It seems to be working. I’ve only gotten two so far today…
This is good. It’s very annoying. Because of it I ignore calls from an unrecognized number, which are sometimes legitimate.
I’d be OK with public flogging for the perps.
It’s hard to believe the government’s doing something to help all of us - and not just democrat ‘victim groups’. If this is happening - I’m thankful.
Like most people I only pick up the phone if I know who’s calling.
The crackdown, known as Operation Stop Scam Calls, involves the Federal Trade Commission and 101 other federal and state law enforcement authorities, including the attorneys general of all 50 states and Washington, DC.
Nationwide?
We need to be hitting scam call centers in India with Davy Crockett type tac nukes.
They should pass a law or something. Oh wait……..
If only we had something like a “Do Not Call List”, but I’m probably dreaming.
Only accept calls from known contacts. Otherwise send it to voicemail. Problem solved
Hope this applies to scam political fund raising texts as well.
I’m a little disappointed. I hate robo calls but enjoy messing with live scam callers. I’m retired and can usually afford to spend a few amusing minutes driving them in circles.
“””US regulators on Tuesday announced a nationwide crackdown to stop companies from inundating people with billions of unwanted and illegal robocalls and telemarketing calls.”””
Stop the POLITICIANS from making spam calls and that will cut the number real quick.
What about all these texts I get to Shirley and Frank telling me to give money to political scams?
I am like Trump’s best friend and DeSantis’. They text me all the time.
Does this mean I’m on my own regarding my car’s warranty?
I don’t answer my phone if I don’t recognize the number.
If it’s important, they’ll leave a message.
Everyone I want to hear from is in my contact list anyways, and I use a different ring tone for people.
If it’s someone I actually WANT to hear from, family and close friends, they get one.
I use another for people who are on my contact list in general like doctors and businesses or acquaintances.
Everything else is Verizon’s annoying default ringtone.
What about scam politicians? Are there any telemarketing companies dedicated to rooting out scam politicians?
I’ve pretty much stopped receiving calls from telemarketers.
All calls not from someone in my contacts list go straight to voicemail. If it’s an important call from someone not in my contacts list, they will leave a message.
I was woke up by a call from local electric company. He stated there was nothing wrong with my account, but their computers went down and needed me to verify information. Person seemed legit, but this seemed strange. Not wanting to deal with it I told him my wife takes care of the bills and she wasn’t home. This made him mad and he demanded she call his number by 1:00 this afternoon or he would send it to collections.
I was getting coherent by this time having been in a deep sleep, and I told him he was a scammer. He replied no I am not. I said first of all, you stated there was no problem with my account and now you want to send it to collections. Secondly I do not get my electric from your company. He hung up on me after that.
Be careful! These people are getting trickier all the time.
fines aren’t gonna stop this; onerous federal and state prison sentences are the only things that will actually stop illegal calls ...
They were supposed to do this 20 years ago.
I’d get 15-20 calls a day and once set up a responder “Please press 1...” type thing. Whatever they press they get some different options, then more. I made them choose maybe 7-8 times then to frustrate kicked them back to the original menu.
The bot calls hung up right off, but when a real spammer called they’d go right down the rabbit hole...at least until they caught on.
Friends knew not to call my landline. After getting rid of the landline, the spams got less and less.
When wife gets a robocall- one without a live speaker- she places the phone in front of the radio so that the robot registers replies to questions and sometimes it can go 10 minute or more before it hangs up. I tend to turn the hone face down on the table for live or mechano calls. My brother plays games with them and can tie up a call for half an hour. If you do that, though you have to totally avoid saying the words, “yes” or “no” or “agree.” Those words are instantly cut out and added to a prerecorded question that commits you to paying a very large amount of money that is legally collectible unless you spend a very large amount of money on a lawyer.