![]() Use a password.ĭo not answer a call from a number you do not recognize. Do not sign into websites with your phone number.Some policies may imply that by giving your phone number or agreeing to a business’s terms and conditions, you gave them permission to contact you and possibly to share your contact information with others.Before giving your phone number to any business, including legitimate online businesses such as Facebook, read their privacy policy ahead of time.So while the FTC and the FCC duke it out to figure out what to do to stop the spammers and scammers, here’s what you can do for yourself right now. Part of the problem is that while the FTC considers robocalls to be a fraud on consumers, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) believes robocalls are “beneficial” to consumers to get them. Unless this deadly virus is stopped, or at least slowed down, it could mean 4 or 5 Billion unwanted scam and spam robocalls a month in 2019. ![]() That’s an increase of 1 Billion calls a month since the previous April. ![]() The NYTimes reports there were more than 3 Billion robocalls in April 2018 alone. I’ve been on the “do not call” registry for a decade, but still getting more scam robocalls than ever these days, So are you. So it may not be worth your time to bother registering or updating your number or numbers. It blocks only legitimate robocallers, but nearly all these robocall creeps are scammers and spammers who get around the rules with impunity. But we are not powerless to block the scammers and telemarketers who bother us night and day, including weekends and holidays.įirst of all, the Federal Trade Commission “do not call” registry does not work. Robocall Scam Alert: We’re all being hounded incessantly by robocalls, both on our landlines and on our smartphones.
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