Wed
Jan 30 2019
10:49 am
By: R. Neal
According to this article, "Americans received 26.3 billion robocalls last year, up 46 percent from 2017." Analysts predict that spam calls will make up one half of all cellphone calls this year.
Maybe it would help if we made phone number and caller ID spoofing illegal. Oh, wait. It sort of is already, but only if the caller's intent is to "defraud, cause harm or wrongly obtain anything of value." Telemarketers have more specific rules, but they don't all seem to follow them.
Regulations should be stricter and there should be better enforcement.
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It is obvious that spam
It is obvious that spam robocalling must be a money making business.
The FCC site shows 3 incidents where fines of over $239 million were assessed in 2018.
Something needs to be done.
FCC Tips to avoid spoofing
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