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How to Stop Annoying Ads And Advertisers

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By Simone Pierre
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Stop Annoying Ads And Advertisers
Stop Annoying Ads And Advertisers

Unsolicited advertising is very annoying .Our phones rings off the hook from pesky telemarketers,our mail boxes are filled with junk mail which contributes to the cutting down of thousand of tress and our email is flooded with spam which is time consuming to delete.So how can we hide our information from these unwelcome advertisers and once and for all stop being a target.Check out the steps below.

Difficulty: Easy
Instructions
  1. Step 1

    Telemarketers.

    To stop telemarketing calls ,the Federal Trade Commissions manages the National Do Not Call Registry.If you add your home or cell phone number to this list you will see the reduction in unsolicited phone calls within a month.To use this service call 1-888-382-1222 or do it online at donotcall.gov

  2. Step 2

    Junk Mailers.

    To stop irritating junk mail like credit card and insurance offers that fills up mail boxes call 1-888-567-8688 or visit optoutprescreen.com .To lessen catalogs visit dmachoice.org and enter your information and opt out.To sign up to stop the delivery of phone books go to yellowpagesgoesgreen.org.

  3. Step 3

    Stop Spam From Your Email Address.

    If you are ordering something and do not want to enter your main email address you can remain anonymous by registering for a temporary email address at GuerrillaMail.com.This website provide you with a temporary email that last for 15 minutes to receive messages and send for 60 . After that you are gone and cannot be traced,now how cool is that.Check out the link below.

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2besure said

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on 3/28/2009 Thanks so much for this article. We all get too much junk mail.

sonni57 said

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on 3/22/2009 Nicely done article on how to stop annoying ads.

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