do not call registry

The maker of a popular scooter used by seniors and the disabled has agreed to pay a $100,000 penalty to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally called millions of consumers whose numbers were listed on the national Do Not Call Registry. Electric Mobility Corporation, manufacturer...

A recent scam caller claiming a company called "Recovery Services" has an unclaimed Christmas package it wants to deliver demonstrates how creative scammers can get when trying to con you out of important personal information -- a home address, in this case. The caller, speaking from an...

The number of Americans registered in the Do Not Call registry increased during the past year, while the number of complaints about annoying telemarketers decreased, according to the Federal Trade Commission, which just published the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal...

The Oregon attorney general is suing bankrupt Missouri-based auto warranty company U.S. Fidelis, already in hot water in nine other states who say its sales tactics were deceptive and aggressive. Also known as National Auto Warranty Services, U.S. Fidelis claimed to provide extended auto warranty...

Women's clothing retailer Talbots Inc. and its telemarketing firm have agreed to pay $161,000 to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission that it violated the National Do Not Call Registry law last year. The Hingham, Mass.-based company made at least 3.4 million prerecorded "robocalls" in...

On December 1, the Federal Trade Commission closed one of the major loopholes that were still open to telemarketers. Although the 2003 Do-Not-Call Implementation Act made it illegal for telemarketers to contact registered phone numbers, the law did not extend to charities and companies with whom...