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Telemarketing News: Work at Home Scams, Offshore Scam Callers, Kansas Fitness and Travel Clubs Fined

Work at Home for More Money than you can Afford Tired of your boss peering over your shoulder and trying to get between you and Facebook? Hoping to never have to pack your lunch in a brown paper bag again? Wanting to take your little dog to work every day and not have to worry Full Article

Telemarketing News: Telemarketing for Charities, Real Estate Fraud,and FCC New Rules

Happy 2013! We’ve been on a short sabbatical here at Telemarketing News as the holidays were calling. Now, the holidays have hung up, and 2013 has arrived. Happy New Year 2013 ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: Political Robocalls on Hold, Renewable Energy Scams hit Arizona, Canadian Air Miles Evaporate Bank Accounts

Whither the Political Robocall? Most of us are relieved that the election season is finally over. After being taunted and tortured by both political parties and — Roseanne Barr, ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: Waka Walmart Survey Scammers, Car Sales Ad Scammers, and Low Cost Computers

Tech Support Scams Survive and Waka Walmart Survey Scam In the news, yours truly Max Volt, has fielded a couple of scam calls over the last two weeks. One ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: Cancun for Canada, Fake Arizona Veterans, and False Hope for Credit Card Debt

Cancun for Canadians, a Scam! Who doesn’t want an uber-cheap vacation to Cancun? Cancun with its velvet warm days and sparkling blue oceans is a favorite for folks seeking ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: International News from Montreal, the UK and South Africa

Today, we have some international news in telemarketing, as people all over the globe telemarket and receive telemarketing calls, from South Africa to Montreal, to the UK. Montreal Superior ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: Reward for Stopping Rachel, Seniors and a Medicare Scam, Hard Time for Sweepstakes Crime

Bounty on Rachel’s Head offered by FTC Remember “Rachel” from last week’s telemarketing news? Well, she’s the robocaller who insists on wasting people’s time with unwanted and persistent calls, ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: Rachel Robocalls Again, Telemarketer Licenses, and Sweepstake Scammers

Rachel the Zombie Robocaller: Like a zombie rising from the grave, “Rachel” the robocaller insists on bugging people nationwide.  Even after being put to rest with tough anti-robocalling legislation, ...Full Article

Telemarketing News: Credit Card Deceptions and Tech Support Scams

 by Max Volt October 9, 2012 Discover Card Discovered Misleading Customers:  Ever been called by a slick telemarketer representing your credit card company about a payment protection and credit ...Full Article

Telemarketing Company Raises Millions For Charity – Keeps It All

If you’ve been a reader of this blog for any amount of time, this kind of headline will be old hat to you. Yawn… This is weekly if not ...Full Article

Telemarketing News Roundup

FTC says Dish Network broke telemarketing rules This story is making its way across the web… the FTC is putting the hurt on Dish Network for ignoring DNC requests- ...Full Article

Weekly Telemarketing News Roundup

Robocalling is in the news again (when isn’t it?). This time in New York as Cuomo attempts to garner some populist appeal by going up against the telemarketing industry: ...Full Article

Weekly Telemarketing News Roundup

Overall, last week was a slow news week in the telemarketing industry. Of course, we still have our standard slew of crooks, thieves, and degenerates getting in to the ...Full Article

Convicted criminals to serve sentences in nation’s most notorious call centres

Don’t drink milk while reading this.Full Article

Weekly Telemarketing News Roundup

Two arrested for hacking personal data of 8.7 million phone users Summary: KT Corp., South Korea’s second largest wireless service provider, has apologized after personal data of 8.7 millions ...Full Article

Scams: The Telemarketing Guide to Keeping Your Mind & Your Wallet Safe

Say what you will about telemarketing scam artists, you have to admit they can be pretty clever. Here are three B2C scams currently in operation: 1. A telemarketer calls ...Full Article

Businesses That Should Never Do Telemarketing

Businesses that should never do telemarketing –> Hospital. -Slacker PatFull Article

Telemarketers Can Be Funny

Prospect: Is there any chance we can just have a conversation about this? Telemarketer: I’m sorry. I don’t know what you mean…Full Article

Philosophy And Telemarketing

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Innumerate Bean Counter Offers Good Telemarketing Advice

Who woulda  thunk it? B2B telemarketing advice from a financial services company… What worries me though, is that their article promises 3 tips but actually has at least 10. ...Full Article

Canada Has Telemarketing Fraud Too

Yet another example of fraudulent telemarketing operations allowed to stay in business for 5+ years. This one targeted small-to-medium sized businesses.Full Article

Robocalling and Fraud… Another Telemarketing News Day

It’s not the best of news days for the telemarketing industry. Robo calling rears it’s head again: The FTC has created a Robocall Action Plan and issed tips for consumers to deal with the ...Full Article

Readers Say Unwanted Robocalls Are Growing Problem

A May 19 column about telemarketing calls and robocalls elicited responses from several frustrated readers, who say unwanted calls seem to be increasing.Full Article

Avoiding Robocalls, Telemarketers and Other Phone Annoyances

The Do Not Call registry can cut down on the dreaded calls from telemarketers, but wouldn’t getting rid of the landline altogether be better?Full Article

Tech powers Philippines call centre success

When night falls in Manila, a wave of young people scurry into the skyscrapers which criss-cross the city. They’re call centre agents, and because most of their clients are ...Full Article