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How can you stop robocalls?

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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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Florida inmates are making robocalls – and the state is cashing in on them

Millions of robocalls hit Tampa Bay-area phones every year. But there's a place here that's placing the calls to people elsewhere in the U.S.
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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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Phone numbers for sale leads to an uptick in Robocalls

“What is happening is illegitimate businesses or, more appropriately, scammers and criminals, are the ones making these calls now,” Frey said.
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How easy is it for robocallers to get your info? We bought some ourselves to find out

Americans got more than 58 billion robocalls in 2019 – the most in history. 1.6 billion of them were in Louisiana.
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What you can do to stop robocalls

They're annoying. They're non-stop. Here's what you can do to stop robocalls.