<span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: ‘Lucida Sans’;" class="R~sep~ACopyBody">Who do I contact to complain about telemarketers calling my house? I signed up for the do-not-call list, but they keep calling.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">To complain about violations of federal no-call rules, call the National Do Not Call Registry at 888-382-1222 — the TTY number is 866-290-4236 — or visit www.donotcall.gov.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“If your number is on the Registry, and you get a sales call, or you get an illegal robocall, don’t interact in any way,” reads a page on the FTC’s website.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“Don’t press buttons to be taken off the call list or to talk to a live person. Doing so will probably lead to more unwanted calls. Instead, hang up and file a complaint with the FTC.”</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">According to the agency’s National Do Not Call Registry Data Book, the no-call database contained 222.8 million numbers as of Sept. 30, the end of the federal fiscal year. Louisiana phone numbers accounted for 2.7 million entries.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The data show that the FTC received 3.58 million complaints of no-call violations last year, including 30,867 from Louisiana.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The total registered numbers and complaints for each Louisiana area code in fiscal year 2015, according to the data book:</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">225 — 495,705 numbers; 5,098 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">318 — 622,797 numbers; 6,671 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">337 — 546,021 numbers; 5,311 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">504 — 630,368 numbers; 8,071 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">985 — 434,505 numbers; 4,859 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">The same for 2014:</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">225 — 486,560 numbers; 7,571 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">318 — 605,941 numbers; 7,773 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">337 — 533,847 numbers; 5,477 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">504 — 619,524 numbers; 9,303 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyListing">985 — 424,725 numbers; 6,250 complaints.</span>

<span class="R~sep~AHeadsubhead">Exceptions</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“The Do Not Call Registry prohibits sales calls. You still may receive political calls, charitable calls, debt collection calls, informational calls, and telephone survey calls,” reads the FTC’s website.</span>

<span class="R~sep~ACopyBody">“In addition, companies may still call if you’ve recently done business with the company, or if you’ve given the company written permission to call you. However, if you ask a company not to call you again, it must honor your request. Record the date of your request.”</span>

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<span style="font-weight: bold;" class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">Online:</span> <span class="R~sep~ACopyEditors~sep~endnote">www.ftc.gov.</span>

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