FTC Shuts Down 4 Robocall Groups Responsible For Billions of Illegal Robocalls

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Yesterday the FTC announced that they have won a court order against four separate operations that have been “bombarding consumers nationwide with billions of unwanted and illegal robocalls pitching auto warranties, debt-relief services, home security systems, fake charities, and Google search.” The FTC also went after one company that provided the software platform used to make more than one billion illegal robocalls. Some of these groups spoofed caller IDs to trick you into answering.;

With the Federal Trade Commission’s victory in court, they received an order that banned the defendants from making robocalls and most telemarketing activities. The court also imposed millions of dollars in fines judgment against the groups.

“We have brought dozens of cases targeting illegal robocalls, and fighting unwanted calls remains one of our highest priorities,” said Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “We also have great advice on call-blocking services and how to reduce unwanted calls at www.consumer.FTC.gov.”

This is not the end of robocalls but hopefully a first step to cracking down on companies who make illegal robocalls.

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Oceanonomist on March 27th, 2019 at 17:32 UTC »

I hope Americans enjoy the next few hours of reduced calls before these robocallers are back up and running.

dvrzero on March 27th, 2019 at 17:04 UTC »

Still getting the Medical Braces for FREEE calls, as of 20 minutes ago, from my area code + prefix. Which is annoying, because those are literally my neighbors, so when one of the call spammers uses MY number, i get a bunch of stupid voicemails like "you called me, why?"

crazy-carebear on March 27th, 2019 at 16:47 UTC »

The people running those groups should be locked up in a room with dozens of phones ringing randomly 24/7 to make them suffer the way the rest of us have to with those calls.