Telemarketing

<div id="subtitle">Prosecutors charge 10 Israelis with lottery telemarketing fraud that preyed on US elderly</div><div><p>Prosecutors in New York have charged 10 residents of Israel with operating a lottery telemarketing fraud that cheated hundreds of elderly U.S. residents out of about $2 million.</p>< ...

<div><p>August is traditionally a slow news month, but as this sampling of items that appeared on TMCnet shows, the contact center/CRM market continue to forge ahead with new solutions and innovations emerging on a daily basis.</p><p>For example, FrontRange Solutions announced the availability ...

<div><p>Compliance is a top of mind issue for contact centers, especially those conducting outbound campaigns. Enterprises and nonprofits alike need to stay within what is often a confusing and ever-changing set of laws and regulations.</p><p>1. Have knowledge of the rules</p><p>2 ...

<div><p>Wachovia Corp., completing a previously announced settlement, will pay an estimated $163 million to settle federal allegations that it failed to stop telemarketers from taking advantage of thousands of elderly consumers, authorities said Friday.</p><p>The Wachovia case, the subject of an 18-month investigation ...

<div><p>www.tmcnet.com/2333.1</p><p>Convergys to Buy Intervoice</p><p>Convergys has purchased Intervoice, a software and professional services firm with voice portal, IP contact center, hosted and mobile messaging, and self-service applications for $335 million. Convergys says that by integrating Intervoice's ...

<div><p>On September 30, 2008, Canada will flick the switch on a long-anticipated new set of tougher telemarketing regulations including a national Do Not Call (DNC) list and calling hours, backed up by tougher enforcement including stiff new fines on violators.</p><p>These measures are ...

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Attorneys General say companies are breaking the law&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Individual states are stepping pressure on telemarketers they say are breaking the law and violating consumers' rights.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has filed a lawsuit against two companies for making illegal ...

&lt;p&gt;Networking - Dialing For Networking Contacts - Part I&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By David Hale&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;When I was laid off once before, I remember spending hours and hours on the telephone at the career center cold-calling everyone I knew, company after company. You know ...

&lt;p&gt;Stop Telemarketers From Calling You - Using the World's Quickest and Easiest Method&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By Robert Worstell&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While there are many, many methods out there to get and keep telemarketers from calling you, I recently hit on a very simple ...

&lt;p&gt;Reverse Phone Lookup Ends Unsolicited Phone Calls&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;By Jeru Wilson&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tired of receiving hundreds of unsolicited phone calls during the week, many residents and even business houses are turning to reverse phone lookup services to end this nuisance. Most ...