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I also have filed complaints many times to no avail, finally made a police report under Ohio law for harassing phone calls. Under 2917.21 Telecommunications harassment. (A) No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made a telecommunication, or knowingly permit a telecommunication to be made from a telecommunications device under the person’s control, to another, if the caller does any of the following:
(5) Knowingly makes the telecommunication to the recipient of the telecommunication, to another person at the premises to which the telecommunication is made, or to those premises, and the recipient or another person at those premises previously has told the caller not to make a telecommunication to those premises or to any persons at those premises.

Problem is it is a total pain to make this kind of complaint - have to keep records of the times calls are made, who from, etc... - but for the repeat offender who has been told not to call, supposedly criminal prosecution is available (at least in Ohio under this particular law).

Interestingly, in the article:”Enforcement is another tool. The FTC has brought cases against about a dozen companies since 2009, including Talbots, DirecTV and Dish Network. The cases have yielded $5.6 million in penalties.”

So, our wonderful federal government has managed to bring cases against legitimate businesses less than four times a year, and has not touched the total scam credit card outfits that are really the biggest problem. Lets hope a new administration will enforce laws that were put in place by very popular demand, as this administration's sole focus is getting killing business and punishing "high" earners.