YSK: You can stop telemarketers from calling you (Canada)
I didn't know this until recently, but there is a national do-not-call list you can register your canadian phone number to through the government of Canada:
Additionally, if you're already a customer with the company calling or have been within a year, they are allowed to call you; HOWEVER,
Next time a company -- like rogers for example -- incessantly calls you, ask them to add you to their internal do-not-call list, and enjoy your peace knowing that if they call you again, you can report them to the government of Canada. They face possible financial repercussions if this happens.
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That vast, vast majority of spam callers are operating out of illegal call centers in India, they’re spoofing phone numbers, and they could not care less that you’re on a do not call list.
Fair enough, but it does help for telephone companies in my experience
Registered with the do-not-call list? Expect more calls, says consumer watchdog
CBC article from 2009.
I wonder whether it has changed in the last 16 years
I’m not sure. I just remember that after it was announced, people signed up, and their spam calls increased. Then any discussion around it disappeared.
I'll look into it, thanks!
I know this is a bit technical, but it's worked perfectly for me
Get a phone number in a very rural area there where you know absolutely nobody. Like the middle of Montana. Block all phone calls from numbers from the same area code. This kills 99.9% of spam callers. It can be done with twilio cheaply
Scammers be spoofing random phone numbers every single day here in the USA, I assume they do so in Canada too..?
Yes but this works a non-zero part of the time