Oct 18, 2013
Actually you're close but not quite. The "Do Not Call Registry" is just a name only. It is just a list and the updating and maintenance that is operated within and by the FTC. The Registry was conceived, created, and intended for the purpose of reducing the number of actual business Telemarketing calls to people who did not wish to receive them. Only Legitimate and Registered with the FTC Businesses are required and allowed to purchase the list and its updates. Only those business who are Registered are enforced under the DNC Registry. It is not a law enforcement tool. Legitimate businesses who violate it are easily found and fined by simply pulling their file or picking up a phone book. Scammers, fly-by-nights, con artists, and all other scofflaws are pursued and prosecuted by the actual FTC, FCCs, FBI or whoever is working that side of the street. It is almost impossible physically and financially for them to find, gather evidence, and build a prosecutable case. The DNC is just a name and a list, as was intended when created.