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that their company is affiliated with the dealer or manufacturer of the consumer's vehicle. They try to sell consumers a service contract for between $ 2,000 and $ 3,000, which they falsely portray as an extension of the vehicle's original warranty. The seller of extended auto warranties sued by the FTC allegedly took in more than $ 10 million on the sale of these deceptively marketed service contracts. In their robocalls, the companies dialed every phone number within a particular area code and prefix sequentially, without knowing whether the consumers called were motorists or owned motor vehicles, or whether those consumers' numbers were on the Do Not Call
Registry. Consumers who asked that the calls be stopped often were met with "abusive behavior" or were simply hung up on, according to the papers filed with the court. Some of the defendants used offshore shell corporations to try to avoid scrutiny, and a top officer in the telemarketing company bragged to prospective clients that he could operate outside the law without any chance of being caught by the FTC, the papers stated. This defendant also claimed that he makes 1.8 million dials per day and that he had done more than $ 40 million worth of dialing for extended warranty companies, including one billion dials on behalf of his largest client, according to the court papers filed by the FTC. In addition to the robocalls, the FTC charged that the company selling the warranties mails out deceptive postcards to consumers, warning them about the imminent expiration of their auto warranties. The postcards are designed to mislead consumers into believing that they are being contacted by their dealer or manufacturer, and the postcards offer consumers the chance to "renew" their original warranties. On May 15, 2009 U.S. District Judge
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Network Foundations executive Damian Kohlfeld. Besides ordering a halt to the automatic telephone sales calls, Grady's order froze the assets of the two companies. The FTC alleged in its complaints that the calls were part of a deceptive scheme and asked the court to assure the assets will not be lost in case they might be needed to repay consumers who have been victimized. The FTC isn't immediately seeking civil fines against the companies but may do so later, agency officials said. Attorneys general in Arkansas, Indiana and Missouri have taken similar actions over calls offering extended warranties on automobiles.
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voter database to select whom to call. Investigators have blank entries for one specific login, leading to speculation that evidence has been deleted. PayPal has also surrendered their records to investigators since "Pierre
Poutine" has used a PayPal account to pay for the bill for the automated calls. The cost for these May 2, 2011, calls was $ 162.10, Elections Canada said in court filings. This expenditure was never reported to Elections Canada, as required for legitimate political spending.
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350:(D-CA) introduced the Federal Robocall Privacy Act in February 2008 at a Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearing. The Act proposed to: 1) limit robocalls to no more than two a day by any one candidate, 2) mandate that candidates have accurate caller ID numbers displayed, 3) mandate that the disclosure of who is paying for the call occur at the start of the call, rather than at the end of the call, and 4) mandate that the time of the call occur not before 8
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November 14, 2014 and was sentenced to nine months in jail plus twelve months of probation. Sona was released from jail on bail after serving twelve days, pending his appeal of the sentence. However, Sona did not appeal the conviction. During the trial, Justice Hearn agreed with the Crown allegation that Sona had likely not acted alone.
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After a lengthy investigation of the circumstances of the scandal, Michael Sona, the former director of communications for the
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have denied any knowledge or involvement. A Conservative party staffer resigned soon after the scandal was reported but has since come forward stating that he was not involved. Elections Canada has made a statement and reported to
Parliament, that the fraud was extensive, affecting 200 ridings in all
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Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") released an order imposing strict limits on the number of non-telemarketing, prerecorded or artificial voice calls that can be made to residential phone lines without prior consent. The automated landline calls will also be required to include an
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Communications Commission (FCC) strengthened and clarified its regulations protecting consumers from unwanted robocalls and spam emails and texts. The Commission issued a package of declaratory rulings in June 2015
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Transcontinental Warranty Inc. and Voice Touch Inc. Grady's orders also applied to Transcontinental CEO and President Christopher Cowart, Voice Touch executives James and Maureen Dunne, Voice Touch business partner Network Foundations LLC
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Those who answer the pre-recorded calls hear a message telling them that their vehicle warranty is about to expire and that they should "extend coverage before it is too late". They are told to "press one" to speak to a "warranty specialist". The "specialists" then mislead consumers into believing
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community launched BobRTC.TEL, a telephone directory that tracks verified inbound telephone numbers that reach contact centers operated by known robocallers and telephone scams. The service also allows logged-in users to place calls directly to scammers using the service's own telephone numbers as
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should be invited to campaign with six
Democratic candidates for the South Carolina Legislature. Cahaly was arrested despite having a written opinion from the state attorney general stating that he had acted within the law. The charges were subsequently dismissed in October 2012. After the charges
