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On Sun, 15 Nov 2015 13:10:27 +0000, Neil Winchurst > >Although I qualify as 'older' I have no problem with hanging up on >someone if necessary. And I can be rude if all else fails. > ditto. Having run my own business for years I think I have heard every scam going and can usually recognise a waste of time and hang-up in about 5 seconds flat. Not usually a big recommender of BT products but recently got some new home phones with the BT Call Guardian software built-in so it doesn't cost anything extra. It allows you to process calls based on type of number so uk number, mobile, international, withheld, unknown, payphone, etc. and for each type either block the call, direct it to the answerphone or let the phone ring as normal. Blocking international, withheld and unknown knocks out about 95% of scam/sales calls and for the others you can add their number to a block list. Kevin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq