Ringing off the hook

Over the past month we’ve been inundated with 40-plus phone calls using spoofed phone numbers and names (according to our caller ID) concerning that class-action lawsuit over Camp Lejeune, N.C. What sort of sleazy legal firm does this? I can’t get a phone number because I’m not dumb enough to “Press 1 for more information.”

This has to be illegal! One of the calls showed up as “White River Medical Center” so, of course, we answered it as it is our medical provider. But no, it was “… polluted water supply … Press 1 for more information.” How can this be stopped? Can we sue them for harassment?

And, yes, we are on the powerless “Do Not Call” list.

KEVIN KEOUGH Cherokee Village