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  1. Re: Spoof away - I still screen my calls, do you? by gidds · · Score: 1 · on Caller ID Spoofing Becomes Easy
    I don't need to -- I get very very few unwanted calls.

    But then, I'm not in the US. Here in the UK it's illegal to make unsolicited direct marketing calls to people who've registered with the Telephone Preference Service. (There's a corresponding service for faxes, too.)

    I'm registered, and it works! I get unwanted calls only every few months. (Where they're from the UK, the very mention of the TPS normally causes them to ring off. Though I did have a nice discussion with one local company who'd clearly never heard of it but were asking all about it, and gave the strong impression of being about to change their marketing practices accordingly. In fact, the really really annoying ones are, predictably enough, American companies who call here for some reason and are apparently not bound by the TPS...)

    So no, I don't screen calls. I haven't even got around to getting a phone capable of displaying the caller ID...

  2. If you're in the UK and get junk faxes by jolyonr · · Score: 5, Informative · on fax.com Finally Fined $5M For Fax Spam

    If you're in the UK and receive junk sales faxes, then you can block 99.9% of them by registering with the Fax Preference Services at www.fpsonline.org.uk.

    After 1 May 1999 it became illegal to send faxes to individuals without prior consent, and businesses have the right to 'opt-out', which is what this list manages. I used to get dozens of junk faxes a week, after registering in August 2001 I have had no more than 2 or 3, so it definately works - although it takes 3-4 weeks for the block to become active.

    Obviously, as it's a marketing industry-run scheme (which they had to do to prevent government-enforced action), they don't go out of their way to advertise this list, but it does work.

    Jolyon

  3. FPS in the UK by DjReagan · · Score: 1 · on Fax-Spam -- What Can One Do?

    I had just this problem when I moved into my previous house - we were getting 5 or 6 fax calls per night, at all hours. Unfortunately, I couldn't just rip the phone out of the wall, as I needed to be contactable by work also.

    Luckily, here in Britain, I was able to through our number in on the Facsimile Preference Service which put a stop to it almost immediately. Any further faxes then would have landed the sender a rather large fine for each one they send.

  4. And for those of us from the UK... by WIAKywbfatw · · Score: 1 · on Ultimate Caller ID Screeners?

    Here are the links that you want:

    Telephone - http://www.tpsonline.org.uk/
    Fax - http://www.fpsonline.org.uk/
    Post - http://www.mpsonline.org.uk/
    Email - http://www.dmaconsumers.org/emps.html

    The first three are pretty effective, but as to how effective a national email preference service can be combatting an international problem... Well we all know the answer to that one.

  5. Re:EU Software patents. by Martin+Spamer · · Score: 2, Informative · on MailBlocks sues Earthlink over Anti-Spam Tech

    Maybe send all those junk-mailers invoices for royalties?

    Alternatively if you're in UK, you can register with the Mail [Fax|Phone) Preference Services, I have and it works.

    Mail Preference Service
    Phone Preference Service
    Fax Preference Service

    Whilst these are private sector they are subject to oversite by the UK Data Protection Commissioner.

  6. Re:The best parts by gidds · · Score: 1 · on Spam, Milord
    Lady Saltoun of Abernethy: My Lords, do the Government have any plans to restrict unsolicited faxes? My fax paper is always being wasted by people who send me faxes I do not want.
    I'm surprised to see this. We already have the Fax Preference Service which you can register with, after which it's unlawful to fax you without prior consent. It works well, too - as does the corresponding Telephone Preference Service for normal phone calls.
  7. Re:Opt out of UK snail mail by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on UK And EU May Make Unsolicited Email Illegal
    There's also one for telephone marketing calls too: the Telephone Preference Service. Once you register, unsolicited marketing calls to you are illegal, and whoever makes the call can get fined. Keeping them talking until you can get enough info to report them and get them prosecuted is a hobby for all the family...

    Fax, too: Fax preference service

  8. The solution to this problem in the UK is... by floydigus · · Score: 2, Informative · on How to Stop Rampant Junk Fax?

    ...to sign up to the Faxing Preference Service. Once you have done this, you appear on the list of people it is unlawful for anyone to fax-spam.

    If you're concerned about the amount of tree-ware spamming you through your letterbox then sign up for the Mailing Preference service while you're at it.

    Finally, you can also sign up to the Telephone Preference service and foil those legalised war-diallers that phone you up and then hang up on you when they realise they can't connect you to a sales drone.