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FTC Targets Group That Made Billions of Robocalls

Posted by samzenpus on from the don't-call-me-bro dept.

coondoggie writes Given the amount of time the FTC and others have put into curing the robocall problem, it is disheartening to hear that a group of companies for almost a year have been making billions of illegal robocalls. The Federal Trade Commission and 10 state attorneys general today said they have settled charges against a Florida-based cruise line company and seven other companies that averaged 12 million to 15 million illegal sales calls a day between October 2011 through July 2012, according to the joint complaint filed by the FTC and the states.

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  1. Re:And was it really a punishment? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Honestly, if we are stuck with the NSA amassing a database of all the phone calls, ever, anywhere; and a policy of using CIA killer robots on people who annoy us; I'd be a great deal happier if we at least got some visible benefit from the whole mess by using these assets to locate and terminate telemarketers. They have to stick out like a sore thumb in call traffic analysis, and I'm pretty sure that 'the corporate veil' is not rated to withstand most contemporary munitions.

  2. Set up a premium number by mlkj · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Like this fine man did.
    Then enjoy not hearing whatever they try to sell you over the sound of billing them 10p a minute.