BROWSING: spam calls
FCC cracks down on vehicle warranty robocalls
The ten most dreaded words in the English language: "We are trying to reach you about your vehicle warranty." But the Federal Communications Commission says it has identified the people behind more than 8 billion of those auto warranty scam calls in the past...
FCC proposes record fine for a billion robocalls
Proposed fine of $225 million for men accused of placing at least a billion robocalls
In its ongoing battle against unwanted and scam robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission has proposed the largest fine in its history: $225 million, levied against two men in Texas and...
Unwanted robocalls up 49% in one year, TNS finds
More than 300 million unwanted robocalls are sent to Americans each day
Despite ongoing efforts by industry and regulators to stem the flood of unwanted robocalls, a Transaction Network Services report has found that the number of such robocalls jumped by 49% from 2018 to...
AT&T, T-Mo cooperate on cross-network call authentication
One of the first steps to combat unwanted spam robocalls is to authenticate the call and alert customers that an incoming call is -- or isn't -- actually coming from the number that comes up on Caller ID, or whether it is spoofed to...