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Jan16

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North Carolina Consumer Protection Workshop

January 16, 2013 | 8:30AM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the North Carolina Attorney General’s office, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state and federal consumer protection officials at this free...

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FTC Shuts Down Robocall Operation That Allegedly Claimed to Help Consumers Get FTC Consumer Refunds

Date

December 3, 2012

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court temporarily shut down a robocall operation that allegedly impersonated the agency in an attempt to trick consumers into turning...

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FTC Leads Joint Law Enforcement Effort Against Companies That Allegedly Made Deceptive Cardholder Services Robocalls

Date

November 1, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission escalated its campaign against illegal, unwanted robocalls announcing that it pulled the plug on five companies based in Arizona and Florida allegedly responsible for...

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FTC to Announce More Cases Against Deceptive Robocallers

Date

October 31, 2012

At a press conference in Chicago, Illinois, the Federal Trade Commission will announce a new set of cases targeting telemarketing “robocallers,” as part of a joint federal/state enforcement sweep to...

Oct18

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Robocalls All The Rage: An FTC Summit

October 18, 2012 | 9:00AM - 5:00PM

The Federal Trade Commission hosted a one-day public event to develop solutions to the rapid rise in illegal robocalls. The Summit included a report on the current state of the robocall technology and...

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Federal Trade Commission to Host Robocall Summit Tomorrow

Date

October 17, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission will host a Robocall Summit tomorrow in Washington, DC. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will provide opening remarks, and will be joined at the event by experts in the fields...

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FTC Issues FY 2012 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book

Date

October 16, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission today issued the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2012 . The FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry lets consumers choose not to receive telemarketing...

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FTC Acts to Halt Medical Plan Scheme that Targeted Vulnerable Consumers

Date

October 10, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission charged a telemarketing operation with bilking millions of dollars from thousands of consumers by tricking them into buying what they believed was comprehensive health...

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FTC Announces Agenda for Robocall Summit on October 18, 2012

Date

October 4, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission today announced the agenda for its upcoming Robocall Summit , which will be held in Washington, DC, on October 18, 2012. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz will provide opening...

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FTC Action Halts Debt Relief Marketing Operation

Date

September 18, 2012

At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a federal court halted a purported debt relief operation that allegedly contacted consumers through prerecorded telemarketing calls, falsely claimed it would...

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FTC Offers Consumers Tips on How to Respond to Unwanted Robocalls

Date

July 10, 2012

Illegal pre-recorded "robocalls" are a growing annoyance for millions of American consumers and the target of an enforcement crackdown by the Federal Trade Commission. What should you do when you get...

Jun11

Event

Midwest Region 2012 Common Ground Conference

June 11, 2012 | 12:30PM - June 12, 2012 | 5:00PM

Join the Federal Trade Commission, the offices of the Attorneys General of Illinois, Kentucky and Iowa, the U.S. Department of Justice, legal services attorneys and other consumer advocates, and state...

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FTC Action Puts Robocallers Out of the Telemarketing Business

Date

March 28, 2012

The Federal Trade Commission put a robocall operation out of the telemarketing business under a settlement resolving FTC charges that it bombarded consumers with more than two billion calls pitching a...

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FTC Takes Action to Stop Massive Robocalling Operations

Date

February 24, 2012

As part of the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing efforts to crack down on illegal, prerecorded "robocalls," the FTC is taking legal action to stop two operations that allegedly enabled telemarketers...

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FTC Charges Telemarketers with Illegal Robocalling

Date

December 19, 2011

The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against a telemarketing operation that allegedly made illegal robocalls, called phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry, and masked Caller ID...

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FTC Charges Telemarketers with Enabling Illegal Robocalling

Date

November 22, 2011

As part of its ongoing efforts to crack down on illegal pre-recorded robocalls, the Federal Trade Commission is taking action against an operation that allegedly helped clients make illegal robocalls...

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FTC Charges Utah Operation with Deceptive and Abusive Telemarketing

Date

May 9, 2011

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice today filed a complaint that charges three Utah-based firms and their owner with waging deceptive and illegal telemarketing...

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FTC Sends Refund Claim Forms to Nearly 12,000 Victims of Auto Warranty Robocaller

Date

February 16, 2011

An administrator working for the Federal Trade Commission began mailing claim forms today to 11,780 people defrauded by illegal auto “warranty” robocalls made by Voice Touch, Inc. , and its related...

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FTC Settlement Bans Recidivist Robocaller from Telemarketing

Date

January 10, 2011

American consumers won’t be getting any more telemarketing pitches from robocaller Fereidoun “Fred” Khalilian, under a settlement reached by the Federal Trade Commission. Khalilian has agreed to be...

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At FTC's Request, Court Shutters International Robocall Operation

Date

November 15, 2010

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal district court in Chicago has shut down an international robocall ring that allegedly conned consumers out of $995 each with false promises...

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