Getting your phone number on a Do Not Call list will stop legitimate telemarketers from interrupting your dinner. But the law does not prevent charities, political organizations, survey takers and, of ...

For many, a cellphone offers two great advantages over landlines that are entirely unrelated to the mobility issue. Firstly, there is significantly less telemarketing or cold calls made to cellphones.

Automated telemarketing calls, or robocalls, to our cell phones, have become one of the biggest consumer complaints to the FTC this new year. But you now have more ways than ever to fight back.

Most spam calls are annoying but are harmless beyond that; you hear a recorded voice spout off about student loan debt forgiveness, dental care plans, solar panels, and so on, and ... you hang up.

The Federal Communications Commission is stepping up the war on robocalls. A new ruling passed by the FCC on Thursday lets phone companies block robocalls before they get to your home phone or mobile ...