Crackdown Wanted On Robocalls

Attorneys General from Maryland, West Virginia and other states are calling on the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen rules that would cut off scammers’ access to legitimate telephone numbers.  Last year, Americans received approximately 29.6 billion scam robocalls and text messages, losing nearly $2 billion to scams.  Steve Bernas from the Better Business Bureau says the best thing to do is let an unknown number go to voicemail…

“They’re throwing all these calls out there, all these text messages, voicemails, hoping they’ll find someone who will take the bait from them.  And they promise you everything and it’s so good to be true, and people fall for it.”