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The plan:
stop the noise.

Every step is below, in order. Click any channel in Section A to open its step-by-step playbook. Government registries, carrier tools, alias services, and data-broker opt-outs the spam economy would rather you never find — each one with the official link to actually do it.

A

Channel-by-channel playbook.

Go down the list and run every step that applies to you. Each link goes straight to the form, app, or setting.

Robocalls

5 steps · ~10 min
  1. Register on the National Do Not Call list. Free, 30 seconds. Stops legitimate telemarketers (scammers ignore it, but it cuts the legal noise immediately). donotcall.gov
  2. Turn on your carrier's free spam blocker. All four U.S. majors include one. T-Mobile Scam Shield · Verizon Call Filter · AT&T ActiveArmor
  3. Silence unknown callers in the OS. iPhone: Settings → Apps → Phone → Silence Unknown Callers. Android: Phone app → Settings → Caller ID & spam → Filter spam calls.
  4. Install a third-party blocker (optional, powerful). YouMail, Hiya, or Robokiller.
  5. Report repeat offenders to the FCC. Each report builds an enforcement case. FCC complaint form

Spam texts

4 steps · ~5 min
  1. Forward the message to 7726 (SPAM). Free on every U.S. carrier. Your carrier uses it to block the sender for everyone on its network. Don't reply, don't click, don't text "STOP" to unknown senders — that just confirms your number is live.
  2. Block + Report Junk. iPhone: tap the sender's name → Info → Block this Caller, and use Report Junk. Android Messages: long-press → Block & report spam.
  3. File one FTC complaint. Takes a minute, helps fund enforcement. reportfraud.ftc.gov
  4. Stop publishing your number. Most spam texts come from data brokers selling your number. Use the broker list below — it's the only fix that compounds.

Email spam & junk newsletters

5 steps · ~15 min
  1. Use the unsubscribe link — it's the law. CAN-SPAM requires every U.S. commercial sender to honor unsubscribes within 10 business days. If they ignore it, that's a violation, not an annoyance.
  2. Mass-unsubscribe in one sweep. Gmail: in the search bar type unsubscribe — every list email is one click from gone. Or use Leave Me Alone (paid, no data resale) instead of Unroll.me (which sold inbox data).
  3. Filter before it hits you. Gmail: Settings → Filters & Blocked Addresses. Outlook: Rules → New Rule.
  4. Stop giving out your real address. Use an alias service for every signup — see Section B below.
  5. Report the worst senders. Gmail: ⋮ → Report spam and Report phishing. Outlook: Junk → Phishing. Senders that get flagged get reputation-throttled by the receiver.

Direct mail & junk catalogs

4 steps · ~20 min, then forget it
  1. Stop prescreened credit & insurance offers — free, 5 years. The big one. Run by the credit bureaus themselves. optoutprescreen.com
  2. DMAchoice — opt out of marketing mail for 10 years ($6). Run by the Association of National Advertisers; covers most of the legitimate direct-mail industry. dmachoice.org
  3. Catalog Choice — kill catalogs by name (free). Pick the catalogs you don't want and they email the sender to cease. catalogchoice.org
  4. Add yourself to USPS Informed Delivery. Daily preview email of your mail. You'll see junk before it arrives and can recycle without opening. informeddelivery.usps.com

The actual source: data brokers

The compounding fix

Almost every spam text, robocall, and direct-mail piece traces back to a data broker — companies whose business is buying, packaging, and reselling your name, number, address, and inferred interests. You have a legal right to opt out of every one, but you have to do it broker by broker.

  1. The do-it-yourself path. Use the broker hit list in Section C below. Each opt-out takes 2–10 minutes. Doing the top 30 silences most of the channel — the rest is long tail.
  2. The pay-someone-else path. If 30 forms sounds like work, services like DeleteMe, Optery, or Kanary handle ongoing removal for ~$100–200/year. They re-submit when brokers re-list you (which they will).
  3. Lock the front door too. Freeze your credit at the three bureaus (free, online) so brokers can't pull new files on you. Equifax · Experian · TransUnion
B

Stop spam at the source.

Most of your spam exists because your real email is in a database somewhere it shouldn't be. Two-step fix: see where it leaked, then never give out the real one again.

1 · See where your email has leaked.

Have I Been Pwned tracks 11.5 billion records from confirmed breaches. Type your address, hit check — it opens HIBP in a new tab with the full report.

We don't store, send, or log your email. The button just opens haveibeenpwned.com with your address.

2 · Stop giving out the real one.

An email alias is a forwarding address. You give the alias to a retailer; mail comes to your real inbox; the second they sell or leak the alias, you delete it and the spam stops dead. Pick one and never give out your real address again.

C

The data broker hit list.

The 30 companies most likely to be selling your information right now. Each link goes straight to that broker's opt-out form. Filter by effort and start at the top.

Broker What they sell Effort Cost Opt out

List curated from Privacy Rights Clearinghouse and EFF reporting. Brokers re-list you over time — re-run the top of this list once a year, or use a service like DeleteMe / Optery to automate it.

Quick answers.

Three "how do I stop X" questions, each answered with sourced steps. The full statistical FAQ — how many robocalls, how much email is spam — lives on the main report page.

How do I stop robocalls?

Register at donotcall.gov, turn on your carrier's free spam blocker (T-Mobile Scam Shield, Verizon Call Filter, AT&T ActiveArmor), enable Silence Unknown Callers in your phone settings, optionally install YouMail or Hiya, and report repeat offenders to the FCC. Step-by-step in Section A above.

How do I stop spam texts?

Forward the message to 7726 (SPAM) on any U.S. carrier — they'll block the sender for everyone on the network. Block + Report Junk in iMessage or Android Messages, file a complaint at reportfraud.ftc.gov, and never reply STOP to unknown senders — that just confirms your number is live. The compounding fix is opting out from the data brokers selling your number, which you can do in Section C above.

How do I stop junk mail?

Three steps cover ~90% of it. Free, 5 years: opt out of prescreened credit and insurance offers at optoutprescreen.com. Paid ($6), 10 years: DMAchoice covers most of the legitimate U.S. direct-mail industry. Free, ongoing: Catalog Choice kills specific catalogs by name. Bonus — USPS Informed Delivery previews your mail every morning so junk goes from mailbox to recycling without ever being opened.

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