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 extensive help of a ...

The FBI is issuing a stark warning to timeshare owners about a widespread telemarketing scam linked to a violent Mexican drug cartel. This scheme targets unsuspecting property owners, leading to ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will now be going after more scammers after it closed a significant loophole in the law. The agency says the expanded scope of the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) ...

You think email spam is bad? Here’s something worse: scam phone calls. The average American receives over 500 per year, and ...

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 ...

The FBI is warning timeshare owners to be wary of a prevalent telemarketing scam involving a violent Mexican drug cartel that tries to trick elderly people into believing someone wants to buy their ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — State officials issued a series of recommendations Tuesday on how New Yorkers can avoid telemarketing scams, and a new law named for a hit sitcom from the 1990s is the latest ...

COLUMBUS — A widespread telemarketing fraud ring with roots in Miami County used video clips of bogus dinners in Las Vegas and other cities to convince elderly investors they could get rich selling ...

Scam calls are smarter and more frequent than ever, but one targeted strategy can keep most of them from ever reaching you.