Americans received an estimated 225 billion spam texts last year according to spam call blocker robokiller. InvestigateTV's CaresseJ shares how the FCC plans to tackle this and tips to keep your money safe when a suspicious call or text comes your way.
caller ID authentication technology, for the crackdown in robocalls.
“The FCC did identify a large phone scam operation responsible for billions and billions of car warranty robocalls that Americans had received,” Porter explained. “The FCC was able to trace back and find and shut down those robocall scams almost entirely. Car warranty robocalls went from around 1 billion total robocalls a month to effectively zero.”
To combat the increase in robotexts, the FCC in March adopted new rules that will require mobile service providers to block certain spam messages that are likely illegal.
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