Latest Robocall Stories

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on Tuesday the winners of a national contest to develop new blocking technology for recorded ‘robocalls’. Such calls are illegal even if a consumer is not on the commission’s ‘do-not-call’ list, and may only be placed to people who have given their consent. The winners for the “Best Overall Solution” to block illegal robocalls were freelance software developer Aaron...

Proposals Would Use Call Filter Software to Reduce Illegal Calls WASHINGTON, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission announced that judges for the FTC Robocall Challenge selected two winners, in a tie for the $50,000 prize for Best Overall Solution to block illegal robocalls. The challenge, designed to help solve this problem by spurring innovation in the marketplace, garnered nearly 800 eligible submissions. Serdar Danis and Aaron Foss will each...

Agency Gets Court Orders Disconnecting Five of Them CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 millions of illegal pre-recorded calls from "Rachel" and others from "Cardholder Services." State partners in Arizona, Arkansas and Florida also took legal action against similar...

STOCKHOLM, October 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global startup, Truecaller, conducts market research and discovers surprising insights about the presidential campaign and their effect on voters. 93% of respondents do not want campaign calls at all. 60% would block all future campaign calls if they could, especially "rude robocalls." Truecaller, a global crowdsourced phone directory, conducted an online survey asking over 1000 American voters, about the 2012...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class action lawsuit has been filed against T-Mobile following allegations by a man who claims he received over 30 automated collections calls from T-Mobile on his cell phone in just one month, even though he is not a T-Mobile customer. He explained to T-Mobile numerous times that he was not the person they were asking for and they had the wrong number, but the automated and pre-recorded...

Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Robocalls, those annoying little interruptions in the middle of dinner or some other treasured family time event, have been called out by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) before. In fact, these agencies have already declared attempts to curb these calls twice this year alone: In February, the FCC made it illegal for telemarketers to robocall without written or electronic consent; And...

Agency Offers $50,000 for Best Technical Solution as Part of Ongoing Fight against Illegal Calls WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Federal Trade Commission is challenging the public to create an innovative solution that will block illegal commercial robocalls on landlines and mobile phones. As part of its ongoing campaign against these illegal, prerecorded telemarketing calls, the agency is launching the FTC Robocall Challenge, and offering a $50,000 cash...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A woman who claims she received dozens of automated collections calls from Dish Network on her cell phone, even though she is not even a Dish Network customer, sparked a class action lawsuit against the company. On September 12(th) The Beverly Hills Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman filed a class action lawsuit against Dish in U.S District Court in Sacramento, alleging multiple violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act...

BOSTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Auto calls are an effective tool to turn close races into victories and to produce votes for candidates who use them strategically. Nearly two-thirds of registered voters (64%) recall receiving recorded telephone messages in the final stages of an election (Pew Research Center). Adam Miller, Vice President at www.2centautocalls.com, lists clients from all political parties in the United States, running for political offices from U.S. Senators...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The country’s second-largest pay-TV broadcaster, Dish Network Corp, has gotten itself into hot water by violating a rule put into place to protect people from annoying telemarketers who push their product wherever they can, reports Reuters. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit in Illinois District Court alleging that satellite Dish Network violated its “National Do Not Call Registry” by continuing to...