How To File a Complaint with FTC

When can they stop calling all of these people, I get annoying calls, when I signed up for Do Not Call and then keeping call us...when this do not call tell them to stop.....I am getting tired of this damn calls.....grrr

apparently this is some collection agency that is looking for someone who gave my number as theirs....not nice to begin with...however...i get this phone call on my caller id at least 3 times a day....i just don't answer anymore....the first time i did...they told me to go on the computer and verify some information...sure as you know what...they weren't looking for me but they were looking for someone i know/knew.....so i wrote them and asked them to cease calling...they still have not...so now..i just don't answer and then i hit that lovely delete button !!! a few years back if anyone had called that often...we would be able to sue them...but not now......good luck everyone....

I got a call from Furniture Row Express and it was who they turned my bill over (a creditor) to as soon as i got on the phone the man told me your address is .... right? so i can have a officer at your door for a arrest on your nonpayment on your furniture!(have not paid the bill in over two years been in and out of hospital) I told him well he would have to go through my lawyer.. never talked to my lawyer but isnt that illegal? who can i call? please email me and let me know tysm
christy
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973-999-6091 keeps calling, seems like someone is on the other end but when I say "hello" for the third time they hang up.  Why bother calling.  This happens just about EVERY SINGLE DAY !!!  STOP CALLING !!!

What the bill collector is doing is illegal.  Call your attorney for help.

Hey here's an idea. DON'T ANSWER if the number is unknown to you.
These jerks are getting our numbers related from our car insurance and loans.

Yeah, so what can we do in a situation like this?  Is there legal recourse?  The former owner of our number is a scofflaw, and we have gotten rude calls in a cyclical pattern for FIVE YEARS!!!

Any way to make this stop short of changing our number?

I wish the FTC would stop allowing "surveys" get past the DNCR listing.  This is how telemarketers are getting past the Registry.

These numbers continuously appear on my caller ID with hangups:  801-623-4621, 801623-4631,954-926-0167.

I keep getting phone calls every hour from 213-228-8111 I am so tired of these phone call can anyone help me

I used to work for a survey company, and if the company is legitimate, it's not so bad. What the FTC needs to do is specify that the company needs to be licensed as a research company and NEVER sell anything. Any other call, such as a marketer saying they are surveying/researching potential buyers is still telemarketing and should have to abide by the rules of the Do Not Call list.

With all the money that goes to the FTC from every one of my phone and cable bills, why can't they commit a department to have a place like this where people can post their complaints? And considering that early communications were so governed that they could even disconnect your phone line if you used offensive language, why can't they - at the very least - force callers to accurately represent themselves on Caller ID?

If the company had to post their actual business name and not just a state, phone number (where it was routed to or from), or some generic title like "Toll Free Call," maybe they wouldn't feel so free to reject our requests for removal.

Well, calling 'them' back is not a guarantee that they will then be calling you back (perhaps again and again).   They have the autodialers so it really doesn't matter if you do block your number, or if you do not call them back.  The autodialers can be set to call any subset of numbers. i.e. 555-1000, then 555-1001, 555-1002, etc. (number +1). Nobody is safe, even if you are on the DNC list.  In order for that list to work, all telemarketing companies must subscribe to it but, unfortunately, not all do.

Here is an idea that has worked for me.  After the unwanted call ends, dial *69.  This will give you the number they called from, albeit probably just a cover up number, as it is always disconnected or some other problem if you try to call it back.  This way you will have a physical record of the call on your phone bill, with the time, date, and phone number.  Then you will need to contact your phone service provider, and tell them that they gave you an invalid number for the return call service.  They will take the charge off your bill, and you will have a record to use if you are pursuing any type of class action lawsuit or such.  Also contact your state and federal representatives to let them know that laws are being broken with no consequences, and you will not vote to re-elect them if they allow this to continue.  This is their job!

I finally got these people to stop calling me!!!!!! It's been months since they called. Tonight my husband and I were checking our credit reports and there it was a bad mark on my credit for a bill that is not in my name. I'm trying to figure out what the next step should be! If anyone has any comments or suggestions they would be helpful! BE SURE TO CHECK YOUR CREDIT REPORTS!!!!!!