Limiting Unwanted Calls & Emails

Some phone calls and emails are important, some can be annoying, and others are just plain illegal. Learn how to reduce the number of unwanted messages you get by phone and online.

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Privacy Choices

Privacy Choices for Your Personal Financial Information

Federal law gives you the right to stop some sharing of your personal financial information.

Stopping Unsolicited Mail, Phone Calls, and Email

Here’s how to limit the number of unsolicited mailings, calls, and emails you get.

Robocalls

Robocalls

Telemarketing sales calls with recorded messages are illegal unless you have given the company written permission to call you.

Do Not Call

Cell Phones and The Do Not Call Registry

Should you put your cell phone number on the National Do Not Call Registry?

National Do Not Call Registry

Here are detailed answers to frequently asked questions about the National Do Not Call Registry.

Stopping Unwanted Sales Calls

Putting a number on the National Do Not Call registry will result in fewer telemarketing calls to that number. Here’s how to do it.

Telemarketing Scams

Phone scammers trick thousands of people. Here’s how to protect yourself.

The Telemarketing Sales Rule

Learn about your rights when it comes to telemarketing calls, including those that are pre-recorded.

Spam

Spam

Here’s how you can reduce unwanted commercial emails.

The “Nigerian” Email Scam

Strangers who offer “big rewards” to help them move money out of a foreign country are lying.