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The first store will open Thursday in Kill Devil Hills, with additional outlets planned for Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Greenville, Wilson and Goldsboro by the end of 2024.

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Two law firms are being sued for the way they tried to sign up clients for Lejeune toxic water lawsuits.

Law firms sued over Camp Lejeune water telemarketing calls

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Investigators say the fake call, which reported a murder, targeted a frustrated man who'd cursed out the telemarketer minutes before.

John Kerry's was having a productive and peaceful holiday cleaning his home. But like many of us, he was constantly being bothered by telemarketers Through the day, we had multiple phone calls from identified collars from Visa and Medicare and whatever and eso. At one point I told my wife, I said, The next person that calls, I'm gonna really let him have it. Sure enough, he gets one more call around three o'clock. They ask if they can speak to Mr Harris and I says, That's not Mr Kerry's go to hell and I hung up shortly after a 911 call comes from caress phone number, but it is not John Kerry's police Department. Yes, it is. Uh, sure. My, uh, my name is John Harris. Uh, I'm calling to surrender myself because I just killed my wife. And, uh, 10 minutes later, I was on the back porch on my knees and handcuffs. Kerry's has since heard the 911 call and says he believes it is the same voice that he heard just minutes prior. Washington County Sheriff Larry Minks says he has been friends with Caris for years, but his deputies had to treat this like any other call until they could prove that Paris had not harmed his wife. We took him out at gunpoint. Unfortunate situation, what we had to do. But we thought we were responding to a call where a man had shot his wife. Larry makes is a good friend of mine. And I told him that his guys were excellent. They did what they had to do. Scared the living heck out of me. But, uh, you know, it was it was they did what they had to do. Calls from telemarketers or something nearly all of us deal with. And this is one example of how things can turn south. Telemarketers can get out and make calls to people, and it looks like it's coming from you. How exactly? Prevent this? I'm not exactly sure. But you know, that option is out there. You've got Thio, you know, be vigilant about about the calls. The unidentified calls. This person knew who I was. They knew my son's name in Columbus. They knew my address. Caris says he does not plan on picking up any calls from unidentified callers anytime soon. Reporting from Marietta Jesse Worf wt AP News

Telemarketer fakes 911 call in act of revenge

A new report shows that Robocalls are a bigger problem than ever. According to YouMail, a company that blocks robocalls, there were nearly 59 billion of the calls last year.

Robocalls hit all-time high in 2019

More than a dozen new criminal laws take effect on Sunday, ranging from new consumer protections to historic changes in the state's sexual assault laws.

New laws, effective Sunday, include changes for telemarketers, drivers and sexual consent 

More than a dozen new laws take effect Dec. 1

House lawmakers voted unanimously Friday to ban telemarketers from using fake numbers to get people to answer the phone or respond to a text.

Telemarketers can't hide behind fake numbers, House says

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House members voted unanimously for a bill that would allow people to seek damages against telemarketers that using "spoofing" to deceive consumers with fake phone numbers.

House passes anti-spoofing measure

'Spoofing' ban gets House OK

House Speaker Tim Moore is backing a bill to stop caller ID tricks from telemarketers.

Anti-call-spoofing bill advances

New telephone scam threatens to arrest people for unpaid taxes

Lawmaker takes aim at irksome camouflaged telemarketing calls. 

Lawmakers take aim at camouflaged robocalls

State lawmaker takes aim at irksome masked robocalls

A new study says scams will account for nearly half of all mobile calls by next year!

How to stop annoying robocalls

The best advice to stop robocalls once and for all.

How to block annoying robocalls

Tired of those annoying robocalls from unknown numbers? A crop of smart phone apps could help kill the problem.

Apps to block those annoying robocalls

3 apps to block robocalls and telemarketers

Robo-calls have become more prevalent in recent years, pestering consumers constantly throughout their day. Wayne Carter has some tips to keep the telemarketers at bay.