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Unwanted telemarketing calls can be disruptive, but there are a number of steps you can take to minimize them.

While the Do Not Call Registry is useful for stopping real marketers from calling you, not all of your unwanted calls will end when you sign up. Some callers are exempt and others will continue to call you illegally.

Mark and his wife shopped for maternity clothes to prepare for the upcoming birth of their baby. The maternity clothing store wanted their names and address. When they asked that their names not be sold to marketers, they were told that the store never sells such data.

Peggy, an elderly woman who lives in a seniors complex, received several calls from a research company. They had been calling her unlisted number every evening demanding that she comply, even though she told them she didn't want to participate in the survey.

Roy began receiving sexually-explicit mail, with "Bambi" written on the outside of the envelope. He did not know why he was receiving such mail. Roy was embarrassed by this and reported it to the Postal Inspector.