DON'T KNOW WHO THIS IS THAT IS CALLING MY MOTHER'S LANDLINE. BUT EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, WITHOUT FAIL, AN AUTOMATED CALL COMES IN FOR A MAN WITH A HISPANIC NAME. (DON'T WANT TO GIVE OUT FOR PRIVACY REASONS FOR HIM, WHOEVER HE IS.)

THIS MAN HAS NEVER BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH OUR FAMILY OR THIS TELEPHONE NUMBER. WE'VE OWNED THIS HOME AND THIS NUMBER FOR OVER 40 YEARS. THE WAY IT SOUNDS, IT MUST BE A COLLECTION AGENCY OF SOME KIND. HOW THEY GOT OUR NUMBER, I HAVE NO IDEA. THESE SCAM ARTISTS USE THIS TO HARASS PEOPLE FOR VARIOUS REASONS. MAY OR MAY NOT BE A LEGITIMATE DEBT CALL. USUALLY IT IS A TOTAL SCAM. DO NOT ANSWER THESE CALLS OR PLACE A RETURN CALL TO THE NUMBER. ONCE THEY VERIFY THAT THIS NUMBER IS A WORKING NUMBER, EVEN IF YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT THEY ARE CALLING A WRONG NUMBER, THEY WILL INCREASE THEIR CALLS TO YOU CONTINUING TO HARASS YOU EVEN FURTHER. BEING ON THE DO NOT CALL LIST IS A JOKE! IT DOES NOTHING TO STOP THESE JOKERS. THERE ARE SOME CALL BLOCKING SERVICES AVAILABLE ON SOME PHONE SERVICES. HOWEVER, COMPANIES LIKE AT& T DO NOT HAVE A BLANKET CALL BLOCK SERVICE. AND, YOU CAN ONLY BLOCK UP TO 5-6 NUMBERS IF YOU CAN GET THEM TO BLOCK THEM. *60 DOESN'T WORK. FRANKLY, I THINK THE PHONE COMPANIES ARE ALL PART OF THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF THE SOLUTION. IF THEY WOULD ONLY INCLUDE MULTIPLE OR BLANKET CALL BLOCKING SERVICE ON LANDLINES, WE WOULD GET RID OF THESE NUISANCE CALL AT LAST.