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Along with a lot of other people I filed a complaint about these people with the FTC - it paid off.
Robocall companies sued by regulators
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission Thursday sued telemarketers Voice Touch Inc. and Transcontinental Warranty Inc., accusing them of deluging people with as many as a billion automated phone calls offering car repair contracts.
The lawsuits, filed in federal court in Chicago, say the companies violated "Do Not Call" rules designed to protect consumers from unwanted phone calls. The regulations bar companies from making calls to people who have registered their phone number with the federal government.
The automated calls by Voice Touch and Transcontinental "falsely claim they are associated with the consumers' car manufacturer and that their warranty is about to expire," said FTC Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz.
Next we need to go to work on those calls that claim our time is almost expired to get 6% interest rates on our credit cards. Today I pressed 9 to talk to a live person and asked which of my credit cards they are calling about because they are trying to pretend I am their customer so it's okay to call me. Any credit card, apparently, so this is the same scam as the car warranty one. I'll file another complaint.
