I don’t understand why these people weren’t in jail already!
i assume someone was making money off this, and has made enough money to get rid of them so other people don’t make money…
Yeah, I don’t get why this seemed to be such a huge undertaking. The phone companies certainly know who’s making all these calls on their networks.
Cause they were complicit.
It’s kind of amazing how we’d been answering phones when they rang for a century, until a handful of greedy wankers like these guys and the offshore “calling from Windows” folks started doing their thing a few years ago. Now only the elderly and folks required to answer for work even contemplate picking a call up.
I don’t answer my work phone anymore. Our company uses teams. So if it’s not a teams call, you can’t make me answer the phone.
I haven’t had a legitimate phone call on my work line in the last 8 years. Anyone who truly needs to talk to me has my cell number and several other ways to contact me.
I got so many spam calls I considered changing the number I’ve had for over 2 decades. So obnoxious.
I wouldn’t recommend that. I did it once for the same reason and got just as many spam calls plus debt collectors trying to reach the person who had the number before me.
Yeah I couldn’t bring myself to anyway, I’ve got an “interesting” number (think like 420-6969 but not that) that I wouldn’t want to give up…as if anyone cares about numbers anymore. But it was cool in high school!
It’s 531-8008 isn’t it.
I wish
It’s not your number. It’s all the numbers.
Ya. Like this is gonna do anything. Why are we not going after the carriers? They are the ones that can do something. If you call me from a number I don’t have in my phone, I 100% will not answer. If a voicemail isn’t left or a text isn’t sent stating who you are and what you want, you will never hear my voice. It sucks that I have to screen my phone. I receive 5-10 spams calls per day some months, and other months there’s less. Not sure why. Anyway, point is it sucks and we need to force the carriers to help end this nonsense.
What’s worse is whenever I Google the numbers I see them on lists on obscure incoherent randomly generated .ru sites which make me think they are some kind of phishing operation, but my carrier will gladly display as verified/check marked businesses complete with old/spoofed caller IDs 3-4x a day.
Completely unusable trash system, yet it’s critical national infrastructure.
I have a number from outside the area codes of where I live. Block every call from the area code of my number. Like, too bad if you legitimately call me from there but the spam is too damn high.
Any recommendations for software that will auto-block numbers that do not leave a message?
Now do political campaigns.
So, what tiny fraction of their profits does this fine represent?
Ya I appreciate the gesture but if this truly is the “biggest” robocall racket I have to imagine a 300M fine is a dropping the bucket
Not Like they will pay it anyway.
Not like they’ll seriously be expected to.
Probably like 1%, maybe 2%
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Not gonna help. Not accepting calls from unknown numbers and/or automated filtering is the only way forward, the model of being able to just call anyone is broken.
Fines aren’t near enough at this point, we need public executions at a minimum to put a dent in this problem.
No killing them is too extreme. Put them in a room with 1,000 different types of ringing telephones for a week.
Ban all robocalls, legal or illegal. If any business that needs to reach can leave a voicemail. I’ll decide then which should be deleted and which required a call back.
$300M feels like “Ahh we caught you now, bad boys, don’t let me catch you again. Now go have your lunch.”
These people should be punished harsher for all the lives they’ve destroyed intentionally.
can we do something about homelessness, drug addiction/rehabilitation, and income support for families first? Would love 300mil for that
Idgaf about the robocallers compared to our real social issues. This is miniscule
Are you against fines or against how they’re being allocated?
whoops misread the “fine” part
Scam callers and all those issues you listed are probably a statistic. These assholes scam seniors out of millions (probably billions worldwide) if someone loses their money, and can’t afford their mortgage or rent, they are much likely to end up on the street.
