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Robocall scams overview:
- Who: A coalition of 51 attorneys general are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to create better protections against foreign scam calls targeting U.S. residents.
- Why: They say illegal robocalls cost law enforcement, the telecommunications industry and residents about $13.5 billion each year.
- Where: The attorneys general are seeking change in the United States.
A coalition of 51 attorneys general are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to create better protections against foreign scam calls targeting U.S. residents.
In a letter filed Sept. 19 with the FCC, the attorneys general suggested several proposed actions that would direct telephone providers routing calls into the U.S. to crack down on foreign scam calls.
They say illegal robocalls cost law enforcement, the telecommunications industry and residents about $13.5 billion each year.
Measures included requiring caller ID authentication technology and blocking bad actors as soon as possible.
Phone providers should be pushed to do more, AGs say
The letter was led by North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge.
In it, the attorneys general also asked the FCC to hold providers to a 24-hour traceback response requirement and require providers to block any illegal phone traffic as soon as possible.
“Imposing consistent obligations on all stakeholders will help law enforcement readily identify and prosecute the bad actors who regularly seek to profit from the illegal robocalls that the nation uniformly abhors,” the group wrote.
They also said they would like to see all domestic intermediate providers file a mitigation plan with the FCC that includes whether they have implemented the caller ID authentication technology method known as STIR/SHAKEN.
They also want the plan to include contact information for the individual responsible for addressing robocall mitigations, and a detailed description of robocall mitigation practices.
“As with other specific measures adopted in the past, State AGs recognize that the Commission’s proposed actions, including mandatory call blocking, will not completely eradicate the illegal robocall epidemic,” the letter states.
“However, we are confident that the proposals under consideration will help bring bad actors to account.”
Attorneys general from all 50 states—except for Montana—Guam and the District of Columbia signed the letter.
Meanwhile, a new Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force has been formed by attorneys general from every state as part of an effort to protect U.S. residents from illegal foreign robocalls.
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I continue to receive scam calls daily, though I block and report them nearly every time. They are popping up faster than I can block them.
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