Telemarketing Fraud: A Reason To Invest In Reverse Lookup

TELEMARKETING FRAUD: A REASON TO INVEST IN REVERSE LOOKUP Telemarketing Fraud in Canada: "Criminals use the same techniques as legitimate companies, but hide behind the anonymity of the telephone and attempt to defraud thousands and thousands of Canadians each year." "Telemarketing Fraud" -Royal Canadian Mounted Police There are at least several hundred fraudulent telemarketing operations in North America that routinely seek to defraud consumers in Canada and the U.5. Telemarketing Fraud Facts: 148 million junk calls a day are placed by telemarketers According to Private Citizen total overall loss: average consumer los: $3,827,880 $1,174 Telemarketing is a nearly $500 billion a year business. 3,789 telemarketing complaints in one 35-day period : A record received Back in 200O, by the Direct Marketing Association Investment scams alone amount to losses of $1 million an hour. Charities make more money from selling your name and number ("sucker lists") to the other telemarketing companies than from the donations they collect from calling. On average, only 24% of what consumers donate in response to a telemarketing sales call actually reach the intended charity. 24% Overall Payment Methods: İl.. 23% 21% 14% 9% 5% 2% 2% credit card cashier's check wire bank debit money order debit card telephone bill Initial Overall Contact: 44% 37% 15% 2% 1% 1% phone mail print fax in-person tv/radio Ages of Victims: 54% 36% 20% 30 and under 30-60 yrs. 60+ yrs. To avoid falling victim to these telemarketing scams, visit reversecanada.com to use Reverse Canada; the premier free reverse look-up service for mobiles and landlines within Canada! Sources: http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/dncpapercomments/04/lsap3.pdf http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/english/cafc_aboutus.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/canada/stories/telemarket082497.htm http://www.sse.gov.on.ca/mcs/en/Pages/Scams_Telephone.aspx http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/ http://www.dianamey.com/telemarketing-statistics/ http://www.fbi.gov/sanantonio/press-releases/2012/canadian-businessman-convicted-of-3-million-telemarketing-fraud http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemarketing_in_Canada http://fraudresearchcenter.org/2011/12/media kit/ http://canadaonline.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=canadaonline&cdn=newsissues&tm=9&f-20&tt=14&bt=9&bts-49&zu=http%3A //www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/scams-fraudes/index-eng.htm reversecanada