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had a law prohibiting most types of unsolicited consumer and political robocalls, but in 2010, campaign consultant Robert Cahaly was arrested by the South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, being charged for making illegal robocalls to six state house districts. The automated opinion polling
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Territory. The Council of Canadians, a left of centre activist group, has asserted that the robocalls may have been enough to swing the result by 4%, enough to win a number of ridings in very close races. A court challenge has been initiated by this group to overturn the results of the election in
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In November 2011, the investigator served RackNine with a production order for records and had the account holder associated with the bogus calls quickly identified. Investigators have also examined the Conservative Party's CIMS voter database and showed that "Pierre Poutine" used the Conservative
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RackNine, to phone in and record their outgoing messages. The burner cell phone belonging to "Pierre Poutine" was used to contact the owner of Racknine at his personal unlisted number and gave the name "Pierre Jones". This burner phone initiated a series of automated robocalls mostly in Guelph but
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went into effect, banning most robocalls without written opt-in from the receiver. Political campaigns, surveys, charities, debt collectors, and health care providers are exempt, as are calls to businesses. Calls from banks, insurers, and phone companies are out of the jurisdiction of the FTC. In
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to investigate claims that robocalls were used in an attempt to dissuade voters from casting their ballot by falsely telling them their poll stations had changed locations. Elections Canada traced the origin of the automated calls to a disposable cellphone registered to a fictional name "Pierre
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magazine, May/June 1977. Under the heading "Personal Computing Abused", Bunnell described a presentation at the World Altair Computer Convention in March 1976 of "an intriguing business application for personal computing". The computer would sequentially dial phone numbers, play a taped voice
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phone campaigns, but can also be used for public service, emergency announcements, or scammers. Multiple businesses and telemarketing companies use auto-dialing software to deliver prerecorded messages (appointment reminders, booking details, etc.) to millions of users. Some robocalls use
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Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More be Done?: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, First Session, July 10,
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to respond with additional messages as appropriate. In his "Memo from the Publisher", David Bunnell reported that "the proposal was not very well received" at the conference. It was criticized as "insensitive to the rights of personal privacy" and "could cause a public uproar".
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asked a federal court to shut down a telemarketing campaign that has been bombarding U.S. consumers with hundreds of millions of allegedly deceptive robocalls in an effort to sell them vehicle service contracts under the guise that they are extensions of original vehicle
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campaign worker, set up a website called Stoppoliticalcalls.org and claimed to allow citizens to opt out of receiving robocalls. However, there is no guarantee that the registry will stop the calls and since there is no law that supports the database it is essentially an
203:(FCC) regulations prohibit anyone (including charities, politicians and political parties) from making robocalls to cell phone numbers without the recipients' prior consent. The FCC permits non-commercial robocalls to most residential (non-cellular) telephone lines.
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with a few dozen in other ridings, that targeted mostly non-Conservative voters with false voting location changes. Some voters attended what they had been led to believe were their voting locations, and sometimes destroyed their voter registration cards in anger.
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or irregularly updated blacklist. Some models also have the function to create a user-generated whitelist. Newer devices for landlines can use cloud based data to resolve the hard coded blacklist issues and allow the creation of a personal whitelist/blacklist.
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each launched their own service based on Enhanced Caller ID, which is developed by Cequint and incorporates whitelisting, blacklisting and crowdsourcing techniques. For improved accuracy, it is complemented by a technology called Call Guardian developed by
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To resolve the spoofing problem that made call blocking based on caller reputation problematic, starting in mid-2017, and with intended culmination in 2019, the FCC pushed forward Caller ID certification implemented via a methodology called
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Despite heavy media publicity of the database, only seven politicians in the United States voluntarily pledged to respect the list during the 2008 general election cycle. Of those seven, only three made it to the general election and only
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Based on a database developed from customer feedback, it filters suspected telemarketing calls to a system which challenges callers to record their name after pressing a button. If a name is recorded, the customer's phone rings with the
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The do-not-call list restricts "telephone solicitations" and does not apply to tax-exempt nonprofit organization. 47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(3) defines "telephone solicitations"; 47 U.S.C. § 227(c) enables the do-not-call
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of genuine contacts in exchange for access to the larger crowdsourced database. In 2013, hackers gained access to Truecaller's database of known genuine numbers, highlighting the danger of centralising this information.
