BT4500 with nuisance call blocker - strange number...

I bought some BT4500 phones with nuisance call blocker. I have set it up to block withheld, international and payphone numbers. In general it works well, but I am getting more and more marketting calls from numbers which either 1) don't seem to conform to UK numbering (e.g. 0102055) or 2) look like international numbers (e.g. 0015183999915). My simple(?) questions are:
1) How can I establish the origin of calls by their number? For example, if 0102055 is in the UK, it is presumably registered to someone and thus can be reported to TPS; and although 0015183999915 looks like an international number, is it? (because international callers do not usually have their number presented).
2) If a number is international (number presented) why doesn't my nuisance call blocker send it straight to the answering machine?
I had a lengthy chat to the BT help line but I couldn't get answers to these questions. They simply offered me a number change (don't want) and "choose to refuse" (only works for pre-specified numbers), and suggested international call barring (no good because I get some genuine international calls which go to the answering machine).
Can anyone provide answers?

Ribblelancs wrote:
yasur wrote:
Thank you for your replies. Even if some international numbers are being sent, then I would expect the nuisance call blocker phones to block them if I have "block international calls" set. I will try some experiments. Unfortunately, the blocking phones can block either on type (e.g. withheld, international) or on specific numbers, but not both. I suspect that blocking on number will be the start of a long term chase similar to blocking email addresses.
Unfortunately, one of the popular externally fitted call blockers only has the features that you mention. i.e it is the same - you can do either/or, but not both.
However it seems that most of them hold a database of known nuisance callers.
My own phone (not a BT model) only blocks calls by numbers entered. It's quite effective, but does, as you say, take some time to filter out the junk callers.
But the other popular external call blocker has many more features available. It can block anything , but known callers can be allowed through.
toekneem
http://www.no2nuisancecalls.net
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