- The reason you are sending the letter (the unsolicited call or text.)
- State that your phone number was on the Do Not Call Registry.
- Show that the number is on the registry by attaching a screenshot after you use the Verify Your Registration tool on the Do Not Call Registry website.
- Attach all relevant screenshots of spam texts or a list of spam calls with numbers and dates.
- Cite the TCPA, including copying and pasting the relevant language, which is:
“It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, or any person outside the United States if the recipient is within the United States… to make any call {or text} (other than a call made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of the called party) to any telephone number assigned to a paging service, cellular telephone service, specialized mobile radio service, or other radio common carrier service, or any service for which the called party is charged for the call, unless such call is made solely to collect a debt owed to or guaranteed by the United States.”
“A person or entity may, if otherwise permitted by the laws or rules of court of a State, bring in an appropriate court of that State…an action based on a violation of this subsection or the regulations prescribed under this subsection to enjoin such violation, an action to recover for actual monetary loss from such a violation, or to receive $500 in damages for each such violation, whichever is greater, or both such actions…”
- Demand a payment of between $500 and $1,500, depending on whether there were one or more spam calls or texts.
- And provide them a way to pay, such as a PayPal account.