WEBVTT BUT NOW IT’S BEGINNING TO IMPACT EVERYONE’S LIVES THROUGH THIS SMALL DEVICE OUR CELL PHONE. IT’S THE CONSTANT UNKNOWN NUMBER THAT KEEPS CALLING. >> IT’S EITHER A RECORDING SOMEONE TELLING ME I ...

Consumers are facing many hidden consequences due to the government shutdown. At midnight on October 1, 2025, the U. S.

Join the Do Not Call Registry and rest easy. May 30, 2013 — -- If your phone rings incessantly during the dinner hour with offers of "free" cruises or low-interest credit cards, consider adding ...

Have you been getting more robo calls? The FTC's National Do Not Call Registry, and its website, donotcall.gov, are currently unavailable due to the partial government shutdown. "We will resume normal ...

Do you feel like changing your phone number because you continue to receive unwanted solicitation and scam phone calls? In 2003, the Federal Trade Commission established the national Do-Not-Call ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Is your phone number registered with the National Do Not Call List? While it won't stop every unwanted call, fraud experts say it's an important step that takes just a few seconds ...

WASHINGTON — The FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry, one of the federal government’s more broadly popular functions, is offline thanks to the government shutdown. That means more robocalls being made ...

The FTC's fraud reporting website and registry that lets you opt out of telemarketing won't be available during the shutdown, ...

Q: Probably like many of your readers, my telephone number is on the federal Do Not Call list. But, I am still bombarded with calls from businesses that I do not have a business relationship with. I ...

As the government shutdown stretches into the record for longest shutdown ever, key websites run by the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission are still down, leaving consumers ...