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   Mike,   
      
    >   Well, I've blocked them regardless. I've even blocked entire   
    > area codes.   
      
    MP> I wish I had the ability to block area code + exchange.  There are   
    MP> several 502+xxx combinations that I know are going to be junk calls.   
    MP> The last four digits are usually +1 from the last time they called.   
      
     I've gotten several of those spoofed numbers as well. August Abolins   
   mentioned a deal called "Jolly Roger Telephone" (jollyrogertelephone.com).   
   I looked at it, but because of finances and other things, I just couldn't   
   see the benefit of it right now...even though it works for both landlines    
   and mobile phones.    
      
     Apparently, what it does, once you have signed up with them (the   
   first 30 days are free), and you have your phone set up (it's $12    
   a year for one line, $22 for two -- full prices are on their    
   website)...it forwards any calls to their system database, to    
   compare the numbers from whitelists (you have to provide such) and    
   blacklists of known spammers, telemarketers, etc. It then either   
   directs legitimate calls back to you to leave a voice mail, where   
   you then add them to their whitelist, and return the call. Or, it   
   sends the spammers and telemarketers to "robots" (giving them a   
   taste of their own medicine...but the robots never "buy" anything   
   from these idiots. If it's not sure of the caller, it offers "a   
   challenge", where human callers have to press a number to continue   
   (robocalls don't know how to do that).   
      
     The real funny thing is that the "pirate robot" (hence the name   
   Jolly Roger) engages the telemarketer, spammer, etc. in stuff for   
   several minutes...which takes away their time from going to make   
   other calls. It even will make recordings of the calls for you to   
   play back later. Yet, there are no long distance charges for you   
   to worry about.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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