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posted by martyb on Friday March 29 2019, @03:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the You-may-qualify-for-a-medical-grade-back-brace-paid-for-by-your-insurance dept.

Yesterday [March 26] the FTC (Federal Trade Comission) announced that it had won court orders shutting down four separate robocall "Operations Responsible for Billions of Illegal Robocalls"

Settlements were obtained against

    NetDotSolutions
    Higher Goals Marketing
    Veterans of America
    PointBreak Media

The judgements include multimillion dollar penalties and require the various entities to stop all robocalling and some other operations.

The calls you should see less of that these companies provided include

auto warranties, debt-relief services, home security systems, fake charities, and Google search results services

No indication if this includes those medical back brace insurance scam calls that seem to have taken over lately, but here is hoping.

More coverage here


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  • (Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Friday March 29 2019, @01:07PM

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Friday March 29 2019, @01:07PM (#821775)

    Pisses me off cause I know the TelCos could put a stop to this.

    Oh, but they will. If you buy their latest smartphone and buy their latest call blocking "app". It's all about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$.

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