Benefits of Registering on Do-Not-Call List

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Register your personal phone numbers on the Do-Not-Call
Registry Justice _scaleand see how it can help you.

The Do-Not-Call List defined

  • The National Do-Not-Call Registry was established in 2003 to
    help people stop getting unwanted sales calls.
  • You can register your landline and your cell phone.
  • The list includes only personal phone numbers, no business
    number or faxes are included.

Registering for the Do-Not-Call List

  • It is free and easy to register.
  • Register online at donotcall.gov.  You will an email within
    72 hours.  You must click on that link in the email for your
    registration to be effective.
  • You can also call 1-888-382-1222 to register by phone.
  • You can register multiple phone numbers as long as they are
    your numbers.  Business phones and faxes (personal and
    business) are not covered on the Do-Not-Call Registry.

Calls that are not covered
You can still get calls from  the following:

  • Political organizations
  • Charities
  • Callers conducting surveys
  • Companies that you have an existing business
    relationship.  This could mean one of the following:

1.   If you purchase
something from a company, you have created a business
relationship.  That company can call you   for up to
18 months after your last purchase or delivery or payment to it,
unless you tell them not to call again.
2.   Calls from companies that you submitted an
application up to three months after the application date.
3.   Calls from companies that you have given permission
to call you

Telephone Consumer Protection Act and the Do-Not-Call
List
If you continue to get unwanted sales calls, find out who is
calling you.  Under the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act, telemarketing calls by auto
dialers are prohibited.  You can recover $500 for each
prohibited calls.

How You Can Earn $500 Per Call with a few
steps

  • First, provide proof that you are on
    the Do-Not-Call Registry.  You can check this easily
    online.  However,  if you registered by phone, you can
    also get the confirmation on the phone registered by using that
    particular phone. 
  • Second, find out who is
    calling.  If you don’t know who is calling, how do you know
    who to go after.
  • Third,  provide proof that they
    are using a robo-dialer.  You can save a voicemail or record
    the next call.  Recording calls are easy with  cell
    phones.  Look at functions on your phone and you will find
    that it not hard.  Or if you are old school, find a tape
    recorder to use.  Think $500 per call and I am sure you can
    find a way to record that message.
  • If a company
    violates the TCPA    , they are liable for $500 for each call
    made.  A court may find that the conduct is willful or wanton,
    and may increase the amount per call to up to $1,500. 

Experienced consumer rights
attorneys SmithMarco can help you
get the recovery you deserve.  We have been protecting
consumer rights since 2005.  If you are receiving calls to
your cell phone from an automated, or “Robo” dialer, CONTACT US for a free case review.

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