{"id":313,"date":"2017-01-27T10:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/?p=313"},"modified":"2017-01-27T10:29:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T15:29:48","slug":"for-your-personal-reference-stop-unwanted-calls-and-texts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/2017\/01\/27\/for-your-personal-reference-stop-unwanted-calls-and-texts\/","title":{"rendered":"For your Personal Reference: Stop Unwanted Calls and Texts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-317\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2017\/01\/angrycall.jpg\" width=\"413\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2017\/01\/angrycall.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2017\/01\/angrycall-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2017\/01\/angrycall-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2017\/01\/angrycall-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/files\/2017\/01\/angrycall-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the FCC has rules in effect that address unsolicited telephone marketing calls, texts and faxes.<\/p>\n<p>The FCC recommends the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Put your mobile and landline numbers on the federal government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.donotcall.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Do Not Call Registry<\/strong><\/a>. You will get fewer telemarketing calls from legitimate companies within 31 days.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t answer a call from a caller ID you don\u2019t recognize.<\/strong> The caller may be acting illegally, and answering would verify that you have an active line. And don\u2019t call back an unfamiliar number later to find out who was calling \u2013 it could lead you to a scam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Never reveal any personal or financial information unless you have verified the caller\u2019s identification<\/strong>. Scam callers may pretend to represent organizations or businesses you know, including government agencies. Independently verify numbers they tell you to call.<\/li>\n<li><strong>File a complaint<\/strong> with the FCC when you receive an unwanted call. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/unwanted-calls\" target=\"_blank\">www.fcc.gov\/unwanted-calls<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/consumers\" target=\"_blank\">FCC\u2019s website<\/a> for more information and consumer guides.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span class=\"lookup-result__content ng-binding\">alekksall. Freepik. Retrieved January 27, 2017, from http:\/\/www.freepik.com, http:\/\/www.freepik.com\/free-vector\/angry-man-talking-on-his-phone_834503.htm<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the FCC has rules in effect that address unsolicited telephone marketing calls, texts and faxes. The FCC recommends the following: Put your mobile and landline numbers on the federal government\u2019s Do Not Call Registry. You will get fewer telemarketing calls from legitimate companies within 31 days. Don\u2019t answer a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/itmatters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}