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- Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) fines firms $945,000 for no-call violations
- Interview with the man behind Comantra, the “cold call virus scammers”
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Category Archives: Making the news
Bon voyage and fare thee well!
Hi. Just letting you know that this is my last post on this blog. It is taking up too much of my time in competition with other interests; so I am moving on. Thanks to all my followers, commenters and … Continue reading
Firms keep testing the limits of Do-Not-Call list -us
Adapted from Mark Mayes article, columnist / Lansing State Journal Question: When is telemarketing not telemarketing, when it’s advertising? Answer: No, that’s what unscrupulous cold callers want us to believe—but they’re wrong. Rosemary Wade of Grand Ledge had an especially … Continue reading
Posted in Making the news, Telemarketers, cold callers, blah blah blah...
Tagged cold caller, Cold calling, Do Not Call Register, false advertising, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Grand Ledge, National Do Not Call Registry, phone solicitor, Robocall, robocalls, telemarketer, telemarketing, unsolicited, unsolicited call, Williamston
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Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) fines firms $945,000 for no-call violations
By JEFF AMY for the Associated Press: covers the economy, state government, health care, education and demographics in Mississippi. Not only are those telemarketing robocalls from “card services” annoying, they’re also illegal if you’ve signed up for a federal or … Continue reading
Interview with the man behind Comantra, the “cold call virus scammers”
If you live in a western country and have a landline telephone with a listed phone number, chances are you’ve been “cold called” by someone on the other side of the world with an introduction that goes something like this: … Continue reading
Beware of native language call scams – au
Ask yourself: Is this an in-law or an outlaw calling? SCAMwatch (Australia) is advising consumers to beware of scammers who phone requesting money, speaking in the consumer’s native language including Serbian, Croatian, Polish and others. These callers will often say … Continue reading
Posted in Making the news
Tagged cold caller, fraud, native language call, overseas, relative, scam, scammer, telemarketer, unexpected call, unsolicited, unsolicited call
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Isle of Wight IT Phone Scam and Identity theft
Get a second opinion from a known source Warning: Isle of Wight residents have been warned to be on their guard after an apparent increase in IT related phone scams. The scammers are using multiple approaches. They may warn you … Continue reading
Posted in Making the news
Tagged cold caller, Cold calling, Identity theft, Isle of Wight, IT scam, scam, scammer, social engineering, telemarketer, unsolicited, warning
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Businesses beware: cold-calling utilities sweep the UK
By Emma Hughes 27 April 2012, 8:48 The Energy Advice Line has put together an advice list to help prevent these businesses from being coerced into switching to a potentially expensive supplier. New information released by the UK’s Energy Advice Line … Continue reading
HomeServe: £10 compensation to customers for silent or abandoned calls-uk
We all hate those dead calls that we answer with no one on the end, or the line is quickly disconnected. These are often a result of excessive calls from call-centre automated diallers (known as robocalls), and where there aren’t enough … Continue reading
Posted in Making the news
Tagged abandoned calls, automated dialler, Call centre, cold caller, compensation, hang up, HomeServe, silent calls, telemarketing
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Florida Man Gets A Five Year Prison Sentence For Telemarketing Scam « CBS Tampa
Don’t take callers at their word. A Florida man falsely told time-share owners in unsolicited calls that they had buyers for their properties. The scam solicited fees, proposed as refundable closing costs, in the thousands of dollars from victims. They scammed 22,000 people … Continue reading
Posted in Making the news
Tagged cold caller, Florida, guilty, man, North America, scam, scammer, solicted, telemarketer, telemarketing, time-share
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