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What to do about unwanted calls, emails, and text messages that can be annoying, might be illegal, and are probably scams. The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.
The Federal Trade Commission has launched a new website, ReportFraud.ftc.gov, where consumers can easily report fraud and all other consumer issues directly to the FTC.
The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has brought 151 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, robocall, spoofed caller ID, and assisting and facilitating violations. To date, 147 of these FTC enforcement actions have been ...
The FTC will never demand money, make threats, tell you to transfer money, or promise you a prize. If you have been targeted by an illegal business practice or scam, report it at Reportfraud.ftc.gov. If you have a question or comment about an issue, please submit it to the appropriate Bureau by one of the methods below. To learn how we may use the information you provide, please read our ...
And always report unwanted calls to the FTC. Tell us the number on your caller ID and any number you're told to call back. The FTC releases these numbers each day to help companies working to block unwanted calls. Your complaints also help the FTC and other law enforcement go after the scammers behind these calls.
In the latest battle against these illegal and injurious intrusions, the FTC and over 100 federal and state partners have announced Operation Stop Scam Calls, a nationwide crackdown involving over 180 actions against operations responsible for billions of illegal calls. What’s different about this effort?
Debt Relief Service and Credit Repair Scams. Debt relief service scams target consumers with significant credit card debt by falsely promising to negotiate with their creditors to settle or otherwise reduce consumers' repayment obligations. These operations often charge cash-strapped consumers a large up-front fee, but then fail to help them ...
The FTC shares data from consumer reports of scams and do not call violations using visualizations of national and state data and datasets related to its competition and consumer protection work.
The report also includes updates on other DNC-related enforcement actions, including the pursuit of VoIP service providers who facilitate illegal calls through its Project point of No Entry, suits against platforms and soundboard technology providers, and July 2023’s Operation Stop Scam Calls, a coordinated sweep involving more than 180 ...
“The FTC and its law enforcement partners will not rest in the fight against illegal telemarketing.” Operation Stop Scam Calls includes five new cases from the FTC against companies and individuals responsible for distributing or assisting the distribution of illegal telemarketing calls to consumers nationwide.