BROWSING: spam calls

The ten most dreaded words in the English language: "We are trying to reach you about your vehicle warranty." But the Federal Communications Commission says it has identified the people behind more than 8 billion of those auto warranty scam calls in the past...

Proposed fine of $225 million for men accused of placing at least a billion robocalls In its ongoing battle against unwanted and scam robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission has proposed the largest fine in its history: $225 million, levied against two men in Texas and...

More than 300 million unwanted robocalls are sent to Americans each day Despite ongoing efforts by industry and regulators to stem the flood of unwanted robocalls, a Transaction Network Services report has found that the number of such robocalls jumped by 49% from 2018 to...

One of the first steps to combat unwanted spam robocalls is to authenticate the call and alert customers that an incoming call is -- or isn't -- actually coming from the number that comes up on Caller ID, or whether it is spoofed to...