There is some scam going on now that nobody has mentioned except I know people all over the US and myself included that are getting phone calls from random numbers; the call is always some recording trying to sell shit but the number used isn't the number they are calling from. When you call it back, you get some random person that swears they didn't call you. And they didn't. I get those fucking calls too. The idea is to get around the DNC list. Since you never get the number and it's random, you can't stop it and they can't get fined for violating the DNC list.
There's no money in it for politicians so I guess we're on our own.
You can get calls to stop, and spam emails, but it's difficult. I used to get inundated with Cialis shit, third party unsolicited emails. I dug around and found the main shareholder's home number, you'd be surprised how easy shit is sometimes. I called him at 4am, got his ass out of bed, and explained how everytime I got a message about his drugs, I was calling him about it. I also told him it was convenient that he only lived 30 miles away.
The shit stopped cold that day. Same day. It's all fun and games until a fucking insomniac gets your phone numbers.