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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...
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...
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...
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...