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FTC shuts down four large robocall operations

Accepted submission by RandomFactor at 2019-03-28 17:58:46 from the You may qualify for a medical grade back brace paid for by your insurance dept.
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Yesterday, the FTC announced [ftc.gov] that it had won court orders shutting down four separate robocall "Operations Responsible for Billions of Illegal Robocalls"

Settlements were obtained against

    NetDotSolutions
    Higher Goals Marketing
    Veterans of America
    PointBreak Media

The judgements include multimillion dollar penalties and require the various entities to stop all robocalling and some other operations.

The calls you should see less of that these companies provided include

auto warranties, debt-relief services, home security systems, fake charities, and Google search results services

No indication if this includes those medical back brace insurance scam calls that seem to have taken over lately, but here is hoping.

More coverage here [cordcuttersnews.com]


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