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Tag: Robocalls
Robocalls Up in March, But Scam Portion Declines: Report
April was a mixed month for robocalls: Overall, calls were up compared to March, but scam robocalls declined by a significant amount, according to a new YouCall report. The overall increase was 3% and reached…
FCC NPRM Aims to Address TRACED Loophole to Help Stop Robocalls
Criminals often are identified by their fingerprints. This goes for malicious robocalls as well as bank heists. Like physical criminals, digital bad players often can wipe their fingerprints clean. The cyber equivalent of wiping down…
Robocall Volume Surges Nearly 13% Year-Over-Year: Report
Three extra days in March were to blame for U.S. consumers receiving 7.9% more robocalls compared with the robocall volume received in February, according to a new report. Robocalls logged in March totaled just over…
February Robocall Volume Surges Nearly 12% From One Year Ago: Report
Robocall volume in aggregate decreased by 6% in February 2025 compared with January 2025. The drop, however, was attributed to the month being three days shorter than January. In all, U.S. consumers received more than…
FCC Expands Use of Tool to Block Fake “Government” Robocalls
WASHINGTON, DC, February 27, 2025— The Federal Communications Commission today adopted new rules to protect consumers against illegal robocalls. The Report and Order expands the Commission’s efforts to combat scam calls by broadening the use…
netnumber Launches Fraud Prevention Registry
In an attempt to rein in robocall scams, texting fraud, and related scams, netnumber has developed its Fraud Prevention Registry, which it developed with cyberthreat intelligence firm WMC Global. According to netnumber, the FBI puts…
January Robocalls Rose 9% Year-Over-Year: Report
The latest Robocall Index, a report that summarizes January 2025 robocalls, identified some pronounced increases in call volume. In January 2025, consumers received slightly more than 4.7 billion robocalls — an approximate 9.3% increase year-over-year…
Top-Tier Carriers Strengthening Robocall Mitigation With Signed Traffic Success: Report
A report from Transaction Network Services (TNS) is praising the use of signed call traffic among the top carriers for progress made in robocall mitigation and maximizing the benefits of implementing STIR/SHAKEN. Among these U.S. telecom…
Robocalls Numbered 52.8B in 2024, 4% Less than 2023: Report
With December’s number of robocalls now in the books, a YouMail report has tallied a total of 52.8 billion robocalls for all of 2024. The report said that robocall volume has hovered between about 50…
FCC Adopts Rules Against Illegal Robocall and Nuisance Calls
UPDATE, January 10, 2025: This week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the adoption of stricter robocall mitigation database filing requirements, as proposed in a December Report and Order. The FCC reported that 47 Attorneys General wrote to the…
Medicare Scams Lead Spam Calls in Q3: Hiya Report
A new report from voice intelligence provider Hiya says that it flagged more than 105 million suspected spam calls every day — a total of more than 9.7 billion — during the third quarter of…
Robocall Research Sees Decline for 2024, Despite October Increase
Consumers received almost 4.9 billion robocalls last month, an increase of 9.5% over September and 6.5% over last October, according to robocall research from YouMail. Nevertheless, the researchers said the news for the year is…