Verizon Wireless said it filed a lawsuit to stop a telemarketing ...
Verizon Wireless said it filed a lawsuit to stop a telemarketing company in Utah from calling its customers and employees to advertise the coming movie The Velveteen Rabbit. The suit in U.S. District Court in Trenton, N.J., alleges that…
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Feature Films for Families illegally used an autodialer to call Verizon Wireless customers on behalf of a company called Family 1 Films. Nearly 500,000 calls were made to Verizon Wireless customers and employees from the telephone number 917-210-4609. When customers answered these calls to their wireless phones, they heard a recorded voice message or a person reading a script promoting the film. The suit alleges violations of the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, which makes it illegal to use an autodialer to make calls to wireless phones, as well as state fraud and privacy laws. Verizon filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the calls.