FTC-PR-240131-1 (Jan. 31, 2024) Court Finalizes Injunction and Monetary Judgment against Illegal Telemarketing Operation and its Owners – Defendants ordered to pay $28.7 million and are banned from telemarketing after court found they bombarded millions of job seekers with illegal calls A federal district court has entered final orders against a telemarketing company and its […]
Category: Illegal Robocalls
Illegal Robocalls are automated phone calls that use prerecorded messages and violate federal regulations. These calls are often made without prior consent from the recipient and can include fraudulent or deceptive content, such as scams involving fake prizes, phishing attempts, or misleading offers. Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and regulations from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), robocalls are illegal if they are made to numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, use prerecorded messages without consent, or are placed by entities that do not comply with required disclosure rules. Such practices are intended to prevent harassment and protect consumers from fraud and unwanted solicitations.
FTC-PR-240130-1 (Jan. 30, 2024) Project Point of No Entry Keeps FTC’s Focus on Gateway Voice Service Providers to Stop Illegal Robocalls from Entering the United States – FTC and FCC warn VoIP service providers that they must be better gatekeepers of the U.S. telephone network Continuing its rigorous enforcement of the nation’s telemarketing and robocall […]
FTC-PR-240102-1 (Jan. 2, 2024) How are robocallers getting your phone number? Does it ever feel like you’re getting more robocalls than calls from actual humans? Illegal robocalls aren’t just annoying — they’re also often scams. But you might be wondering — how did they get my number in the first place? Sometimes robocalls are random. […]