How Telemarketing Scams Work

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Straight Talk About Telemarketing
It’s like clockwork. You sit down to dinner and the phone rings. You answer it. The caller is trying to sell you something or tell you that you’ve won a fabulous prize. If you’re tempted by the offer, get the facts. If you don’t, you may be in for a fraud.

Although most phone sales pitches are made on behalf of legitimate organizations offering genuine products and services, many sales calls are frauds. Consumers lose billions of dollars a year to telemarketing fraud. That’s why the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) encourages you to be skeptical when you hear a phone solicitation and to be aware of a law — the Telemarketing Sales Rule — that can help you protect yourself from abusive or deceptive telemarketers.
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Legitimate Telemarketer or Scam Artist??

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Keep this information near your telephone. It can help you determine if you’re talking with a legitimate telemarketer or a scam artist.

It’s illegal for a telemarketer to call you if you’ve asked not to be called. In fact, the federal government has created the National do not call Registry — the free, easy way to reduce the telemarketing calls you get at home. To register, or to get information, visit www.donotcall.gov, or call toll-free 1-888-382-1222 (TTY: 1-866-290-4236) from the phone you want to register. You should receive fewer telemarketing calls within three months of registering your number.

If your number is not on the National do not call Registry, you still can ask a company to put you on its own do not call list. The company must honor your request.

Calling times are restricted to the hours between 8 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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Stopping Telemarketers & “Reverse Phone Directories”