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Attorney General Josh Stein Announces Fight Against Robocalls

This coalition focused on the technology major telecom companies are pursuing to combat illegal robocalls. “At best, robocalls are annoying. At worst, they allow scammers to steal people’s hard-earned money,”…

Attorney General Josh Stein Fights to Stop Illegal Robocalls and Spoofing that Plague Consumers

using illegal robocalls have found ways to evade a call blocking order entered last year by the FCC. Despite the FCC’s order, robocalls continue to be a major irritant to…

Fighting to Stop Robocalls

robocalls. Please note: Petition signatures submitted via this petition form may be public records. Signers of this petition will receive information about actions related to robocalls and other consumer protection…

Attorney General Josh Stein Urges FCC to Take Action Against Robocalls and Spoofing

…using alternative voice and text messaging services. “Scammers use robocalls and spoofing techniques to steal money from hard-working consumers,” said Attorney General Josh Stein. “I urge the FCC to…

Hang up on Robocalls Targeting Amazon Customers

Thursday, December 10, 2020 Recent media reports show that scammers are working to take advantage of Amazon customers during the holiday season. Customers receive robocalls claiming there is an $800…

CBS 17: NC attorney general’s report says robocalls dominate consumer complaints

…issue dominated and that was the robocall. The attorney general’s annual report says about one-third of all complaints involved robocalls. “Those calls aren’t just annoying, they often lead to fraud,”…

Anti-Robocall Principles

…action on eight principles to protect phone users from illegal robocalls and make it easier for attorneys general to investigate scam callers. The below chart outlines the eight principles and…

WFMY: Robocalls, student loan forgiveness, and fake vaccines: Top concerns from NC’s Attorney General

…North Carolina Department of Justice received 31,019 consumer complaints. More than 10,000 of them were robocall and do not call complaints. Since so many scams originate through robocalls, Attorney General…

Report Robocalls

…justice the businesses that make these annoying and harmful calls. Once we collect this information about robocalls and telemarketing scams, we can Share these bad numbers with our federal law…

Attorney General Josh Stein Urges the Federal Government to Take Action Against Spoof Robocalls

Release date: 7/5/2017 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein wrote the federal government this week, urging the FCC to adopt rules that would allow telephone providers to block illegal robocalls. Attorney…