# Stop calling me!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 27, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260 "2006-07-27T14:07:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/1 "2006-07-27T14:07:44Z")

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I keep getting automated calls from some company on my cell phone. Unfortunatly, they are asking for someone I have never heard of. I have had this number for 3 1/2 years.

I keep hitting option 4 “This person does not live here”.

Someone then gets on the line and says: “Is this XXXXXX YYYYYYY?”  
I say “No, this is the wrong number.”  
They hang up on me.

I get another call a few days later. :smack:

How in Og’s name do I make them stop?!?!?!?!? ☹

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**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/2 "2006-07-27T14:08:56Z")

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Scream into the phone as loud as you can “GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!”

That’s how I got me mom to stop calling so much.

(kidding)

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/3 "2006-07-27T15:12:30Z")

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And if you are going to call multiple times a day (including 9:30 AM on a Saturday :mad: ), at least frigging hang up before the answering machine picks up. I don’t need three frigging hang-ups a day to come home to.

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**Author:** ![934spe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90db22/32.png) [@934spe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/934spe)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/4 "2006-07-27T15:34:07Z")

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Next time, just say yes that they live there and see where it goes… 🙂

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**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/5 "2006-07-27T15:36:17Z")

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> [@934spe](#):
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> Next time, just say yes that they live there and see where it goes… 🙂

I am very tempted to do just that.

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**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/6 "2006-07-27T15:43:13Z")

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You said it’s your cell phone…does your service provider have the option of blocking certain numbers from calling you? Try that.

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**Author:** ![rainwalker78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rainwalker78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainwalker78)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-calling-me/366260/7 "2006-07-27T16:18:59Z")

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> [@LunaV](#):
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> You said it’s your cell phone…does your service provider have the option of blocking certain numbers from calling you? Try that.

No. Whn I called they said they can change my number :rolleyes:

They did manage to get a live person at the number, and said that they “erased” my number, whatever that means.

We’ll see