Recent data show that scam and telemarketing calls increased by 15.6 percent in 2025 compared to the prior year, adding ...

Seventy-five percent of New Yorkers have registered their number in the National Do Not Call Registry but the New York Department of State's Division of Consumer Protection is pushing for more to add ...

People fed up with unwanted telemarketing can sign up for a national do-not-call list that will block many sales calls, the Federal Trade Commission said. On July 1, consumers will be able to register ...

The beginning of 2024 has brought with it a decided regulatory focus on telemarketing. In the past couple of months, we’ve written about several important FCC actions related to the Telephone Consumer ...

Unwanted Scam Calls Are Out of Control, But One Strategy Can Silence Them ...

On March 7, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a final rule updating recordkeeping requirements and extending the protections against misrepresentations of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) ...

CLAREMORE, Okla — Donna and Diana Donley live peacefully in the country in a house inherited from their parents. Dad passed in 2022, and Mom in 2020. The quiet of their home near Claremore is ...

When was the last time you ran to answer the phone, discovered it was a telemarketer, and said to yourself, “Excellent! The call I’ve been waiting for.” That’s what I thought — and it’s why I jumped ...

WASHINGTON — When a telemarketer calls, there’s usually a few seconds of silence from the time you say hello to the beginning of the pitch. That “dead air” isn’t just irritating — it may now be ...

Despite the Do Not Call Registry, telemarketers are back and they know where to reach you: on your mobile phone. Here's how to keep them at bay I know I’m not the only one who hates telemarketers. For ...

How do I complain about telemarketer calls if I'm on Oklahoma's Don't Call list? How do I get on the national Do Not Call Registry? -- M.E., Tulsa. Oklahoma "Don't Call" list. Charlie Price, spokesman ...