Have you received unwanted text messages or unwanted calls on your cellular phone?
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991 (47 USC §227) and other related laws prohibit businesses from advertising through unsolicited text messages or unwanted phone calls to your cellular phone. These advertisements are also known as "spam text," "spam text messages," "mobile spam," "wireless spam," "mspam," "robo calls," "nuisance calls" or "unsolicited calls."
The TCPA allows private actions by persons subjected to the prohibited conduct and authorizes recovery of up to $500 per violation or $1,500 if the violation was willful or knowing.
For additional information regarding TCPA violations, follow the following links:
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More About TCPA Violations
The TCPA makes it illegal for advertisers to make calls using an automatic telephone dialing system or artificial or prerecorded voices to cellular phones without the consent of the recipient.
47 USC §227
(B) Restrictions on use of automated telephone equipment
(1) Prohibitions
It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside of the
United States if the recipient is within the United States
(A) to make any call (other than a call for emergency purposes or made within the prior
express consent of the called party) using any automatic telephone dialing system or an
artificial or prerecorded voice -
(iii) to any telephone number assigned to a paging service, cellular telephone service,
specialized mobile radio service, or other radio common carrier service, or any service for which the called party is charged for the call.
We are currently investigating the following unsolicited phone calls and/or text messages:
- Robo-calls made by AT&T from the following number - (404) 736-6593
- Robo-calls made for free alarm systems from the following number - (866) 279-8125
- Robo-calls made by Direct Buy
Contact us today if you have received any of the above calls.
Recent TCPA News:
In an effort to ensure consumers are protected from unwanted phone calls to their home and cellular phones and text messages, the Federal Communications Commission issued an Order on February 15, 2012 that strengthened consumer protections against telemarketing robo-calls. While some of provisions do not go into place for several months, this Order sends a strong message of the FCC's efforts to stop nuisance phone calls.
To read the Order, follow this link: http://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-strengthens-consumer-protections-against-telemarketing-robocalls-0
