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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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How robocallers get away with it

The FTC needs your help in this fight.
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What you can do to stop robocalls

They're annoying. They're non-stop. Here's what you can do to stop robocalls.
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Record $225 million fine to robocallers who sent out 1 billion calls

The robocallers used spoofing by making caller ID look like the calls were coming from another number, the FCC said.
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Supreme Court upholds cellphone robocall ban

The case only arose after Congress in 2015 created an exception in the law that allows the automated calls for collection of government debt.