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People hate nuisance telephone calls - from companies trying to sell us that we do not want. They are also called ' calls'. Britain's is thinking about stopping these calls. It wants to make the company that calls cannot hide its telephone . With nuisance calls, we cannot see the telephone number, but that could change. People could report companies who make nuisance calls. Britain's government is also looking at companies that make nuisance calls. Cold could get a of up to $720,000.

Three-quarters of people with a in Britain get monthly cold calls. The of people who get monthly nuisance calls on their increased by 20 per cent in the two years. One company made 40 million cold calls in months. Britain's minister for protection said: "There is no solution to the problem of nuisance calls, but making marketing companies display their telephone number will help consumers…take action." She added: "Being by marketing calls is annoying at the best of times, and at its worst it can bring real for…people."

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