Six more weeks until the full implementation! Fines are on the way! The unsafe amount of Robocalling has been declining, but what is on the way will be a great end to the menace of letting these companies and persons guise under using all sorts of robot calling systems, and having it a legal option. As I already stated, we have all been suffering of our right to peace and tranquility with our right to the privacy of our phone number. In an earlier post: “Heavy Surge of Robocalls…Seeking Fines Now On Robocalling!“, I have had a series of articles starting shortly before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic that there were going to be heavy fines for the companies who possess machines that initiate robocalls and/or employ workers running robocall equipment and for them to be on warning. While the pandemic was in it’s core from the period of March through June, it looked like a dramatic improvement with barely any calls coming though because of the stay at home orders and the fact that this equipment is obviously in commercial properties. The Pallone-Thune TRACED Act was passed late 2019 calls for fines up to $10,000! You need to make sure that:

• registered with the FTC’s “Do Not Call” registry site -or-
• The National donotcall.gov site -or-
• Call at 1-888-382-1222

With this I am making sure that each violation robocall on my “Do Not Call” registry with the FTC is reported to the “Report FTC’s  Unwanted Calls” link. Then if they are reported and continue to call I am reporting such instances to the FTC’s “Submit A Complaint” link. The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TPCA) protects consumers for receiving unwanted, pre-recorded calls made with machine or robot equipment in any case where in is unprecedented. It is especially aggravated when the call offers no “working” method to deactivate future calls right from the call. Exceptions are government agencies, subscriptions whereby you sign up for a call, and some medical reasons including appointment reminders. The TPCA also protect consumers from receiving unwanted texts and videos, and are reported in the same methods as calls as listed above. Receipt of lewd material, especially if children have access to such, is definitely an aggravated offense. So much so, that any of this activity should be turned directly over to your local law enforcement officials immediately upon receipt, without any reporting or other delay in activity needed, in order to expedite a case in regards to this horrible activity.

The Latest “Do Not Call” Registry Statistics:

Information Courtesy of public.tableau.com (Imaging Department of the “Do Not Call” Registry

Right now, we have to get around the despicable amount of outrageous calls coming our way. After they are not permitted to go through anymore, fines will be in the works.! In one case–United States vs. Palumbo, there were undisclosed fines plus over $389,000 in civil suits due in a scheme that mostly emanated in the country of India, and had officers inside the U.S., some in the State of Georgia, so there will be plenty of litigation coming our way for the damages incurred with all that robocalling. Another great example of this is the fact that a San Diego marketing agency owned by Kenneth Moser named Marketing support Systems was fined $9,997,750 for making over 47,000 calls in only two days where erroneous information was portrayed before an election and spoofed the caller ID. The telephone carriers are almost done instituting the STIR/SHAKEN protocol into the telephone networks for better protection. Controls are to be added according to the chart from all call sender’s end, on both caller ID spoofing and call placement.

As stated, I will be keeping you informed, and as soon as more information is available to getting restitution and compensation from offenses of robocalling in the form of trialing tools/kit to assist in seeking solutions/restitution. June 30^th is coming! It is the day Robocalling is due to be shut off! It will go down in the books, just like other obsolete items, for example 1-900 and 976 number billing of the 1990’s. Silence! What a 👛👛 golden opportunity coming our way!!

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The End of the Robocall!