Debt-counseling firms lead in telemarketing complaints

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Andy.Sullivan () reuters com
Date: June 16, 2004 11:43:12 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Debt-counseling firms lead in telemarketing complaints

Hi Dave,

This might be of interest to IP readers.

    WASHINGTON, June 15 (Reuters) - Charitable debt-counseling agencies 
rank among the most zealous telemarketers, according to government data 
obtained by Reuters, but their nonprofit status makes them exempt from 
new rules designed to crack down on unwanted calls.
    Credit Foundation of America, an Irvine, California, 
debt-consolidation company, has drawn at least 10,872 complaints from 
consumers who placed their numbers on the Federal Trade Commission's Do 
Not Call registry -- twice the 4,991 complaints lodged against AT&T 
Corp. <T.N>, the No. 2 company on the list.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=5430129

  Cheers,

Andy Sullivan
Reporter, Reuters America Inc.
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