Annoying advertising via phone call on Skype

For a few weeks now, I have been receiving calls that say something like System Problems, Must Respond. I answered the first couple of times. This is an ad for computer protection. A loud, annoying voice says to go to a specific web site. I went there once. It gave me choices regarding what type of computer protection to buy. There is nowhere on the site that says where this comes from. If you sign out of the site and try to go back in, a message comes up that the site no longer exists.
I'm really annoyed with this; I get this demand message to answer two or three times a week. What can Skype do to stop this?

Dear All,
If you have not previously done so, please let me encourage you to also check in the Report as Abuse box!  This way, Skype receives reports right away and can take appropriate action regading those who abuse the system.
Kind regards,
elainem77
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