Getting marketing texts or robocalls you never signed up for? You may be owed up to $1,500 per call or text.
The federal TCPA bars companies from sending automated marketing texts or prerecorded and autodialed sales calls to your cell phone without your written permission, and from calling numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry. When they do it anyway, consumers may recover $500 to $1,500 per call or text.
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If you never gave a company permission to contact you, federal law may be on your side.
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You may qualify if:
- You got marketing texts, robocalls, or prerecorded sales calls on your cell phone
- You never gave that company written permission to contact you
- Or your number was on the National Do Not Call Registry and you got two or more sales calls or texts within 12 months
- You have screenshots, call logs, or phone records of the contacts
- The calls or texts happened within the last 4 years
- You live in FL, NY, NJ, IL, or CA
Why unwanted marketing calls and texts may be illegal under federal law
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) is a federal statute that limits how companies may use phones to market to consumers. Two of its rules matter most for the calls and texts people actually receive.
1. No consent, no contact
Before a company sends you an automated marketing text or places an autodialed or prerecorded sales call to your cell phone, it generally needs your prior express written consent. Buying a lead list, scraping your number, or getting it from a third party is not the same as getting your permission. A text you never asked for from a company you have never done business with is a common sign that no valid consent exists.
2. The National Do Not Call Registry
If your number has been on the National Do Not Call Registry for at least 31 days and you receive more than one telemarketing call or text from the same company within a 12 month period, that company may be violating the registry rules. The registry covers cell phones and landlines, and registration does not expire.
Each individual call or text can count as a separate violation, so a campaign that sent you a dozen messages may involve a dozen violations. Records help. Screenshots of the texts, your call log, and a note of when you registered on the Do Not Call list all strengthen a claim.
Dapeer Law represents consumers in these matters on a contingency basis. There is no fee unless we recover for you.
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