For most people, an unknown number means an instant decline, but for one peeved recipient, it meant opportunity. When a pushy home repair salesman rang at the wrong moment, one man decided to give him ...
The Federal Trade Commission announced updated fees on Tuesday for telemarketers — which can include the BDC and service departments at dealerships — who are accessing phone numbers on the National Do ...
When a telemarketer called Cathy Lacy recently asking her to donate to the Association for Disabled Firefighters, Lacy shifted into her consumer self-defense mode. Like many people, Lacy, an Oakton ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — State officials issued a series of recommendations Tuesday on how New Yorkers can avoid telemarketing scams, and a new law named for a hit sitcom from the 1990s is the latest ...
How do I complain about telemarketer calls if I'm on Oklahoma's Don't Call list? How do I get on the national Do Not Call Registry? -- M.E., Tulsa. Oklahoma "Don't Call" list. Charlie Price, spokesman ...
WASHINGTON -- Telemarketers will be free to make sales pitches next week to people who registered for the national do-not-call list, the government said Friday. At the same time, the industry's ...