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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can now go after scammers posing as tech support providers even if it's the consumer who called them up. It has just approved amendments to its Telemarketing Sales ...

Now, consumers will be protected even if they initiate a call to a tech support scammer. Now, consumers will be protected even if they initiate a call to a tech support scammer. The Federal Trade ...

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On Friday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that the number of consumer complaints about unwanted telemarketing phone calls has dropped over 50% since 2021, continuing a trend that ...

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CLAREMORE, Okla — Donna and Diana Donley live peacefully in the country in a house inherited from their parents. Dad passed in 2022, and Mom in 2020. The quiet of their home near Claremore is ...