If you hate you some telemarketer phone calls, here's one more weapon in the fight against their persistent calls:

If you call a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service you will hear 3 short tones, "doo…dah…dee", thanks to Ma-Bell…. Guess what the telemarketers' software does when it detects these 3 tones at the beginning of your outgoing message? It thinks it has reached a line that is disconnected or is no longer in service. So, it disconnects and does not log your phone number as a working number. BINGO!

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