ABC News' Brian Hartman, Lisa Chinn and Theresa Cook Report:  It might be the national Do Not Call list, but several major companies have been fined for allegedly violating the registry's rules and making unwanted contact with consumers.

The Federal Trade Commission announced settlements totaling $7.7 million with companies accused of violating the Do Not Call rules, for allegations including companies making calls to individuals on the registry to apparently using promotions to circumvent the rules.

Companies that have settled with the FTC include Craftmatic beds, Ameriquest, Guardian Communications, and three private security companies.  Another company, Global Mortgage Funding, has not settled, so the Justice Department is pursuing action against it.

Bed maker Craftmatic will pay a $4.4 million civil penalty, for complaints accusing the company of running a "win a bed" sweepstakes promotion that did not adequately inform tens of thousands of consumers that by entering they would start receiving sales calls.

The company also placed millions of "abandoned calls" to consumers, where picking up the phone just results in dead air. Also, the company allegedly ignored consumer requests to be taken off the company's call list.

Ameriquest will pay a $1 million fine for allegedly calling consumers on the registry after buying numbers from a "lead generator."  The lead generator is said to have lured consumers to provide contact information on web sites under the guise of being a benign source of information. In the future, Ameriquest must guarantee lead generators get their numbers in a more straightforward manner. Ameriquest was also accused of ignoring consumer requests to be taken off the company's call list.

Guardian Communications allegedly "blasted" phone numbers with prerecorded telemarketing pitches "immediately terminating calls when a live consumer answered leaving dead air." The calls allegedly sent misleading caller ID information, so consumers were unaware of the true source of the call.  Guardian also did not offer consumers the opportunity to opt off the company's call list.

The company settled for $150,000, with a $7.8 million civil penalty suspended based on Guardian’s "inability to pay."

Security companies ADT, Alarm King and Direct Security Services will pay $2 million, $20,000 and $25,000 respectively for allegedly calling consumers that were on the registry.

As for Global Mortgage Funding, the Justice Department is pursuing charges in federal court against the company for "making hundreds of thousands of calls" to consumers on the Do Not Call registry to sell financial products. The company allegedly transmitted misleading caller ID information and left consumers with dead air. 

All fined companies were turned in by consumers.  According to the FTC, fines determined by number of violations and severity of those alleged abuses.  The FTC looked at allegations of dead air calls, fraudulent sweepstakes, prerecorded messages or blasting when determining severity.