Americans field billions of robocalls every month, but U.S. penalties for unsolicited calls aren't nearly as steep.

You can soon stop ignoring calls from unknown numbers. This as the National Consumer Commission rolls out new rules to put ...

Tired of scam calls? New software uses ChatGPT to keep pesky telemarketers on the line by impersonating chatty, older characters.

The federal and many state governments have begun to work to limit the 300 telemarketer calls that the average American receives each year. Margaret Warner discusses these efforts with Eileen ...

Telemarketing calls often come through at the most inconvenient times, such as when a person has just sat down to enjoy a hot dinner or is trying to put a toddler to bed. Although laws restricted how ...

Telemarketers won’t be allowed to call you on Christmas, Thanksgiving and other federal holidays, and businesses using “robocallers” will face caller opt-out requirements if a House bill becomes law.

In December 2023, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted new rules in an effort to close the “lead generator loophole” it believed existed with respect to consumer consent to receive ...

But it didn’t, and in 1994, Congress tried again with the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act, on which handed the FTC new powers to police unwanted telemarketing. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2001, Sam Lipman-Stern was a teenage high school dropout working at Civic Development Group (CDG), a telemarketing company that ...

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act lets you recover up to $500 for each violation of the do not call registry. Nathen Barton fought back against telemarketers, and made some money in the process.

Last week a friend of my mother found that her bank card wouldn't work. When she told her husband, he mentioned that he'd recently answered a call for her from a telemarketer from the bank. Being in a ...