Billions of robocalls are vexing Americans - and it's not slowing down. Many of the unsolicited calls are from scammers pretending to be tax collectors, charities, or salespeople. Short of throwing ...

WITH SOME HELP. SO FOLKS, LET ME START BY SAYING WE MAY NEVER BE ABLE TO ENTIRELY STOP ROBOCALLS, BUT YOU CAN TAKE STEPS TO REDUCE MANY ON SMARTPHONES. THERE’S A WAY TO SILENCE UNFAMILIAR CALLS ...

Your phone rings, the number is unknown but you pick up in case it’s a doctor’s office or your child’s school – only to find it’s a debt-reduction offer or bogus info about how you won a free cruise.

4.9 billion unwanted calls were made in March alone. Robocalls may seem endless these days. In March alone, an estimated 4.9 billion calls were reportedly made, according to YouMail -- which is ...

• Groups say move would make it harder for consumers and small businesses to stop intrusive calls A coalition of national consumer organizations is urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), a member of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, participated in an Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing titled “Stopping ...

Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is joining his counterparts in all other states in an effort to crack down on illegal robocalls. The coalition sent warnings to 37 phone companies they ...

The following is a news release from Attorney General Raúl Labrador's office: BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — Attorney General Raúl Labrador launched Operation Robocall Roundup, a multistate effort by the ...

Other states have seen a significant rise in message spam and robocalls since 2023, including West Virginia, Florida, Arizona ...

Julie Watts is a national-award-winning investigative correspondent for CBS News, covering California. Her investigations, Capitol accountability reports, and solutions-oriented journalism air weekly ...