Robocalls hit record levels

Robocalls hit record levels as phone carriers, lawmakers and start-ups fight back

Robocalls are at an all-time high. On average, Americans received more than 2,000 robocalls every second in October, up 25% from the previous month. With 49 billion robocalls so far this year, all four major U.S. phone carriers now offer some form of blocking or screening service. T-Mobile, for example, uses a “Scam Likely” label. Congress and state officials passed new robocall regulations in recent months and have seen an uptick in successful cases against the scammers. Meanwhile, hundreds of tech start-ups are developing new ways to tackle the problem.

Read more, at
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/16/robocalls-hit ... fight-back.html

EDIT:
That link also privides a link to a video ... a very long (~15 min) video telling us pretty much what 800notes folks already know.  But, it might be educational for newbies, or the great masses of visitors here who think they are unique in receiving calls, or who do not have a clue how to identify scam calls.