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FTC Shuts Down ‘Free Gift Card’ Text Spammers 26 Aug 2013 | 11:22 pm
Remember last years exciting “you won a free best buy gift card” text? If you didn’t receive it you’re actually lucky- the text was an international scam designed to steal your money and personal info...
Beware of the abominable “debt buyer” 9 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
A new breed of debt collectors have emerged over the past few years that are way more scary than annoying. These are the “debt buyers,” companies who buy old debt for pennies that the original credito...
Stop. Call. Confirm. (Complain.) 31 Jul 2013 | 07:27 pm
In the wake of an influx of telemarketing scams to people’s mobile phone, one Kansas City insurance agency has come up with a clever motto: Stop. Call. Confirm. “If you think something is fishy, stop...
Infographic on Unwanted Calls & Texts 30 Jul 2013 | 12:43 am
Unwanted calls & text messages have become a growing consumer problem ever since mobile phones have started taking over landlines as our primary form of communication. Harassing calls from telemarkete...
PrivacyStar to “Name and Shame” Mobile Spammers 29 Jul 2013 | 11:50 pm
PrivacyStar has been actively publishing the top suspected debt collector and telemarketing phone numbers and names to our website each week, according to our users’ blocking and complaint filing acti...
MetroPCS doubling under T-mobile’s Networks 26 Jul 2013 | 01:57 am
T-Mobile announced today it’s expansion plan for MetroPCS into 15 new regions, doubling it’s presence across the country. New cities to offer the pre-paid service include Baltimore, Md.; Birmingham, A...
Telemarketers Targeting Cell Phones- Number 1 Consumer Complaint 26 Jul 2013 | 12:34 am
If you are someone whose number hasn’t been leaked to telemarketers, consider yourself lucky. Companies are collecting personal information including cell numbers every day- from grocery store loyalty...
Beware of these current phone scams! 23 Jul 2013 | 02:56 am
PrivacyStar is always on the lookout for fraudulent calls and text spam in hopes of stopping the culprits before they have the chance to go nationwide. Our app allows blocking and FTC report filing of...
Decline in smartphone upgrades 17 Jul 2013 | 10:58 pm
Even though some major carriers like AT&T and T-Mobile are launching new upgrade plans that allow customers to get newer smartphones faster, its starting to look like we are losing interest in our sma...
New & Noteworthy in July 17 Jul 2013 | 02:27 am
Bits of news we found interesting over the past week… Melanie Pinola of IT World wrote a great post on how to block annoying calls for free and included PrivacyStar as an option. We love her descript...
