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The House voted to make permanent the program protecting people from telemarketer calls, relieving consumers from having to renew their participation in the do-not-call registry.

As the presidential primary season heats up, voters' voice-mail boxes are starting to fill up with the usual batch of message-intense, pre-recorded calls pulling for a candidate, bashing another, or singling out an election issue.

Wisconsin Officials are encouraging residents to make sure their telephone numbers are on the state's Do Not Call list by Dec. 1 to avoid telemarketing calls.

The FBI is warning residents of Tennessee, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi about a new scam targeting customers of Regions Bank.

The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers that an old -- and devastating -- scam is back in a big way. It's called an "advance-fee loan scam." The "advance-fee loan" ads appear in newspapers, on telephone poles, and the Internet. Telemarketers also hawk advance-fee loans.

Michigan: The Van Buren County Sheriff's Department issued a warning about a phony telemarketing campaign.

Jan Zavislan, deputy attorney general for consumer protection, said  Wednesday he is struggling to enforce Colorado's do-not-call law because phone solicitors have moved overseas and are using technology to avoid being identified.

The Federal Trade Commission announced on Wednesday a law enforcement crackdown on companies and individuals accused of violating the requirements of the National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry, resulting in six settlements collectively imposing nearly $7.7 million in civil penalties, along with an additional complaint that will be filed in federal district court.

A number of privacy groups Wednesday called for creation of a "Do Not Track List" that would be similar to the popular Do Not Call telephone lists and would prohibit advertisers from tracking consumers' online activities.

Older Americans around the country are getting duped by a seemingly innocuous tactic that can expose them to hard-sell pitches from the insurance industry.

The FTC will vow in Congressional testimony today not to purge numbers on the Do Not Call List while Congress considers making registrations permanent.

It’s hard enough coping with all that spam clogging our computers. Now it’s stalking us on our cell phones.

Be careful not to get ripped off by the 'fat finger' scam

An e-mail warning consumers that cellphone numbers will soon be released to telemarketers is making the rounds again, and government officials have a key detail they'd like to add: it's totally bogus.

A California telemarketer hawking memberships to an online dating service that routinely contacted Missourians on the state No Call list pays $15,000 to the state and and will have to comply with Missouri’s No Call law in the future.

A telemarketer has been arrested after being caught stealing and using credit card numbers.

More than a dozen elderly victims will receive part of $200,000 in restitution from a man who pleaded guilty today of managing a telemarketing lottery scam.

Consumers who fail to re-register for the national Do Not Call list may start getting interrupted again by telemarketers next year. Millions of phone numbers will be dropped from the popular program starting in June, when the registry reaches its five-year anniversary.

DirecTV calls customers on the Do Not Call list with a pre-recorded message asking them to hear their sales pitch anyway.