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Many people hate nuisance calls. These are the calls we get from companies trying to sell us that we do not want. They are also called 'cold calls'. Britain's government is thinking about taking to stop these calls. One thing it wants to do is to make the company that calls does not hide its telephone . With most nuisance calls, we cannot see the telephone number of who called us, but that could change. This means could report companies who make nuisance calls. Another the British government is looking at is to fine companies that make nuisance calls. Cold could get a of up to $720,000 for making nuisance calls.

Three-quarters of people who own a in Britain get cold calls every . The number of people who get monthly nuisance calls on their mobile phones increased from over 50 per cent in 2014 to 72 per cent today. One company in Britain made 40 million cold calls in just three . Britain's minister for protection said nuisance calls were a problem. She said: "There is no solution to the problem of nuisance calls, but making direct companies display their telephone number will help consumers…take action." She added: "Being by marketing calls is annoying at the of times, and at its worst it can bring real misery for the people on the receiving ."

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