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'Stop scam calls:' What the federal government is doing to halt illegal robocalls
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFederal authorities said they are ramping up their war on phone scammers with a new campaign...
Feds, states unite against illegal telemarketing
Newsy via AOL· 10 months agoHeadset next to a telephone. The Federal Trade Commission announced it has launched Operation Stop Spam Calls in hopes of eliminating illegal...
HBO’s ‘Telemarketers’ Exposes a Billion-Dollar Scam the Cops Are in On
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 9 months agoSam Lipman-Stern was 14, he’d just dropped out of ninth grade, and he needed a job stat. There...
North Carolina Man Uses Telemarketer Settlement Money to Open Bar Called ‘The Wrong Number’
The Today Show via AOL· 2 years agoWhat started as answering telemarketing phone calls turned into becoming a bar owner. Like many...
'STOP': Yarborough bill could curb lawsuits over unsolicited telemarketer phone calls
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida’s Legislature is headed toward approval of a bill to scale back 2021 restrictions on...
Robocalls are out, robotexts are in. What to know about the growing phone scam
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoRobocalls? They're so 2010s. As bothersome automated telemarketing calls decrease across the...
Savvy Senior: How to protect older adults from scam calls
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDEAR SAVVY SENIOR: What tools can you recommend to help protect trusting seniors from scam calls? My...
FTC, U.S. regulators crack down on illegal robocalls, telemarketing
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 10 months ago(Reuters) -U.S. regulators on Tuesday announced a nationwide crackdown to stop companies from...
Georgia Senate unanimously approves bill widening Georgia’s 'do not call' law
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoATLANTA – The state Senate unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that would expand Georgia’s law...
New report: Macon 1 of top 5 Georgia cities targeted for robocalls. Here’s how to stop them.
Macon Telegraph via AOL· 1 year agoThe average person in Macon received 30 robocalls last month. Were you one of them? Whether it’s a...