How to Stop Telemarketing Calls to Your Mobile Phone
Retrieved Tuesday, June 23, 2015
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Everyone has encountered a telemarketing call. It may be a robocall directing you to vote for some political candidate, or perhaps some local organization seeking donations. But, most people are used to getting those calls on their home land line, not their mobile phones. Telemarketers are increasingly targeting mobile phone numbers, though, so here is what you need to do to stop--or at least minimize--those annoying calls.
There is a common
misperception that mobile phones are somehow inherently protected against
telemarketing solicitations. Unfortunately, that is not true.
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There are two easy ways to add you mobile phone number to
the FTC Do Not Call registry:
FTC Website: https://www.donotcall.gov/register/reg.aspx
Call Directly: 1-888-382-1222
Read much more: http://www.pcworld.com/article/243664/how_to_stop_telemarketing_calls_to_your_mobile_phone.html
Related: FTC National Do Not Call Registry
The National Do Not Call Registry is managed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),
the nation's consumer protection agency.
Information for Consumers. Click here if you would like
more information on how to register, what registration means for you, what
calls are covered and more.
Information for Businesses. Click here for answers to some
common questions from telemarketers and sellers.
Information for the Media. Click here for media materials
related to the National Do Not Call Registry.
ENFORCEMENT OF THE DO NOT CALL REGISTRY
The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure
telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has
brought 105 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not
Call, abandoned call, robocall and Registry violations. The Mortgage Investors
litigation produced the largest settlement for Do Not Call violations,
resulting in civil penalty payments of $7.5 million. To date, 80 of these FTC
enforcement actions have been resolved, and in those cases the agency has
recovered over $41 million in civil penalties and $33 million in redress or
disgorgement.
Two
Defendants in Cross-Border Telemarketing Scheme Settle FTC Charges (February
3, 2015)
Court
Grants Partial Summary Judgment in FTC Case Against Dish Network, Finding the
Company Liable for Tens of Millions of Telemarketing Violations (January
21, 2015)
Operators
of Scheme That Targeted Hispanic Consumers Are Banned From Telemarketing Under
Settlement with FTC (January 13, 2015)
FTC
Issues FY 2014 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book (November 19,
2014)
Payment
Processor Agrees to Give Up More Than $1 Million to Settle FTC Charges it
Assisted, Facilitated Telemarketing Scammers (June 11, 2014)
FTC
Stops Mass Telemarketing Scam That Defrauded U.S. Seniors and Others Out of
Millions of Dollars (March 31, 2014)
FTC
Shuts Down Fraudulent Debt Relief Operation (September 11, 2013)
FTC
Updates Telemarketer Fees for the Do Not Call Registry as of October 1, 2013 (September
3, 2013)
FTC
Extends Public Comment Deadline on Proposed Telemarketing Sales Rule Changes
Through August 8, 2013 (July 12, 2013)
FTC
Settles ‘Rachel’ Robocall Enforcement Case (July 12, 2013)
FTC
Testifies Before Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Enforcement of the National Do
Not Call Registry and Efforts to Stop Illegal Robocalls (July 10, 2013)
Mortgage
Broker Targeting U.S. Servicemembers Will Pay Record $7.5 Million to Settle
Alleged Telemarketing Violations (June 27, 2013)
FTC
Shuts Down Robocall Operation That Allegedly Claimed to Help Consumers Get FTC
Consumer Refunds (December 3, 2012)
FTC
Settlement Bans Marketer from Timeshare Business, Telemarketing (October
12, 2012)
FTC
Acts to Halt Medical Plan Scheme that Targeted Vulnerable Consumers (October
10, 2012)
FTC
Cracks Down on Phony Mortgage Relief Schemes (October 9, 2012)
FTC
Halts Massive Tech Support Scams (October 3, 2012)
FTC
Action Halts Debt Relief Marketing Operation (September 18, 2012)
FTC
Sends Biennial Report to Congress on the National Do Not Call Registry (December
30, 2011)
Telemarketer
to Pay $500,000 Civil Penalty for Thwarting Consumers' Requests to be Placed On
Its Clients' Do Not Call Lists (December 16, 2011)
FTC
Updates Telemarketer Fees for the Do Not Call Registry (August 26,
2011)
FTC
Settlements Put Debt Relief Operations Out of Business (May 26, 2011)
In
Comment to Federal Communications Commission, FTC Stresses that Sellers are
Responsible for Calls Made by Outside Telemarketers (May 16, 2011)
Court
Shutters Telemarketers Peddling Bogus Timeshare Resales (March 31,
2011)
FTC
Sends Refund Claim Forms to Nearly 12,000 Victims of Auto Warranty Robocaller(February
16, 2011)
FTC
Seeks Public Comments on Ways to Strengthen Caller ID Provisions of the
Commission's Telemarketing Sales Rule (December 7, 2010)
'Telefunder'
to Pay $300,000 for Abandoning Millions of Telemarketing Calls to Potential
Charity Donors (June 30, 2010)
At
FTC's Request, Court Halts Massive Robocall Operation (June 10, 2010)
Robocalls
All The Rage: An FTC Summit (October 18, 2012)
Prepared
Statement of the Federal Trade Commission Entitled “Stopping Fraudulent
Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?” (July 10, 2013)
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