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I've complained and was appalled at how obtuse the process is. (E.g. the FCC requires that you include hyphens in phone numbers, the Do-not-call list won't allow numbers with hyphens.)

I've thought of making an app to automate the process. It would remember all form's entries for you (name, address, etc) and fill in the current time and date. You'd just have to copy the phone number.

Think there's any demand for this?

And then they thank you for reporting, tell you that they cannot handle individual complaints, and close the case. If they fixed the problem they could handle more difficult cases.

I get one or more a day but then again I have a business line with a Google listing. I started to use the whitepages caller Id all to block known slammers - it is pretty good.

The real number is obviously "every phone number".