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Robocalls
Washington bill would ban robocallers from using fake caller ID, tapping Do Not Call Registry
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How can you stop robocalls?
We set out find out who are the robocallers, who are the victims and what can be done to stop the calls.
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Meet the robocallers
Every second, Americans receive 62 robocalls. Right before the pandemic began, we set out to find a serial robocaller.
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Why are robocalls such a big problem?
One of out of every 6 American adults loses money every year from phone scams, costing victims a total of $10 billion, according to Hiya State of the Calls Report.
Robocalls
We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them
Americans got 58.5 billion robocalls in 2019 -- the most ever. Our investigative team bought 16 new phones all over the U.S. and measured when they got spam calls.
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Woman cites robocallers in grandmother's death
A woman's warning about robocallers.
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Why most robocallers will never be caught
The overwhelming majority of robocallers will never be caught. Here's why.
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How robocallers get away with it
The FTC needs your help in this fight.
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Woman blames robocallers in grandmother's death
"It...cuts me to my core that I didn't stop everything that day and go to her."
Robocalls
Robocalls in Washington state traced back to inmates in Florida
An investigation uncovered there are at least two dozen Florida prisoners on “work release” who are listed in a state registry of telemarketers.
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Could you get more robocalls in the future because of a supreme court ruling?
The Supreme Court sided with Facebook in a case claiming the company’s automated text alerts violated the 30-year-old ban on robocalls.
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What you can do to stop robocalls
They're annoying. They're non-stop. Here's what you can do to stop robocalls.
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