State Officials Working to Stop Telemarketers from Harassing Mississippians

[TexasTowelie]

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/

[RainCaster]

1. Good--go get 'em.

I have had it with those self - fornicators. I got a call today from a company trying to collect on a college debt, and I have never had any college debt. I'm 60 years old.

[KT2000]

2. Good - it is harrassment

people are missing important calls because we are flooded with these idiot calls and have given up on answering the phone at all. Some are unplugging their phones because it is happening 24 hours a day. Surely the feds can do something - but of course it would just be voluntary.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Good. I don't live in Mississippi

but I do get more garbage phone calls than I want. Anything that slows them down is a good thing.

[katmondoo]

4. I have had 14 calls in 8 days. They use multiple numbers and drive me screaming crazy.

One of the worse is the car warranty, my car is 7 years old and I never used the warranty when it was new. They are relentless.