An important thing to know about the National Do Not Call Registry is that it can stop only sales calls. You may continue to receive: In other words, putting your number on the National Do Not Call ...

Promising the gift of silence for people bedeviled by telemarketers, the government will launch a national do-not-call list Friday intended to block phone sales pitches from nearly all sources. The ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — You ask, we answer! Viewer Question: Why do I keep getting so many unwanted calls when I’m on the ...

WASHINGTON — Responding to growing concerns about aggressive telemarketing tactics, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday called for the creation of a national “do not call” list ...

A new front has opened up in the war between telemarketers and the people who don’t want to hear from them. Congress is considering a plan to set up a national “do not call” list — a database of ...

On Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that the number of consumer complaints about unwanted telemarketing phone calls has dropped over 50% since 2021, continuing a trend that ...

If you've ever wanted to turn the table on telemarketers, here's how. Driven to distraction by telemarketers? By using a little imagination, say consumers who have successfully fought back, you can ...

The nation's largest telemarketing association Sunday said its members would voluntarily comply with the government's do-not-call list Wednesday, even though a federal judge has ruled that the ...

WASHINGTON -- The cherished dinner hour void of telemarketers could vanish next year for millions of people when phone numbers begin dropping off the national Do Not Call list. The Federal Trade ...

Watchdog: You may have forgotten about the national and Texas-run Do Not Call lists to stop spam calls. It's time to register or if you have check your information to make sure i's up to date.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) appears to be winning the war on scam and nuisance calls after revealing that complaint volumes have more than halved since 2021. The consumer rights agency revealed ...

The Federal Trade Commission said on Friday that complaints about unwanted calls dropped for the third straight year, with reports of such calls falling by more than half since 2021. In recent years, ...