Criminals don't obey laws simply said. The DNC only works for those business's that are legit. And it simply is not going to stop foreign country's from calling either.
Invest in a call blocking device or phone. Thats your best bet for a land line. For a cell phone, some already have call blocking, if not, there are free apps on the web that will work for some. You can google this. If you have a smart phone, there is a free app called call control. Iphones appear to have apps also. Another one is called Mr. Number.
For text messages: forwarding any text message spam you get to the short code “7726,” which spells “spam” on most phones, to alert your network operator to the abuse. ATT won't accept 7726 But they will accept BLOCK and return a message that the web site is blocked. forward the texts to 7726 or BLOCK, depending on your phone carrier.
A recorded message from Bridget from card holder services. I pressed "1" to waste their time and played my own recorded message that "this number does not accept this type of call and please remove it from their calling list". Called number back and it was not accepting calls. Blocked number!
two calls within 30 seconds of each other to two different numbers (land and VOIP) on different exchanges. Guess my name is on somebody's list. ID on both is NY, NY. Some flavor of scam no doubt.