FTC takes action on Robo-Calling
Yup, they have acted to take down "Credit Card Services" Link If you read the article (and some of the previous articles) you will note the FTC has been trying to take these people down for some...
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skipnchar wrote:They aren't taking them on. They are offering a reward to anyone who can come up with something to block them from calling and trace their calls. If you can come up with something, it will get you $50,000. Currently there is no known technology out there to stop these crooks!!! My phone system can block them, but as fast as I block them, they get new numbers to call from. My system also allows me to Enable a community blacklists of known telemarketers. Divert known telemarketers and telespammers directly to voicemail. Completely block all anonymous calls. It has cut way down on unwanted calls, but some still get through.
With over 300,000 complaints filed against CC Services (each month), it's about time. Problem is that after reading the article I see NO mention of just HOW they plan on "taking them down". MOST of those folks are located over seas and FTC doesn't really have any jurisdiction to take them down.
"Just last month the FTC announced the Robocall Challenge offering $50,000 to anyone who can create what the agency calls "an innovative way to block that will block illegal commercial robocalls on landlines and mobile phones."
As part of the challenge, the FTC said it would provide participants with data on de-identified consumer complaints about robocalls made between June 2008 and September 2012. Challenge participants interested in this data will receive periodic updates with contemporary data through December 31, 2012. The complaint data will include: date of call; approximate time of call; reported caller name; first seven digits of reported caller phone number; and consumer area code. It has cut way down on unwanted calls, but I still get some. And the ones that do get reported to the FCC, not the FTC. The FCC does have legal jurisdiction to prosecute these crooks, if they can catch them.
The FTC said it has been working with industry insiders and other experts to identify potential solutions. However, current technology still lets shady telemarketers to cheaply autodial thousands of phone calls every minute and display false or misleading caller ID information, the FTC said."
