You think email spam is bad? Here’s something worse: scam phone calls. The average American receives over 500 per year, and ...

A long-running telemarketing scam in which dozens of people fleeced 150,000 mostly elderly victims across the country out of $300 million would still be operating if not for the extensive help of a ...

FREMONT (BCN) The Fremont police department is alerting residents of telemarketing scams seeking monetary donations for burn victims. Police said the scammers are calling and claming to be from the ...

The FBI is issuing a stark warning to timeshare owners about a widespread telemarketing scam linked to a violent Mexican drug cartel. This scheme targets unsuspecting property owners, leading to ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will now be going after more scammers after it closed a significant loophole in the law. The agency says the expanded scope of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) ...

Spam calls to a phone are what weeds are to a garden. They spring up out of the blue, they’re everywhere at all once, and they’re a nuisance. But at least weeds are a natural occurrence. Wildlife ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most telemarketers purchase phone numbers from third-party data providers. Here’s how those providers may have gotten your number, ...

The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick elderly people into believing someone wants to buy their ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — State officials issued a series of recommendations Tuesday on how New Yorkers can avoid telemarketing scams, and a new law named for a hit sitcom from the 1990s is the latest ...