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The goal is to deal with the million plus complaints per year, with only about 20% involving a live caller. In August 2016, a "Robocall Strike Force" of thirty companies said they would help crack down on the problem.
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techniques to address the constantly changing identities of robocalls. With access to a large enough data sample, it is possible to create algorithms which detect call patterns without requiring reporting by users.
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For landlines there are standalone call blockers which connect to the telephone. Various models work on blacklisting and whitelisting principles. Call blockers received attention from publications including
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Auto warranty robocalls are a series of scam robocalls in North America originating from the Sumco Panama company. The call typically begins "We're trying to reach you about your extended warranty"; it is a
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alerted political campaigns in Missouri that his office would aggressively enforce federal rules (Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991) requiring calls to include identifying and contact information.
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that clarified the provisions of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that deal with prerecorded and artificial voice calls received by residential wireline phones as well as wireless numbers.
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are especially prevalent as they use techniques which do not require the modification of infrastructure. Many products are limited to use only on a single medium, such as traditional copper
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The new order sets a limit of three calls during any consecutive 30-day period for all non-commercial calls, commercial calls that do not contain an advertisement and calls from charities.
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p.m. The bill was read twice, and since it received no further action during the session, it did not become law. Similar bills have been submitted in subsequent years without success.
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evidence to support charges in ridings other than Guelph. As well, he indicated that the "robocalls" had not affected the outcome of the 2011 election in any riding.
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sources by 2017. The final authentication task in the framework is the signing of all VoIP calls, which would allow carriers to reliably identify robocalls.
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Robocalls can be and are legitimately used by mainstream political parties in Canada to reach voters. Controversy surrounded the use of robocalls during the
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calling for a Voter Privacy Bill of Rights in which all voters would have the right to opt out of political robocalls if they did not wish to receive them.
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were dropped, Cahaly filed a suit against state officials, claiming his constitutional right to free speech had been violated. U.S. district court judge,
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passed legislation expanding the regulation of robocalls. That same year there was an interim ruling that seemed to weaken restrictions on autodialers.
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proposed a framework for the telecommunications industry in the United States, which included a validation system at network level for robocalls from
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voters in the days leading up to the primary in late April 2008, which essentially told registered voters that they were not registered. According to
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of Telemarketing Guard. If they answer the phone, they are played the recording, at which point they can accept the call or decline and report it.
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operates a service for landlines called Choose to Refuse which allows customers to block up to 10 phone numbers of their choice for a monthly fee.
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Indiana requires introduction of any prerecorded message by a live operator; the message may only be played if the called party grants permission.
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scam intended to trick the caller into calling the provided number and then submit their credit card details to extend a non-existent warranty.
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opt-out mechanism, and callers must implement the FCC's internal do-not-call list rules—which previously applied only to telemarketing calls.
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services in relation to robocalling. The company has stated that it will defend itself "vigorously" against the states' allegations.
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situations under federal jurisdiction, the federal law will supersede a slightly less restrictive law in the state of California.
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November 1983 General election to the incumbent Dave Elder. Inocentes founded the GOTV election company ePolitical USA in 1984.
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launched a patented product called Telemarketing Guard for landlines in 2007. It improves on previous models by including a
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ruled that South Carolina's anti-robocall statute was a content-based restriction on speech and therefore unconstitutional.
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ordered them to stop making the calls. The group stopped the calls and no further legal action was taken.
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to simulate an actual personal phone call. The service is also viewed as prone to association with scams.
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International incoming robocalls were blocked by the FCC "from entering American phone networks."
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to build a more comprehensive blacklist of robocall numbers. A notable example of this is the app
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seven ridings, and initiate by-elections for the respective seven House of Commons seats.
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Regulating Robocalls: Are Automated Calls the Sound of, or a Threat to, Democracy?
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Huahong, Tu; Doupé, Adam; Zhao, Ziming; Ahn, Gail-Joon (2016).
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Protecting Consumers and Businesses from Fraudulent Robocalls
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and Facing South, these calls were made by the organization "
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Arentsen, Matthew C.; Pryor, Michael H. (January 4, 2021).
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920:"Michael Sona to be sentenced Nov. 19 in robocalls affair"
2582:"AT&T, Apple, Google to work on 'robocall' crackdown"
1650:"Call Me Unconstitutional: Hang-Up For SC's Robocall Law"
1172:"Michael Sona sentenced to 9 months in robocalls scandal"
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2320:"Stopping Fraudulent Robocall Scams: Can More Be Done?"
