Making Money from Robocalls

WARNING: This is a spicy piece of satire

With the rise of annoying automated sales calls, people have been taking advantage of the illegality of these phone calls. I enjoy this activity for the pleasure of getting revenge on telemarketers.

Since anyone who received unwarranted telemarketer calls can threaten to sue, many people have taken advantage of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The TCPA was passed under President George H. W. Bush in 1991.

The TCPA:
• prohibits telemarketers from calling between 9 PM and 8 AM
• prohibits calls that use a recording or artificial voice
• prohibits autodialed calls that utilize more than one line of a multi-line business
• prohibits unwarranted advertising faxes
• requires they have a company-specific Do Not Call list
• requires they honor their company-specific Do Not Call List
• requires they honor National Do Not Call Registery
• requires the callers to provide their name
• requires the caller to provide the company or person who they are working for
• requires the caller provide phone number or address for that company or person

Someone can sue for up to $500 for each violation of this law.

Doc Compton, writer of Turning Robocalls Into Cash

Using Doc Compton's guide Turning Robocalls Into Cash, a 16–year–old has made $20,000 actively pursuing settlements by threatening to sue to companies for the violation of the TCPA. Anyone can access Doc Compton's guide on his website robocalls.cash for $47.