robocalls

Billions of robocalls are placed each year, and now new federal standards could assist in rooting them out. But consumer advocates say your phone carrier has to play ball for it to work.

“I hate robocalls.  Hate ‘em. Hate ‘em with a passion.  That’s why I have an answering machine I don’t even answer my phone anymore,” said Richard Murphy of Lisbon. Like many of us, Murphy is sick of hearing about his car’s warranty. “I don’t know what these extended warranties are, but I keep getting them,” said Murphy. Over 38...

State leaders push for new penalties against people behind those annoying robocalls.

State leaders push for new penalties against people behind those annoying robocalls.

A new requirement by the FCC on the big telephone companies is aiming to cut down on robocalls.

Connecticut has reached a settlement with a robocall operation that Attorney General William Tong said was deceptively collection money in the name of charity.

Connecticut is part of a multi-state enforcement action to shut down a deceptive robocall fundraising operation that claimed to support veterans, cancer patients, children, firefighters, and other causes, according to Attorney General William Tong. Associated Community Services (ACS) and its sister companies, Central Processing Services, and Community Services Appeal are accused of collecting more than $110 million in funds that…

Two conservative operatives were charged Thursday with felonies in connection with false robocalls that aimed to dissuade residents in Detroit and other U.S. cities from voting by mail, Michigan’s attorney general announced.

The U.S. communications regulator on Tuesday proposed a $225 million fine, its largest ever, against two health insurance telemarketers for spamming people with 1 billion robocalls using fake phone numbers

Tired of getting robocalls? Here’s what you should do to take yourself off the registry.

President Donald Trump has signed an anti-robocalls law that is expected to help Americans deal with the torrent of unwanted calls promising lower interest rates or pretending to be the IRS. The new law gives authorities more enforcement powers and could speed up measures the industry is already taking to identify robocalls. It also bars phone companies from charging for...