The FCC is allegedly cracking down on auto warranty robocalls

Cell phone-iphile

I’ll believe it when my phone stops filling up with these relentless scam voice mails…

CNN reports:

US telecom providers will now be required to block millions of illegal robocalls a day advertising extended vehicle warranties, the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday, taking aim at a group of individuals accused of sending more than 8 billion such messages since 2018.

Thursday’s order by the FCC requires voice providers to stop carrying calls the agency has linked to 13 individuals and six companies, mostly based in Texas and California but also in such far-flung places as Hungary.

The robocalls produced by the group typically begin with recorded lines such as, “We’ve been trying to reach you concerning your car’s extended warranty,” the FCC order said.

Such calls represented the single largest source of consumer complaints to the FCC in each of the past two years, adding up to thousands of complaints a year.

(click here to continue reading The FCC is cracking down on ‘auto warranty’ robocalls | CNN Business.)

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And why is the auto warranty idiots the only scammers the FCC are blocking? I have 3 unsolicited junk voicemails already this morning1 and none of them are auto warranties. 

Silence Unknown Callers

At least using a recent iOS, unknown callers don’t ring my phone, but go straight to voicemail.2 

Footnotes:
  1. something health insurance related, “unusual activity” alert from an unmentioned bank, and an Apple iPhone charged to my Amazon account alert []
  2. Settings / Phone / Silence Unknown Callers []

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