State Officials Working to Stop Telemarketers from Harassing Mississippians [View all]
Telemarketers harassing Mississippians could soon receive a dose of their own medicine from state officials. MPB's Jasmine Ellis reports.
The Mississippi Public Service Commission is developing methods to track down and prosecute telemarketers. Brandon Presley is northern district commissioner. He says the public service commission is going to turn the tables on people making unsolicited phone calls.
"We're doing such things as some of these home security services that are calling to install a home security system and they're violating the law... they shouldn't be surprised if they pull up to a job and it's a PSC investigator there," said Presley. "Because we're going to use every tactic that is legal and ethical to go after these people and to stop this harassment."
The Federal Communications Commission says they receive more than 200,000 complaints each year from consumers about unwanted calls.
Read more: http://www.mpbonline.org/blogs/news/2019/05/28/state-officials-working-to-stop-telemarketers-from-harassing-mississippians/
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