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How can you stop robocalls?

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Meet the robocallers

Every second, Americans receive 62 robocalls. Right before the pandemic began, we set out to find a serial robocaller.
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Why are robocalls such a big problem?

One of out of every 6 American adults loses money every year from phone scams, costing victims a total of $10 billion, according to Hiya State of the Calls Report.
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We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them

Americans got 58.5 billion robocalls in 2019 -- the most ever. Our investigative team bought 16 new phones all over the U.S. and measured when they got spam calls.
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Woman cites robocallers in grandmother's death

A woman's warning about robocallers.
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Why most robocallers will never be caught

The overwhelming majority of robocallers will never be caught. Here's why.
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'Don't answer': Iowa AG's office says ignore numbers you don't know if possible to fight robocalls

By ignoring the call, the automated system used to spam callers won't register your number as active.
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How robocallers get away with it

The FTC needs your help in this fight.
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Woman blames robocallers in grandmother's death

"It...cuts me to my core that I didn't stop everything that day and go to her."
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Robocalls don't stop if you're on the 'Do Not Call' list

So far in 2021, 965,020 Do Not Call complaints against robocalls are on file, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Robocalls don't stop if you're on the 'Do Not Call' list

So far in 2021, 965,020 Do Not Call complaints against robocalls are on file, according to the Federal Trade Commission.
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Dangerous twist on 'grandparent scam' brings criminals to victims' doors

Scammers are now coming to people's doors to pick up cash or prepaid credit cards.