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If you were one of the first residents to sign up for Pennsylvania’s Do Not Call List when it was launched five years ago, it's time to reregister.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is looking for an operator to develop, implement and manage the national do-not-call list, indicating that plans are moving ahead with the registry of households which do not want to be pestered by telemarketers.

New York - Consumer advocacy groups urged senators Tuesday to stiffen legislation that protects consumers from incompetent credit repair agencies and persistent telemarketers with fraudulent motives.

A telemarketing firm accused of using murky promises of discounts and free vacations to trick thousands of consumers across the nation out of millions of dollars was temporarily shut down Wednesday, federal officials said.

The government will set up a "do not call" register by September this year to curb frequent, unsolicited calls from companies offering home loans, credit cards and mobile phone services, the Indian government said on Friday.

The Federal Trade Commission, with assistance from local police and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, has closed Suntasia Marketing Inc. for scamming consumers out of millions of dollars during the past several years.

A nationwide telemarketer from Texas and a mortgage company from Florida were scheduled to go to trial today in St. Louis on civil charges of repeatedly calling Missourians on the state’s No Call list.

The phone lines into Missouri were burning up over the last year as calls from a telemarketer came into the state from Florida and California. The callers were representing the Police Protective Fund and said they were raising money so the families of killed in the line of duty police officers would get payments of $10,000.

If you've given money to what you thought was a state police association, you may be entitled to a refund. After a six month investigation, South Carolina Secretary of State, Mark Hammond, says a Nevada company mislead South Carolinians by telling willing donors their contributions would stay local. Those contributions were in fact going to benefit national organizations.

The X-ASVP Controlling Committee today announced an effort to lobby Congress for legislation that would define the X-ASVP protocol's "UCE entity" as legally equivalent to a listing in a "National Do Not E-mail Registry".

Canadians moved a step closer yesterday to hanging up on annoying calls from telemarketers for good. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission released its long-awaited list of rules that will govern a national do-not-call list and announced it is set to begin looking for an independent operator to run the registry.

Senior citizens in Arizona are falling victim to a phone solicitation scam that could put their identity and finances at risk.

In general, the law has been a success. A 2006 Harris Interactive poll found that 92 percent of those who put their names on the list reported a reduction in telemarketing calls. Still, the Federal Trade Commission received more than 1.1 million complaints last year. And several gray areas continue to leave room for telemarketers to operate.

Today the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has passed S. 704, a bill that would make it a crime to spoof caller ID.

A Fort Lauderdale travel firm has been sued by Florida consumer regulators for violating the state's "Do Not Call" laws banning unsolicited telephone marketing to consumers.