In the span of a single day, officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined one notorious robocaller a total of $82 million and announced a proposed fine of $37.5 million against another alleged spammer. Philip Roesel Placed 21M Robocalls, FCC Claims On Wednesday, September 26, 2018, the FCC announced that it was imposing an [...]
Robocall experts are warning of a veritable "explosion" in health care-related scams, as con artists around the country take advantage of confusion about recent changes in American health care policy, the Clarion Ledger reports. Con Artists Take Advantage Of Health Care Uncertainty In New Scams In December 2017, Congress repealed the individual mandate, a key [...]
Nearly 50% of all calls in the next year will be scam robocalls, according to a new report from call management software company First Orion. Analyzing 50 billion calls over the last 18 months, First Orion identified a growing trend in phone call data: robocalls are increasing at an extraordinary rate, and most of them [...]
In the run-up to mid-term elections, a wave of white supremacist political robocalls have infuriated Americans and politicians across the country. Many of the calling campaigns, which feature blatantly racist rhetoric, appear to stem from the Road To Power, a white supremacist video podcasting channel out of Idaho. The Attempt To "Weaponize Race" Through Robocalls [...]
Robocall tactics are constantly changing, as scammers and marketers devise new ways to harass us. Here's a rundown of the latest scams and tactics from robocallers that could affect you. Virginia Robocall Scam Targets Medicaid Expansion A new robocall scam is targeting Virginians in the run-up to the State's expansion of Medicaid coverage, which is [...]
A new robocall scam that began in New York City is growing in scope and scale, as reports from the Patriot Ledger suggest that members of the Chinese community in Massachusetts are fielding hundreds of scam calls from fake government officials. Posing as Chinese police officers or Consulate officials, scam artists have inundated Chinese residents of [...]
Anyone with a phone knows that robocalls have become an epidemic. Around 3.4 billion of these unwanted (and occasionally fraudulent) phone calls are placed every month in the United States, leaving consumers across the country feeling harassed and fed up. Putting your number on the National Do Not Call Registry is a good idea, but [...]
The Federal Trade Commission is striking out against yet another major company that it says facilitates over 1 billion illegal robocalls every year, filing a federal complaint against automatic dialing platform TelWeb in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Gizmodo reports. FTC Files Suit Against Robocall "Kingpins" FTC prosecutors are going [...]
Which wireless giant does the best job of blocking robocalls? A new study from industry analysis firm Mind Commerce gives us the answer. Verizon came out on top, blocking unwanted robocalls nearly 94% of the time. The two other companies studied, T-Mobile and AT&T, were close behind. T-Mobile made the right decision 90.1% of the time, [...]
Complaints of illegal robocalls and prerecorded telemarketing voice messages nearly doubled over the last two years, according to a new batch of statistics released by the Federal Trade Commission. The agency's report, which chronicles the millions of ways telemarketers, debt collectors and unscrupulous businesses violate the National Do Not Call Registry, suggests that America may [...]