It seems that robocallers have have begun to evolve a bit, as media coverage brings increased scrutiny and potential regulatory action in response to their practices. Now that consumers are starting to get wise to the barrage of robocalls and the myriad spam calls that flood their phones on the daily, robocallers have increasingly found themselves less able to trick unsuspecting consumers into actually answering their phones and engaging with them. Which is why they’ve moved on to a new strategy — the one-ring call.
It’s a significant enough move on their part that the Federal Communications Commission has already decided to issue a warning to consumers about this new tactic, hoping you’ll be able to avoid it. So what is it, exactly?
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Beware: This new robocall scam could cost you big time originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 7 May 2019 at 21:03:03 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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