I got this call on a Federal and NY-State "Do-Not-Call" listed work number.
Like so many others, the robo-calls and Google ad salespeople keep swarming to my Do-Not-Call-listed phone. Coming non-stop,
We know: Do-not-call has meant nothing at all, and the clock just keeps tick-ticking away as the telephone companies ignore the outpouring of consumers (and agencies of the US too!) demanding that phone companies do the easy - and RIGHT - thing and give customers (of the non-criminal spamming variety) the right to block robo-calls and spoofed CID's. And how about enforcing existing law to end the flood of such stuff?
With these never-ending scam factories, you can block it - as I just did with this - but like a Whack-a-mole it will just come back masquerading as another number. The ONLY way to stop this nonstop glut of robocalls and spoofed scam&spam mills is to have the phone companies lift a finger (different than the one they now show consumers) and deploy the tools already there (along with Federal permission and encouragement to use them) and stop these criminals from invading our phones.
U.S. Senator Schumer is pushing legislation REQUIRING Telcos to block robo-calls and spoofs for both mobile and landline phones, a great idea which the public wants clearly, which FTC and FCC have approved, which brought competition for software which now exists for Telcos, and is being held back only because the Telco's don't feel like deploying consumer protections. Please report to local authorities and to be most effective, write your Senator and sign the Consumers Union petition demanding that Telephone Companies give us the #1 thing we so need and want - protection from robo-calls and spoofed Caller ID's. It's easy to fix, if OUR chosen phone providers just do it, for all of us. I'd bet that the provider who does so voluntarily will get tons of new business, but as of now, none do. AT&T has finally announced an action plan to be announced in October, but we're "on hold" to see if and when they actually deploy the tools they've long had at their disposal.
We need as collective mega-users of the phone companies, to DEMAND that they lift a pinky to responsibly serve consumers in America. We need Congress to act on this (along with so much else!). All we can do is raise our voices until telco's act responsibly or are ordered to do so, in the face of their continued stalling.
This past summer AT&T (alone) announced it will respond to the massive outcry (as reported by CU) and put together a "strike force" to implement a solution by October. (It's now mid-October. Hello? Any news? Do we think Washington is paying attention to voters with phones?) We'll see... The phone companies already know what to do ("the right thing") and have the tools. When can we get relief? SPEAK OUT! Complain. Demand.
The Consumers Union petition is easy to sign onto and - aside from Sen. Schumer in the oh-so-effective Senate - offer's the only loud voice the Telco's might hear through their static - worth signing still until our telephone companies - who have the fixes in hand - end this plague:
https://consumersunion.org/end-robocalls/
Speak out! Do-Not-Call is a joke and criminal fraudsters using robo-call and fake identities are only increasing. There's an easy fix waiting.