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Telemarketing
 Websites presented in alphabetical order CallerComplaints.com 
 This website allows users to submit and view phone numbers of telemarketers. It notes that "[u]nlike government reporting websites, these reports are publicly published for the world to see." Search, or browse by area codes, most searched numbers, and recently filed complaints. The submission form has a place to submit the caller name (if known), caller type (such as debt collector), and complaint details. http://www.callercomplaints.com/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy Last updated May 13, 2008 National Do Not Call Registry
Use this site to register your personal home and cell phone numbers to potentially avoid most telemarketers. Depending on the outcome of a court case, these telemarkets will no longer be able to call you if your phone number is on this list. Also verify your registration, change it, or file a complaint about failure to honor this registry. Some material available in Spanish. From the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). http://www.donotcall.gov/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Consumer Research & Advocacy, Finance Last updated Oct 14, 2005 National Fraud Information Center: Telemarketing Fraud
Tips for identifying and avoiding different types of telemarketing fraud and scams. Features general telemarketing fraud tips (in English and Spanish) for advance fee loans, buyers clubs, magazine sales, prizes and sweepstakes, travel fraud, work-at-home scams, and more. Also includes material about fighting fraud against the elderly, scams against business, and telemarketing fraud statistics (from the mid-1990s through mid-2000s). Online complaint form is not available. From the National Consumers League. http://www.fraud.org/telemarketing/teleinfo.htm Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Corruption & Fraud Last updated Mar 19, 2008 New Rules Requiring an Automated Voice or Keypress Opt-Out for Recorded Message Telemarketing Calls Take Effect Today [December 1, 2008]
This December 1, 2008, press release describes how "any telemarketing call that delivers a prerecorded message [a 'robo' call] must include a quick and easy way to opt-out of receiving future calls." Release also notes that as of September 1, 2009, prerecorded telemarketing calls may only be made to those who have agreed in advance to accept such calls. From the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2008/12/tsramendments.shtm Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy Last updated Dec 8, 2008 Online Advertising Discussion List
This list "focuses on professional discussion of online advertising strategies, results, studies, tools, and media coverage. The list also provides editorial coverage of conferences of interest to people in the Online Advertising industry." Archived. There are also a few links to related resources. http://www.o-a.com/ Topics: Advertising & Marketing, Business, Business, Finance, Internet Last updated May 29, 2002 Who Called Us
Use this service to determine who is calling from the U.S. when the telephone is ringing, you do not recognize the number, and caller ID says "name unavailable." Also includes lists of most frequently listed numbers on the site. Data is added by users, and listings include user comments about nature of calls. http://www.whocalled.us Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy Last updated May 2, 2007 |
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