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The DNC Registry website is www.donotcall.gov. A Spanish-language version is also available. The Registry only contains phone numbers, no other personally identifiable information, and we do not keep a record of whether the numbers are land line or cell phones. There are some exemptions to the Do Not Call rules.
The National Do Not Call Registry does not provide EINs. Before registering on the National Do Not Call Registry, a company located outside the US must first contact the IRS to obtain an EIN. International applicants can contact the IRS to apply for their EIN by calling (267) 941-1099 (Not a toll-free number).
A data spotlight issued in June 2023 found that bogus bank fraud warnings were the most common form of text message scam reported to the agency, and that many of the most common text scams impersonate well-known businesses. The DNC Registry was created to provide consumers with a choice regarding whether or not to receive telemarketing calls.
The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, nearly three million people signed up with the DNC Registry, bringing the total close to 245 million phone numbers.
Introduction. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) amended the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) in 2003, 2008, 2010 and 2015. Like the original TSR issued in 1995, the amended Rule gives effect to the Telemarketing and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act (TCFPA). This legislation gives the FTC and state attorneys general law enforcement tools ...
In addition, according to the agency, it is not necessary to register cell phone numbers on the DNC Registry to be protected from most telemarketing calls to cell phones. The truth about cell phones and the DNC Registry is: Contrary to the e-mail, cell phone numbers are NOT being released to telemarketers, and you will NOT soon be getting ...
The FTC takes aggressive legal action to make sure telemarketers abide by the Do Not Call Registry. To date, the Commission has brought 151 enforcement actions against companies and telemarketers for Do Not Call, robocall, spoofed caller ID, and assisting and facilitating violations. To date, 147 of these FTC enforcement actions have been ...
Text of Telemarketing Sales Rule Fees - Final Rule 2024 (125.11 KB) Related Releases Telemarketer Fees to Access the FTC’s National Do Not Call Registry to Increase in 2025
Lina M. Khan was sworn in as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission on June 15, 2021. What to do about unwanted calls, emails, and text messages that can be annoying, might be illegal, and are probably scams. The official website of the Federal Trade Commission, protecting America’s consumers for over 100 years.
The FTC’s National Do Not Call (DNC) Registry lets consumers add their phone number and choose not to receive most legal telemarketing calls. In the last fiscal year, over 2.5 million people signed up with the DNC Registry, bringing the total to more than 246 million phone numbers.