Steve Ostrow

FCC PLANS $2.9 MILLION FINE AGAINST ONLINE COMPANY FOR MAKING POLITICAL ROBOCALLS TO CELL PHONES Investigation Shows Continued Invasion of Consumers’ Privacy Washington, DC – The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine Dialing Services, LLC $2,944,000 for allegedly making numerous illegal “robocalls” to mobile phones. These robocalls contained artificial or prerecorded voice messages on behalf … Read more

FCC PLANS $2.9 MILLION FINE AGAINST ONLINE COMPANY FOR MAKING POLITICAL Washington, DC – The Federal Communications Commission plans to fine Dialing Services, LLC $2,944,000 for allegedly making numerous illegal “robocalls” to mobile phones. These robocalls contained artificial or prerecorded voice messages on behalf of political campaigns and candidates. The Commission had previously cited Dialing … Read more

I came across this article where someone set up a sting to CHARGE telemarketers money when they called him at home…..brilliant….. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/-british-man-turns-the-table-on-telemarketers-by-charging-companies-to-call-him–163601948.html

Just got back from small claims court. $900 settlement, cash in hand. I had sued for $2000, he offered $500. I said I’ll accept half of what I want if you’ll pay twice what you are comfortable with. After two hours of histrionics in mediation (I know the drill by now — they rant, they … Read more

(b) Restrictions on use of automated telephone equipment It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States– (A) to make any call (other than a call made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of … Read more

A real email. I googled “How to sue telemarketers”. I recently had a confrontation with a telemarketer who repeatedly called me and refused to take me off his list until I listened to his entire sell. I didn’t, I got very angry over his attempt to blackmail me and I handled the situation poorly. I … Read more

Since I am involved in suing telemarketers, periodically I get friends and do-gooders informing me that my cell phone is going to get bombarded by telemarketing calls because the cell phone data bases are going to be released to telephone solicitors. According to the FTC, this has never been the case, would be illegal, and … Read more

Suing Telemarketers Chat Group If you are serious about suing telemarketers, you should check out this chat group and their guidelines at http://www.oklahoma-isp.net/posting-guidelines.html This chat group shares info about telemarketers that are common to people nationally. Whether your solicitor telemarketer is east coast, west coast, and in-state or out-of-state, the sharing on info how to … Read more