FCC Issues Cease and Desist to Stop Auto Warranty Spam Calls

The Federal Communications Commission or FCC is currently taking additional steps to try and stop the auto warranty spam calls.

The FCC thinks that more than 8 billion people are receiving spam calls, which the government agency says could be illegal.

FCC to Block Auto Warranty Spam Calls

According to The Verge, the FCC believes that the spam calls have been generated from an operation consisting of "Roy Cox Jr., Aaron Michael Jones, the Sumco Panama companies, and their international associates.

The FCC has instructed the US carriers to cease and desist from carrying the spam calls and ordered all networks to review auto warranty call traffic. Also, the agency has opened a formal case to investigate the calls for any violations.

Lawsuit to Combat Robocalling

In October 2021, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost filed a lawsuit to combat the robocalling scheme, and the lawsuit has named 22 defendants.

Jessica Rosenworcel, the FCC's Chairwoman, said that billions of auto warranty robocalls are coming from a single calling campaign.

Rosenworcel added that the auto warranty scams are one of the top complaints that they get from consumers, and they want to hold scammers accountable for making the junk calls.

Stopping Robocalls from iPhones and Android

In 2019, more than 50 billion robocalls were made by scammers, according to PRNewswire.

Both the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission or FTC said that they are doing their best to handle the situation, and there have been crackdowns since then, according to USA Today.

However, real-world feedback shows that things are turning for the worse, and it is now out of control. The FCC has required that US carriers adopt a technology that will go a long way toward combatting spam calls, but there isn't one yet.

If you've been getting a lot of spam calls and you want to have a temporary solution, you can opt for some quick solution. If there is a particular number that keeps calling you, you can block it permanently from your iPhone or Android phone.

On an iPhone, just go to the Phone app, tap on Recents, and select the blue information icon at the right side of the number that you want to block, and choose Block This Caller.

On Android phones, just go to Recent section of the Phone app, long press on the number, and select Block.
Again, this will take a lot of work just to keep the spammers away, and it does no good against the blocked or private callers.

The good news is, most of the major US mobile providers have taken steps to protect their customers from annoying callers.

They have done this through network improvements, including the SHAKEN/STIR technology that has made it possible for carriers to verify when a call is a spam or not.

In reality, those spam calls are coming from across the globe, but it is easy for robocallers to impersonate local numbers. All of the major US carriers offer some type of spam blocking for free as part of your wireless plan.

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Written by Sophie Webster