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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...

"Hi. This is Rachel from Cardholder Services." It's safe to say that millions of Americans have received a call from Rachel or one of her robo-calling cohorts at some point. In fact, there have been so many complaints about calls from robo-dialers with pre-recorded announcements that the government...

New rules to be implemented by the federal government could result in less dinner-time indigestion for millions of Americans frequently disrupted by automated phone calls offering time shares, extended product warranties or any manner of other products.The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday...

Ohioan Charles Papenfus is cooling his heels today in a St. Louis jail, unable to raise the $45,000 bail, after a bitter exchange with a phone rep of a company that hustles car warranties. Papenfus, infuriated by the company's actions, threatened to burn the company's building down, then hunt down...

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...

Preying on the widely held dream that someday the lottery will pay all the bills and fuel a hundred fantasies, a new collection of frauds have set up shop in a place better known for vacations than scam. Their goal is to take -- not give -- money.The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. immigration...

Federal and Canadian authorities have shut down, at least temporarily, three Montreal-based operations that were allegedly scamming U.S. businesses, non-profits and charities.The Federal Trade Commission filed lawsuits against the three telemarketers and won temporary orders halting the...

A lot of people don't like telemarketers calling during dinner -- but the lady in the YouTube video below really doesn't like them. In fact, she has evidence that miscarriages, appendix problems and other medical woes are caused by telemarketers. She also has a friend who was gang-raped and found...

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...

Even if you're on the do not call list -- and if you're not, click here to register -- some telemarketers still have a way of creeping through and getting into your phone line to disturb you during dinner.The guy who did the prank call in this video -- Tom Mabe -- has found one of the funniest ways...