When I heard that a new anti-telemarketing legislation has passed I was ecstatic. It allowed a person to put their telephone number on a no call list which prevented telemarketing companies from calling that number.

Unfortunately not all things in life are perfect and neither is this legislation. I remember getting numerous phone calls from a local phone company which offered its products. The worst part is that I was already signed up with them. They really had no reason to call me. I notified the person calling that I wanted my name to be removed from the list. The person responded with an annoyed “yeah, sure” and hung up. I was not convinced and I guess I was right. Calls kept coming and coming and every time they would assure me that they will remove my name. I even spoke to a supervisor, but it did not help.

A friend of mine suggested that I run a reverse phone lookup on their number and send an official letter of intent to their head office. And that’s what I did, next time they called I got the name of the individual calling went to a reverse phone number lookup portal and ran their phone number through their database. It gave me the companies postal address. I sent an official letter to them, warning them that I will pursue legal actions if they continue this harassment.

It’s been 3 months and I’m yet to receive a call from them, guess reverse phone really works.