Telemarketing is, at its core, very simple: selling a product or service over the phone. Sometimes telemarketers will be given lists of people to call who have already been contacted and are interested in receiving a phone call; sometimes telemarketers will simply be given lists of people to call without any prior invitation (known as "cold calling"). In either case, the idea is to sell to someone over the phone (which is technically more difficult than selling something person-to-person).
Telemarketers used to be a lot more common in the United States then they are at the present. Various new laws which have gone into effect over the last few years have allowed people to be placed on "no call" lists which prevents them from receiving phone calls from telemarketers who sell products. However, certain organizations such as charity groups are often exempt from such restrictions which means that their is still a probability that a person will receive a telemarketing call now or in the future.
Like many other types of industries, however, telemarketing is rife with fraudsters and fraud schemes. One of the biggest issues with telemarketing is that the entire essence of the phone call is designed to elicit information from the contact. This means that, for a successful telemarketing call, the contact must give over some information, whether it is a credit card number, name, date of birth of even an affirmative "yes" statement.
Telemarketers used to be a lot more common in the United States then they are at the present. Various new laws which have gone into effect over the last few years have allowed people to be placed on "no call" lists which prevents them from receiving phone calls from telemarketers who sell products. However, certain organizations such as charity groups are often exempt from such restrictions which means that their is still a probability that a person will receive a telemarketing call now or in the future.
Like many other types of industries, however, telemarketing is rife with fraudsters and fraud schemes. One of the biggest issues with telemarketing is that the entire essence of the phone call is designed to elicit information from the contact. This means that, for a successful telemarketing call, the contact must give over some information, whether it is a credit card number, name, date of birth of even an affirmative "yes" statement.
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