FTC goes to court to unravel robocalling telemarketing network
So good news, with a sprinkling of bad news. The good news is that the FTC has filed a lawsuit... Continue reading →
The Case Against Call Blocking (at least all the time) Telemarketers
Hello fellow Tormentors! Sorry I’ve been busy for a while, but I felt I needed to come back again. Today,... Continue reading →
FTC provides help to those scammed by Telemarketers
There have been many people that have been taken in from scammers, but email and telemarketing. A lot of these... Continue reading →
FTC Reigns Fire on Several Houses of Student Loan Violators
You have to hand it to the Federal Trade Commission, they have a sense of humor. The FTC, along with... Continue reading →
FTC to provide Telemarketing Complaint Data
The FTC is going to start releasing data on consumer complaints for Telemarketing. This is great! The announcement is here... Continue reading →
FTC bans use of wire-transfers, reloadable cash cards by Telemarketers
The FTChas enacted a new rule, banning some of the payment methods used by Telemarketing scammers:a cash-to-cash money transfer (like... Continue reading →
Telemarketer Instant Response Systems taken to task by the FTC
The Consumeristand Noodleshas a nice little overview of the FTC case against Instant Response Systems. If you’ve gotten telemarketing calls,... Continue reading →
Telemarketers Faking Surveys, and some Tormenting Telemarketing Math
Well, you really just can’t trust some Telemarketers to not violate the Telemarketing Sales Rules. The Consumeristand Network World have... Continue reading →
FTC Takes out “Rachel From Cardholder Services”
Good news! Lots of people have gotten a call from “Rachel” for a credit card scam, and the FTC took... Continue reading →