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 ...

People fed up with unwanted telemarketing can sign up for a national do-not-call list that will block many sales calls, the Federal Trade Commission said. On July 1, consumers will be able to register ...

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 ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — State officials issued a series of recommendations Tuesday on how New Yorkers can avoid telemarketing scams, and a new law named for a hit sitcom from the 1990s is the latest ...

Allstate Insurance Company was sued under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, after one of its subcontractors repeatedly ...

her bank account number to a caller who told her she had the choice of paying $2.50 per month for 24 months or a one time fee of $299 to be placed on the list for 10 years. Petito said the woman got a ...

HELENA — Montanans tired of pesky telemarketers calling to sell everything from windshield repair to septic tank pumping could get some relief under a proposal two state officials are backing.

Associated Press MADISON - A sampling of Wisconsin businesses that engage in telemarketing showed more than half of those firm's top officials registered their own phone numbers on the state's no-call ...