How to deal with scam or unwanted phone calls in Canada

There have been a lot of unwanted phone calls reaching my household lately, so I though it was time to share some of the ways we, Canadians can deal with them.

There is a vast variety of unwanted telephone calls: regular telemarketing, automated diallers with and without pre-recorded messages, political or charity requests, plus a huge variety of scams. There's no way to address all of those in a single blog post, but I will attempt to at least provide a good starting point.

Dance related scam emails

Well, here is something interesting - dance related scam emails. Since I administer web sites and email of several dance related companies, I came across a few of these recently. They look almost legitimate, almost.