 An early example of sucker lists made public is given in the November 18, 1929 issue of "Time Magazine" in an article about the United States Senate probing into one lobbyist.People who become victims of, for example, a telemarketing fraud, often are placed on a sucker list.Sucker lists, which include names, addresses, phone numbers, and other information, are created, bought, and sold by some fraudulent telemarketers.