robocalls

Two operations that used robocalls to peddle bogus debt-relief plans to consumers with high credit card interest rates have been shuttered by the Federal Trade Commission. Advanced Management Services NW LLC and Dynamic Financial Group were accused by the FTC of making misleading telemarketing...

Nearly 12,000 consumers defrauded by a massive auto warranty robocaller scheme have been mailed claim forms by the Federal Trade Commission to obtain refunds. The robocaller, VoiceTouch Inc., working with other scammers, swindled 11,780 victims via illegal robocalls on behalf of Transcontinental...

Serial robocaller Fereidoun "Fred" Khalilian has been banned from telemarketing for life and fined more than $4 million to settle Federal Telecommunications Commission charges he used robocalls to sell consumers bogus auto service contracts. Khalilian and his company, The Dolce Group Worldwide,...

Two Florida telemarketing schemes that flooded consumers with misleading pre-recorded robocalls making false promises to reduce their credit-card interest rates have been shut down by the Federal Trade Commission. The agency reached a settlement that permanently bans the two related operations...

An international robocall ring that allegedly fleeced almost 13,000 consumers out of $995 apiece with empty promises to reduce their credit card rates has been shut down by a federal court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The case is part of the FTC's continuing crackdown against...

A Chicago telemarketer who blasted consumers last year with millions of robo-calls pushing auto warranties will pay $2.3 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that he and his two companies allegedly misled consumers, the FTC announced. The settlement resolves the FTC charges, but...

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...

Targeting scams that prey on people vulnerable because of the down economy, federal and state officials announced today a laundry list of legal actions including a lawsuit against a collection of get rich quick schemes that lured "hundreds of thousands" of victims who paid out about $300...

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...

Companies and individuals are always looking to save money. Gas, food and other costs have skyrocketed recently (and will stay that way), so like it or not, we're all about to become extremely budget minded in just about every financial area of our lives. Well, unless you're a cash-heavy CEO, that...