Telemarketing calls are an unyielding annoyance of the modern world- constantly irritating you and refusing to ever stop, no ...

Calls to your home before 8 a.m. and after 9 p.m. Robocalling without your prior written consent Robocalling without an opt-out mechanism All calls that don’t identify the caller, who they’re calling ...

The Federal Trade Commission's Telemarketing Sale Rule (TSR) includes regulations to support both law enforcement and consumers. It provides the FTC and state attorneys general law-enforcement tools ...

When you shop through retailer links on our site, we may earn affiliate commissions. 100% of the fees we collect are used to support our nonprofit mission. Learn more. Not answering telemarketing ...

Maybe you got a call from Rachel over the holidays. That’s Rachel as in “Rachel from cardholder services,” those incredibly annoying telemarketing pitches that prompted the former head of the Federal ...

If a telemarketer calls you illegally, you may be able to sue them. — -- The next time a telemarketer calls you, don’t think of the phone ringing. Think of it cha-chinging! What’s that you say?

Just when there are 3 seconds in the game, and this last play determines the victor, the phone rings. You are interrupted at the special moment when you want no distractions. As you probably already ...

Do you get a little pang of anxiety whenever your phone gets called from an unfamiliar, unlisted phone number? Personally, I always do. These calls could be from an important business contact, so I ...

NEW JERSEY (CBS) -- Here's something a lot of people can get behind! New Jersey has a new law for telemarketers and a "Seinfeld" episode inspired the change. Gov. Phil Murphy signed the bill after it ...

Everyone knows that telemarketers can be annoying, but sometimes they inadvertently set themselves up for the perfect joke. When one good humored music store owner found themselves on the other end of ...