1878:"Tech Q and A: I Am Serious. And Don't Call Me Shirley"
861:
fcc affirms robocall blocking default protect consumers
303:". Voters and watchdog groups complained that it was a
2293:"Truecaller Database hacked by Syrian Electronic Army"
1792:. Shaun Dakin. Saturday, September 13, 2008; Page A17.
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2155:"Call blocking devices – everything you need to know"
1671:"Fourth Circuit: SC Robocall Ban Is Unconstitutional"
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Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review
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In May 2009, in response to numerous complaints, the
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Phone Calls Reported to the U.S. Federal Commissions
1829:"Robocalls flood phone lines in battleground states"
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1779:. Democrat and Chronicle. Accessed October 11, 2014
1031:"Elections Canada Online - Statements and Speeches"
999:"Who's who in the election phone calls controversy"
734:, an American telecommunications company providing
2531:Here's Why You May Start Receiving Fewer Robocalls
1606:
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1573:"Group with Clinton Ties Behind Dubious Robocalls"
1629:"GOP consultant arrested for illegal 'robocalls'"
1460:, November 5, 2006. "Repeat calls not from Hodes"
1246:47 U.S.C. § 227(d)(3); 47 C.F.R. §64.1200(b)
877:FCC Confirms Default Robocall Blocking by Carrier
389:(R) was successfully reelected in November 2008.
2705:. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service
2665:Judge blocks 'robo-calls' selling car warranties
1235:Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA)
808:"What are robocalls, and how can you stop them?"
29:to deliver a pre-recorded message, as if from a
2751:"FCC Acts to Stop International Robocall Scams"
2008:
2006:
1693:"Charges Against GOP Consultant Cahaly Dropped"
1760:
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1425:– DMNews, "States enforce limits on robocalls"
1084:Stephen Maher, Postmedia News (June 9, 2014).
392:On September 1, 2009, a new regulation of the
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1893:"Election Day brings invasion of robocalls"
193:United States National Do Not Call Registry
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1777:Schumer pushes bill to expand robocall ban
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1550:, April 28, 2008. Accessed April 29, 2008.
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442:Suppressing unwanted and illegal robocalls
16:Phone call delivering pre-recorded message
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197:Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
161:Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
25:is a phone call that uses a computerized
2853:National Do Not Call Registry Complaints
2425:. September 10, 2015. pp. 9880–9881
2110:Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
972:Maher and McGregor (February 28, 2012).
899:. Brookline, MA: Benwill Publishing Corp
2628:http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/09/twi.shtm
1918:H.R. 5747: Robocall Privacy Act of 2008
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307:effort, and the state Attorney General
214:prohibit automated political calls. In
1790:A Privacy Shield Against the Campaigns
1591:"- The Institute for Southern Studies"
289:2008 North Carolina Democratic primary
1979:
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1891:Stephanie Condon (October 23, 2008).
1765:S. 2624: Robocall Privacy Act of 2008
1256:Lee, Timothy B. (December 20, 2019).
550:Building on the crowdsourcing model,
101:Poutine" at a phony address from 450
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2699:Ruane, Kathleen Ann (May 29, 2018).
2142:. University of Arizona. p. 14.
2103:"The Do-Not-Call List's Big Hang-up"
1876:Guy R. Briggs (September 29, 2008).
1853:. NBC Affiliate TMJ. Archived from
1614:, Sunday, May 4, 2008; p. A10, at
1534:"Elections board hunting robocaller
1044:Delacourt, Susan (March 30, 2012).
834:"Stop Unwanted Robocalls and Texts"
3091:Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse
2516:Brodkin, Jon (February 14, 2019).
2382:Council of Better Business Bureaus
2013:Christine Hauser (July 12, 2021).
1416:States enforce limits on robocalls
654:voluntarily pay the fine, and the
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3076:Challenge–response spam filtering
2913:Unsolicited digital communication
2553:Thorin Klosowski (May 26, 2022).
2423:Federal Communications Commission
1562:. (blog) Accessed April 29, 2008.
1513:Attorney General's News Release.
1435:Phonebank accents irk congressman
838:Federal Communications Commission
591:Federal Communications Commission
436:Federal Communications Commission
405:In June 2019 the telephony-based
201:Federal Communications Commission
2599:Krouse, Sarah (March 28, 2019).
