The following links offer information on how it works and how to stop it. In most cases it is started by those very same businesses you do business with; such as telephone companies, banks, etc.

http://www.bidstrup.com/phone.htm - specifically gives tones to add to your answering machine

http://www.obviously.com/junkmail/

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Victims/list_removal.htm

Updated: 12.01.05