When a telemarketer called Cathy Lacy recently asking her to donate to the Association for Disabled Firefighters, Lacy shifted into her consumer self-defense mode. Like many people, Lacy, an Oakton ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Shutterstock. Telemarketing calls are an unyielding annoyance of the modern world- constantly irritating you and ...

Telemarketer: Hi, would you be interested in switching over to TMI long-distance service? Jerry: Oh, gee, I can't talk right now. Why don't you give me your home number, and I'll call you later?

The New York Department of State’s Division of Consumer Protection is providing tips to help New Yorkers combat unwanted telemarketing calls. Consumers are encouraged to register their phone numbers ...

Telemarketers targeting New Jersey residents soon will be required to provide the telephone numbers of the people on whose behalf their calls are being made. And they must do so within the first 30 ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Some telemarketers are targeting phone numbers on the national “Do Not Call” registry because people are more likely to pick up, experts said. The registry currently has 221 million ...

Q: Is it true that cell phone numbers are being released to telemarketing companies? I received an e-mail that said I had 31 days before cell phone numbers were to be released to telemarketing ...

Under a law inspired by the sitcom "Seinfeld," telemarketers in New Jersey will have 30 seconds to identify themselves and whom they represent. Telemarketers also will have to provide a callback ...

We’re watching the documentary series “Telemarketers” in October. The three-part doc follows a whistleblower investigation that spans nearly two decades, as former call center employees learn their ...

to watch out for free product promotions and other schemes that give telemarketers permission to call them. "Some telemarketers may try to trick you into signing away your Do Not Call rights with ...

Seventy-five percent of New Yorkers have registered their number in the National Do Not Call Registry but the New York Department of State's Division of Consumer Protection is pushing for more to add ...