On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 17:15:08 -0400, Nil
wrote:

On 22 Jul 2018, "NY" wrote in alt.windows7.general:

I get a fair number that don't sound like scams but are simply
organisations offering to insulate my loft or walls, or to install
solar cells.

I get a few of those, too. Usually they want to "sweep my chimney"
(even though I don't have one) or "clean my air ducts". These calls are
just as illegal in my state as any other scammer. If I question them
they invariably hang up. If I call back the caller ID number, it's
usually not in service.

As I recall, the only legal calls are from services you've done
business with before, and charities and political calls. Anybody else
is a criminal by definition.



I don't care what's legal and what's not. I don't want *any* calls
soliciting me for *anything*. That includes services I've done
business with before and charities and political calls.

If I want to do business with them again, make a donation or vote for
their candidate, I'll contact them.

It may be an overreaction, but there's so much of this kind of stuff
going on these days that I almost don't want to have a telephone
anymore.