Harassing phone calls are annoying. The reasons are numerous. One of the best ways to deal with them is to simply block the phone numbers of these calls. You have several options that you can use to block these phone numbers from completing a call to your phone.

How to Block Unwanted Calls from Telemarketers

Placing your personal home phone number or personal wireless number on the National Do-Not-Call list will effectively cut back on the number of phone calls you receive from telemarketers. You do need to register (sign up) for this service, but it is free. A few exceptions do exist such as any organization that you personally contact has the right to call you at a later date. This would include any applications that you made, purchases, or inquiries to the company. To sign up on the Do-Not-Call list, call this toll free number: 1-888-382-1222. You must make the phone call from the number that you want to place on the list.

Prank and Harassing Phone Calls

In order to deal with prank phone calls or harassing phone calls, you should contact your local police department. It is illegal to make such phone calls and the police department will need you to make a formal complaint so that they can help you with this situation.

Blocking Unwanted Phone Calls through Your Phone Service

Most phone services feature an option that you can get for a small monthly fee to block unwanted phone calls from your phone number. It might be called call block, call screening, or call rejection depending on your phone service provider. Contact your provider and ask about this service.

Blocking Unwanted Phone Calls with Special Software

A number of software applications have been designed to block unwanted phone calls from your personal phone number. I haven't used any of these applications myself so I cannot vouch for their reliability or usefulness in blocking annoying phone calls. However, you can do a bit of research online to check out the features of the applications that you want to check out. Then, make your decision based upon what you have learned.

Google Voice has a phone spam feature designed into it. This feature is designed to allow users to block specific phone numbers from contacting their phone. It works with multiple phone numbers as well. The user simply tags specific phone numbers as spam and those numbers are blocked from ringing their phone number. It also blocks those phone numbers from leaving emails. The unwanted phone calls must be manually deleted from a designated spam folder.

Caller ID Manager is another application that is designed to block unwanted calls from ringing your phone number. It is put out by Privacy Corps. You can even block unwanted phone callers from ringing your phone with Caller ID Manager.

CallZap is another application that is designed to block unwanted calls from ringing your phone number. It is designed for use with a caller ID compatible modem.

Susan Keenan | March 25th, 2009
Tags: blocking phone calls
Categories: Mobility

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