2318:Stein, Matthew (July 10, 2013).
1308:Mark MacCarthy (April 9, 2021).
949:. Ottawa Citizen. Archived from
891:Bunnell, David (May–June 1977).
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529:A more sophisticated model uses
2824:Feiner, Lauren (May 23, 2023).
2295:. July 16, 2013. Archived from
2042:"No hiding from nuisance calls"
1370:"National Do Not Call Registry"
1106:Stephen Maher (April 9, 2015).
602:real-time business intelligence
558:style challenge-response test.
342:Proposed additional regulations
287:Robocalls were made during the
2871:Congressional Research Service
1282:Gail Collins (July 28, 2021).
784:Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009
90:2011 Canadian federal election
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2790:Gregg, Aaron (May 24, 2023).
1984:Fung, Brian (July 21, 2022).
477:Blacklisting and whitelisting
220:National Do Not Call Registry
98:Royal Canadian Mounted Police
2211:"All about Choose to Refuse"
2015:"How Do You Stop Robocalls?"
1920:. Accessed October 23, 2008.
493:Landline call blocker in use
363:Citizens for Civil Discourse
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135:Conservative Party of Canada
2307:– via E Hacking News.
1953:The San Francisco Chronicle
1767:. Accessed January 4, 2009.
1520:September 17, 2008, at the
1447:Repeat calls not from Hodes
947:"Tracking telephone tricks"
40:personalized audio messages
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3111:Naive Bayes spam filtering
2349:"Call-Blocking Technology"
1895:. CNET.com. Archived from
1494:leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
1376:. Federal Trade Commission
469:contracts from a specific
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2555:"How to Block Spam Calls"
2241:"Robocall blocker review"
2067:Mahoney, Maureen (2015).
1421:October 17, 2007, at the
893:"Memo from the Publisher"
331:U.S. Speaker Nancy Pelosi
301:Women's Voices Women Vote
273:Missouri Attorney General
119:Internet Service Provider
3086:Disposable email address
2948:Directory harvest attack
2445:"Verizon Caller Name ID"
2356:Federal Trade Commission
2185:"Rage against robocalls"
2161:. Which?. Archived from
1935:October 3, 2011, at the
1437:– UPI, November 5, 2006.
1284:"The Robocall Rebellion"
673:Federal Trade Commission
656:US Department of Justice
394:Federal Trade Commission
271:In September 2008, then-
2101:Strauss, Jared (2004).
1831:. CNN. October 23, 2008
1618:. Accessed May 5, 2008.
1237:, 47 U.S.C. § 227.
926:. Postmedia Network Inc
422:Auto warranty robocalls
2686:In Compliance Magazine
2652:July 14, 2009, at the
2267:"Truecaller Statement"
1539:June 20, 2008, at the
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64:message, and then use
1452:May 19, 2007, at the
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329:system asked whether
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2082:on February 23, 2022
1857:on November 20, 2008
1597:on February 8, 2012.
1524:. September 4, 2008.
1490:"Codes Display Text"
1374:Consumer Information
1210:. November 19, 2014.
1033:. February 25, 2022.
1005:. February 29, 2012.
953:on February 26, 2012
945:Maher and McGregor.
764:CAN-SPAM Act of 2003
361:Shaun Dakin, CEO of
2943:Bulk email software
2645:Wall Street Journal
2605:Wall Street Journal
2473:"TNS Call Guardian"
2403:Huahong et al. 2016
2189:consumerreports.org
1742:Rules of the Senate
1547:News & Observer
1019:. October 13, 2022.
625:Call Authentication
401:Reverse robocalling
346:California Senator
305:turnout-suppression
138:ten provinces plus
2588:. August 20, 2016.
2560:The New York Times
2497:Pai, Ajit (2017).
2191:. Consumer Reports
2020:The New York Times
1955:. August 27, 2009.
1338:U.S. Supreme Court
1288:The New York Times
1224:. August 14, 2014.
1070:. August 14, 2014.
897:Personal Computing
840:. February 9, 2017
814:. February 9, 2022
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779:Ringless voicemail
576:caller ID spoofing
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2153:Leedham, Robert.
1968:Start Scambaiting
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1809:on March 23, 2019
1788:Washington Post.
1673:. August 18, 2015
756:Telephones portal
586:services market.
570:Realtime analysis
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379:Internet petition
189:527 organizations
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