Cellular Phone Robocalls, telemarketing and annoying calls and scams
Scope
This article refers mainly to cellular phones in the United States.
The problem
Spammers and scammers can purchased VoIP lines very inexpensively ...
See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_spam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robocall
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Do_Not_Call_Registry
How to report it
FTC - https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0076-phone-scams
FCC - https://www.fcc.gov/stop-unwanted-calls
FBI - https://www.ic3.gov
Ways to combat robo and spam calls or text
- Block the call if the caller-id is not spoofed.
Legislation and calls to action
https://consumersunion.org/end-robocalls/