Yes, It’s Bad. Robocalls, and Their Scams, Are Surging.

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  1. ronjor

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    FTC Obtains Telemarketing Injunctions against Recidivist Do Not Call Violators Jasjit “Jay” Gotra and His Company, Alliance Security Inc.
    Defendants responsible for more than one million illegal calls
    August 14, 2019

    https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...rketing-injunctions-against-recidivist-do-not
     
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    Why so-long? Government moves as fast a maple on a frozen day,

    and this is just one company out of thousands.

    Just like; so many people have to be killed in a intersection before a signal is installed.
     
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    Report: FTC, FCC Squabbled About Who Is Responsible for Cracking Down on VoIP Robocalls
    August 18, 2019
    https://gizmodo.com/report-ftc-fcc-squabbled-about-who-is-responsible-for-1837351272
     
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    Cable industry fights plan to require robocall-detection technology
    NCTA opposes strict deadline on rollout of SHAKEN/STIR Caller ID authentication
    August 27, 2019

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...lan-to-require-robocall-detection-technology/
     
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    Telstra blocks 2.9m scam calls in one month
    September 12, 2019
    https://www.itnews.com.au/news/telstra-blocks-29m-scam-calls-in-one-month-530924
     
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    My solution was to install an Ooma Telo which provides very inexpensive VOIP service, and program the device to only allow numbers in the contacts list to ring through. All other calls go directly to voicemail without ringing the phones. This has provided an enormous relief from the daily barrage of spam calls.
     
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    Most of the robocalls you get aren't coming from AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile numbers
     
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    Apple drops the ball implementing SHAKEN/STIR framework in iOS 13
    Call verification is there, but it is utterly useless
    September 20, 2019
    https://www.techspot.com/news/81997-apple-drops-ball-implementing-shakenstir-framework-ios-13.html
     
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    FTC Releases FY 2019 National Do Not Call Registry Data Book
    October 17, 2019
    https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...-2019-national-do-not-call-registry-data-book
     
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    GoDaddy partners with Hiya to target billions of unwanted robocalls with new spam filter feature
    October 22, 2019
    https://www.geekwire.com/2019/godad...s-unwanted-robocalls-new-spam-filter-feature/
    Hiya: GoDaddy SmartLine Users Now Have Protection From Spam Calls With Hiya
     
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    It is getting so bad that I have gotten no less that a half a dozen calls from my own phone number so far this week.

    Can't very well block your own phone number.
     
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    Yeah, I've seen that. FYI Verizon has a free spam blocking app for android.
     
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    Robocalls are winning the war against humans
     
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    They don't "want" these calls to go away entirely. 5.7 billion calls is a lot of money. And someone is making it.
     
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    I tend to agree. Gave my phone company some very stern words a few months back about this nonsense and we might have had just one call since, so what does that tell you.
     
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    Anti-robocall bill likely as House, Senate reach compromise
     
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    Spam calls grew 18% in 2019
    December 3, 2019
    https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/03/truecaller-spam-call-robocall-report-2019/
     
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    A man called a telecom company 24,000 times to complain. Now he's been arrested
    December 5, 2019
    https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/04/...4000-complaint-calls-intl-hnk-scli/index.html
     
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    Court Halts Operations of VoIP Service Provider after the FTC and Ohio Alleged that it Helped Promote Credit Card Interest Reduction Scheme
    First FTC case against a VoIP service provider under the Telemarketing Sales Rule
    December 5, 2019

    https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...erations-voip-service-provider-after-ftc-ohio
     
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    Google Fi will warn you about spam calls
    A defense against annoying robocalls
    December 10, 2019

    https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/10/google-fi-spam-calls/
     
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