FTC Accused The Companies Of Misleading Prepaid Calling Card Customers

26/02/2009

WASHINGTON (Indianas NewsCenter) - A group of prepaid calling card companies have agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission.

The FTC accused the companies of misleading customers, especially non-English speaking immigrants, about the number of minutes the calling cards provide.

This is the first major settlement in the governments effort to curb deceptive marketing tactics in the calling card industry.

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FTC Accused The Companies Of Misleading Prepaid Calling Card Customers

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