I’ve noticed that calls to both my land line and cell phone for the most part are numbers that I don’t recognize or there isn’t a caller ID name available. I usually let those calls go to voice mail. The surprising part is that more than half of those callers don’t leave a message. Then I heard about Robocalling.
Robocalls differ from most spam & telemarketing calls primarily because they are auto-dialed from a computer and deliver a prerecorded message. Robocalls are often designed to enable interaction from the recipient, either through voice or keypad input or through transfer to an agent or representative.
In 2018 robocall tracking company YouMail projected that 1,517 robocalls were made per second. In the May 2019 issue of Consumer Reports their Robocall article reports the breakdown of categories of robocalls,
39.36% are scams
23.43% are alerts and reminders
19.82% are payment reminders
17.39% are telemarketers
We turned to the Federal Communications Commission for information on how to stop robocalls and phone scams. Here’s their list of suggestions:
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