Nuisance callers aren't being blocked, any cure?

Skype 5.1.0.935, Mac OS 10.6.8. I have my Skype preferences set to "allow calls from contacts only", and yet I continue to get nuisance calls from numerous random people I've never heard of. I'll get 15 or 20 of these in a week, and then it stops for a month or so. It's a different bogus caller each time. Needless to say, I don't answer any, but it's aggravating.
What's going on? What's the point of a privacy setting if it's ignored? and how do I make this annoyance stop?

Bienchen wrote:
I have the exact same problem - starting like a month ago, all these strangers started contacting me, writing, calling, anything. In my privacy settings I can change the setting to "Allow only calls from contact list" a thousand times, it would not stay like that but always change back by itself to "Allow calls from everyone". I have been disinstalling and reinstalling Skype 2 times now and no change. Who can help me??
that is indeed a known bug related to privacy settings.
not sure of the login behind this procedure, that this worked in many cases similar to yours. switch to offline status for 5-10 seconds, revert to online, then change your privacy settings. your settings should stick and should be permanent after that.
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