer/Register-your-number/#!/
United Kingdom - https://www.tpsonline.org.uk/
United States - https://www.donotcall.gov/index.html
the United States one is very funny
When I did it, you could opt out electronically for 5 years, but a lifetime opt out requires you to mail a printed form. I’m guessing the lenders have something to do with that and are banking on most people not having a printer.
Edit: Or having to deal with paying for a stamp and putting something in the mail.
But yes, I love their 90s clip art.
Looks like things have changed:
Will my registration expire?
No, your registration will never expire. The FTC will only remove your number from the Registry if it’s disconnected and reassigned, or if you ask to remove it.
https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/national-do-not-call-registry-faqs
Finland: You’ll have to call this one and it works only inside Finland https://asml.fi/kieltopalvelut/
These list also make you a likely target for scam calls.
How do these lists make you a likely target for scam calls?
They have a list of valid numbers and since they are scammers they don’t care if they are breaking the law by calling you.
Jokes on them. I haven’t answered an unknown number in years. Probably why I get so few scam calls.
They give your phone number to telemarketers and say “please don’t call this number”. I doubt anyone in the government follows up and punishes any telemarketers that ignore their strong request.
Pretend you are running a scam call centre. Wouldn’t you like a curated list of known real phone numbers and names of people that are likely to answer their phones because they are used to only getting legitimate calls?
Spain - https://www.listarobinson.es
Italy too. And it works like a charm. I’m joking, it’s not working at all.
- Silence all calls (or unknown numbers only).
- Send them all to voicemail.
Never care about scam calls again.
Can’t do it, it’s not unusual I get important calls from unknown numbers
France - https://www.bloctel.gouv.fr/
Turkiye - https://iys.org.tr/
Belgium - https://www.dncm.be/nl/home
Nice try, fed.
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