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...the place to learn how to kick telemarketers off the line and out of your life!

"It's people like you who inspire me!" - Erin Brockovich-Ellis 4/17/00

"One of the most vocal do-not-call supporters for the past three years." -MSNBC 9/26/03

"The Erin Brockovich of the do-not-call laws." - TheWashington Post 2/20/02

"A feisty housewife and one-woman army battling the businesses who bug us on the phone." - Dateline NBC 7/16/02

"A leading gadfly of the telemarketing industry." - Chicago Tribune 6/9/02

"She's a hero for anyone fed up with the telemarketing calls that intrude daily on the typical U.S.
household." - People Magazine's 25 Most Intriguing People of '99 Issue

"A telemarketing 'fight-back' expert ." - Wall Street Journal Radio 7/30/03

“Privacy Advocate Wins $19,500 in Ruling.” - DM News 11/06

“An Anti-Telemarketing Pioneer” – Californians Against Telephone Solicitations 12/04

January 2008 $7 million HERBALIFE TCPA CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

Mey, et al. v. Herbalife

NOVEMBER 7, 2006 - Discover Ordered To Pay $19,500.00 for unlawful telemarketing calls

NATIONAL DO-NOT-CALL REGISTRY NEWS
November 2007: FCC Proposes Extending 5 Year Registration Period for Do Not Call Registry

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October 2007: The Truth About the Do Not Call Registry and Cell Phone Numbers

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August 18, 2005: 100 Million Numbers on National Do Not Call Registry

<>The FCC, pursuant to its broad authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), established a national Do-Not-Call Registry in 2003. Because the Registry is jointly managed by both the FCC and the FTC, the registry is nationwide in scope, applies to all telemarketers (with the exception of certain non-profit organizations*), and covers both interstate and intrastate telemarketing calls . Commercial telemarketers are not allowed to call you if your number is on the registry. As a result, consumers can, if they choose, reduce the number of unwanted phone calls to their homes.

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Note: Genuine tax-exempt* [IRS 501(c)(3)] entities and entities with whom you have an "existing business relationship" can continue to call, even if your number is on the Registry. HOWEVER, the new FTC/FCC rules still provide a way for you to avoid these calls tool; by simply invoking a "company-specific" do-not-call request (either when they call or when you make a purchase), by law these companies must stop calling too.

To file a complaint about a call to a number on the National Registry

*Telemarketers have reportedly been calling, falsely claiming to be nonprofit. Click HERE to verify an entity's IRS tax exempt status.

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Anti-telemarketing Resources
TCPA Law – The Ultimate Resource for Serious Anti-Telemarketers!
Telemarketing Statistics
Miscellaneous Consumer Alerts
          <>-- January 2008 UPDATE: Alcoa Gutters, Wheeling Distribution & "tiger striping"
   -- "Phishing" scams
       -- Domain Registration scams
     -- Identity Theft
Can I Tape Record Phone Calls?
December 2006: Family pictures, etc.
Wheeling, West Virginia’s New concrete Skatepark!! – opened 10/21/07

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This page is dedicated to my hero, my dad. After fighting a 5-year battle with leukemia, dad went home on August 2, 2000 to meet up with his "Hero". As he did, I'm trying to leave the world a better place than when I came into it.<>