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How can you stop robocalls?

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Ohio AG Yost joins list of attorneys general urging the FCC to move up timeline for anti-robocall technology

“If the smaller providers weren’t a big part of the problem, maybe a little more time would be warranted,” Yost said.
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'It felt like a victory': Washington man gets $3,100 in robocall revenge

Steve Baus struck back at telemarketers who jammed his cell phone by making them pay – literally.
Local News

Robocalls may be a thing of the past starting today

The deadline for major phone companies to implement technology to help stop robocalls begins today
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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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Woman blames robocallers in grandmother's death

"It...cuts me to my core that I didn't stop everything that day and go to her."
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How to report and stop robocalls in Ohio

We set out to find who are the robocallers, who are the victims, and what can be done to stop the calls.