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Update: Verizon Settles For $25,000 From Auto-Dialer

2009-03-27T22:30:20Z

As part of a recent settlement Verizon Wireless will receive $25,000 from Feature Films for Families, a Utah based telemarketing company that auto-dialed around 500,000 Verizon customers earlier this year. We originally covered this story in the post "Verizon Sues...

We Make Your Complaints Heard!

2009-03-12T23:55:01Z

Last week, Arizona news station ABC15 published the story - Website helping make your telemarketing concerns heard. Can anyone guess that website? Thats right, they were featuring CallerComplaints.com. We have been lucky to receive mentions from many prominent news sources...

Verizon Sues Utah Based Telemarketer for Auto-Dialing

2009-03-03T02:56:09Z

For the past week Feature Films for Families, a Utah based telemarketing company, has received a storm of negative attention for its marketing tactics. The company which promotes family oriented movies like the Velveteen Rabbit has been cold calling US...

Telemarketers Forced To Halt Car Warranty Scam

2009-02-07T02:05:36Z

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper announced today that Automotive Protection, a company pitching car warranties to NC consumers, must stop their shady telemarketing practices immediately. According to Cooper, Automotive Protection telemarketers have been: violating the Do Not Call Registry,...

FTC Cracks Down On DNC Violators

2009-01-30T23:37:36Z

On January 27th, the FTC announced that two vacation and timeshare companies and others will pay close to $1.2 million for blatant violations of the Do Not Call Registry. Florida based Westgate Resorts, Ltd. and All In One Vacation Club...

Wachovia Reimburses Fraud Victims

2009-01-23T22:29:56Z

Recently, Wachovia Bank mailed 740,000 checks reimbursing victims of a nationwide telemarketing scam. The restitution checks totaled over 150 million dollars. The FTC sent out a recent statement urging consumers to cash or deposit these checks. So if you received...

Canadian Do Not Call List Disappoints

2009-01-17T03:16:11Z

The Canadian Do Not Call List (DNCL) that was launched in September 2008 received major criticism this week. Global News reported that many Canadians registered with the DNCL have begun to receive more telemarketing calls than ever before! One article...

Check Out Charities Before You Give

2009-01-07T02:28:15Z

Though giving more to charitable organizations is a great New Years resolution, make sure to double check their credentials before you make a donation. A recent report from the New York Attorney Generals office revealed alarming figures indicating telemarketers in...

The Facts: Cell Phones And The Do-Not-Call Registry

2008-12-20T01:56:07Z

Confused about how the Do-Not-Call Registry applies to cell phones? Youre not alone. An email warning has been circulating for years incorrectly claiming that cell phone numbers have been or are about to be released to telemarketers. Here is an...

Not So Happy Holidays For Telemarketers

2008-12-15T23:42:39Z

In recent days the government has been particularly tough on telemarketers. Last week a telemarketer was sentenced to 11 yrs in prison for his participation in a fraud scheme targeting U.S. residents, and the FTC settled charges it brought against...

FTC Requires Opt-Out for Prerecorded Calls

2008-12-02T00:35:21Z

Today (Dec. 1) the FTC announced that all prerecorded telemarketing messages must have an easy way for consumers to opt-out of future calls. Currently prerecorded calls are legal only in certain limited circumstances--like if the caller represents a charity or...

Debt Relief Scammers Find Easy Prey In Recession

2008-11-26T18:17:11Z

One of the many unfortunate results of the economic recession has been the increase in unsolicited calls from debt-relief and credit repair companies, hoping to profit off others misfortune. Some families are even desperate enough to believe the blatant lies...

FTC to Update the Do-Not-Call-List

2008-11-18T19:04:34Z

November 7th the FTC reaffirmed its intention to update the Do Not Call List (DNCL) in the Report to Congress: Regarding the Accuracy of the Do Not Call Registry. This report, mandated by the Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007, details...

Car Warranty Scams Out Of Control

2008-11-12T17:00:00Z

We receive many complaints daily reporting extended car warranty scams. These calls are not only annoying but also extremely misleading. CallerComplaints.com users report that these calls claim "your car warranty has expired". An anonymous Caller Complaints user remarked, "They say...

MSNBC Bringing Down The House

2008-11-11T19:46:04Z

In case you have not heard, CallerComplaints.com was featured on the homepage of MSNBC.com this morning! The article written by consumer advocate Bob Sullivan, entitled Site Outs Do Not Call Violators, takes a detailed look at what CallerComplaints.com has done...