The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) (47 U.S. Code § 227) and associated regulations regulate calls and text messages to mobile phones, and regulate calls to residential phones that are made for marketing purposes or using automated dialling systems or pre-recorded messages. Relatedly, t...
Glaser cautions that the current and volatile sociopolitical climate can sometimes create unwanted anxiety. “Nobody is listening to each other anymore, and we’re living through a tremendous amount of unwarranted and unnecessary divisiveness,” says Glaser, who earlier this year flagged intellectual ...
If you are not in the mood for reading theFCC guide to robocalls,installing arobocall blockermight be a great solution for you. While most major phone carriers likeT-MobileandAT&Tprovide robocall blocking services to their customers, you would be better off with a third-party app such as: O...
TNS Complaint Index is a measure of the FCC complaints for the Do-Not-Call List in relation to the total number of unwanted calls seen by TNS. The index gives an indication to how many consumers are reporting complaints to the FCC relative to the number of unwanted robocalls they receive....
That all changed in late 2022 when the FCC cracked down on car warranty scams. Since then, these calls have virtually vanished. Now, the vast majority of unwanted calls come from telemarketers, but various other types of scam robocalls to watch out for include: Recently the FTC announced ...
The web address for the FCC online complaint form is: https://consumercomplaints.fcc.gov/hc/en-us/articles/115002234203-Unwanted-Calls-Phone-. 4 File a complaint with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau if the scam is financial. Any scam call that attempts to get your financial information...