Junk Mail and Telemarketing (Subscribe)
Links
Consumer Help
Remove your name from mail, telephone and e-mail marketing lists.
Dealing with telemarketing
http://www.scn.org/~bk269/telemarketing.html
Inappropriate Telemarketing Practices and Legitimate Uses of Telemarketing.
Declare Your Independence from Junk Mail
http://www.newdream.org/junkmail/
3 steps to end junk mail. Also offers success stories and action alerts.
EcoLogical Mail Coalition
http://www.ecologicalmail.org/
A free service for businesses to remove former employees from direct mail lists. Reduces frustration of dealing with junk mail and saves trees/environment.
Good Resources for Opting Out From Telemarketers and Junk Mail
http://www.pruittfamily.com/paul/optout.htm
Lists descriptions of companies and services with links.
Junk Busters
http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/fcc.html
U.S. Laws on Telemarketing - Telemarketing, past, present and future
Junk Mail and the Art of Hype
http://www.ohno.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pages/Junk%20mail.htm
Bill Mason's essay, published under the Open Content Principles License.
Junk Mail Stopper
http://www.junkmailstopper.com
Offers advice on how to stop paper junk mail, spam and telemarketing and includes a listing of Federal laws.
junkfaxes.org
Resources for stopping illegal, unsolicited 'junk' faxes
Obviously.com
http://www.obviously.com/junkmail/
A free guide to reducing unwanted or intrusive advertising.
Phone Busters
Information, statistics, arrests and news on phone fraud and scams.
Stop SPAM and Telemarketers
http://stopspam.inpacifica.com
Simple steps to help stop spam, telemarketers, and to prevent identity theft. Includes state-by-state rights and regulations.
Stop Telemarketing Calls
http://www.anti-telemarketing.com
Provides free caller ID software that stop telemarketer calls.
TCPALaw
Information on telemarketing laws and what you need to sue telemarketers and junk faxers in small claims court.
The Alliance Against Fraud in Telemarketing & Electronic Commerce
http://www.fraud.org/aaft/aaftinfo.htm
Formed to raise public awareness about fraudulent telephone solicitations.
Top Ten Telemarketing Scams
http://www.natlconsumersleague.org/top10telemarketingscams.html
The amount of money that consumers are losing to fraudulent telemarketers in credit-related schemes is on the rise.
TravelASSIST Magazine - Beware of Telemarketing Scams
http://www.travelassist.com/mag/a55.html
Article giving the 'good news' and 'bad news' about new laws related to telemarketing.
Unwanted Telephone Marketing Calls
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/tcpa.html
Information from the Federal Communications Commission, with instructions on a free registration process for adding your phone number to a national do-not-call list.