From: bo774@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   Some Guy (Some@Guy.com) writes:   
   >   
   > You are dwelling on the fact that the call-display info was blocked or   
   > munged.   
   >   
   > That is of absolutely no significance, importantance, or relavence in   
   > this situation.  It is expected (if not well known) that call display   
   > information is a joke and is of no use in determining the identity of   
   > those calling you.   
      
   It is of significance in establishing that the call is bogus. Real   
   buiness related callers are required by the CRTC to provide bona   
   fide caller ID data and identify themselves accurately. If they don't   
   they are some sort of law or regulation breaker and should be dealt   
   with in light of that fact.   
      
   Some of the criminal callers can be quite persistent.   
      
   One illegal caller kept trying around dinner time for a couple of weeks.   
      
   At one point I got rid of them quickly by asking if they understood that   
   they were calling a Canadian number. They hung up before I could get   
   far into my spiel about Canadian regulations.   
      
   Can I talk to the "man/woman of the house" was one of the signatures   
   of these repeat calls, until we started answering with "no, we don't   
   have one of those, bye".   
      
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