[LINK] Do Not Call Register in US/Telemarketing Fraud

[Jan Whitaker]

A disturbing article in the NYT about a company in the US selling 
categorised personal information for elderly to known scam artists:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/20/business/20tele.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1&hp&oref=slogin

from the article in case telemarketers start saying they will lose 
money as a result of the DNC register here:

In recent years, despite the creation of a national "do not call" 
registry, the legitimate telemarketing industry has grown, according 
to the 
<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/d/direct_marketing_assn/index.html?inline=nyt-org>Direct 
Marketing Association. Callers pitching insurance plans, 
subscriptions and precooked meals collected more than $177 billion in 
2006, an increase of $4.5 billion since the federal do-not-call 
restrictions were put in place three years ago.



Jan Whitaker
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