U.S. PIRG used data from YouMail to determine the increase in the number of unwanted calls. Floridians received 3.7 billion ...

Americans were flooded with a record 5.7 billion robocalls last month — more than 17 per person in October — even as federal regulators try to crack down on the onslaught of prerecorded messages. The ...

Other states have seen a significant rise in message spam and robocalls since 2023, including West Virginia, Florida, Arizona ...

Just like many of us, Carol and David Sher have been getting political text messages and robocalls leading up to next Tuesday's elections. "We're getting about four or five robocalls per day," said ...

“Hello! Please don’t hang up… did you know that you could save a bundle on…? This is a robocall, another automated telemarketer. Nowadays, robocalls make up 50 percent of all phone calls made.

First, it was Ohio Turnpike Smishing scams. Now, Ohio is plagued with robocalls more than most other states. The state ranks second-highest for the largest number of robocalls in 2024, according to ...

The scam tells recipients that a $919.45 PlayStation 5 “special edition” purchase has been charged to their Walmart account. The message urges people to “press 1” to cancel the order. Callers who ...

In Perrong v. Bradford, No. 24-1925, the Third Circuit held such calls did not fall within the scope of the TCPA because the ...

The nuisance affects millions of Americans each year. Lawmakers are looking to work with the tech industry to stop a nuisance for millions of Americans: robocalls. Robocalls, automated calls that use ...

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday outlawed artificial intelligence-generated robocalls in response to an uptick in so-called deepfakes intended to sound like political candidates, ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - Constant robocalls can be a pest for many of us. Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring has been keeping track of robocalls in the Commonwealth. “There were one and a half billion ...