MINNEAPOLIS — 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 ...
Spam calls are a widespread modern nuisance affecting nearly everyone with a mobile phone. Recently, a user on X (formerly ...
Rachel’s back, and this time, she’s brought her friends. Despite ongoing efforts by the Federal Trade Commission, complaints about robo-calls — from “Rachel from Card Services” and other automated ...
CANAAN — Imagine being home bound on a fixed income. Friends have passed away; family is scattered in different parts of the country. The phone rings. A voice on the other end says that you have been ...
The scale of fraudulent telecommunications activity has reached unprecedented levels, with an estimated 50 billion nuisance calls targeting American consumers each year. This massive criminal ...
U.S. consumers received just under 4.1 billion robocalls in December 2025, bringing the yearly total to 52.5 billion, ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill, aiming to address the onslaught of telemarketing and scam messages Oregonians receive. The Oregon legislature held a hearing on ...
Humana is suing QuivvyTech, saying the telemedicine company caused millions of dollars in damages through an elaborate scheme that preyed upon its members. QuivvyTech telemarketers cold-called Humana ...
An Ohio man has been sentenced to four years in federal prison and ordered to repay nearly $200,000 he stole from mostly elderly people through a telemarketing scam. Myron Plummer of Mentor, Ohio, ...