The rules target gateway providers that let scammers appear to have a local phone number.
Robocalls aren’t just annoying; they can be dangerous. As many as 59.49 million Americans report losing $500 on average from phone scams between 2020 and 2021. Technological advancements enable scammers to hide their identities and make countless robocalls easily.
The FCC just voted to adopted new rules to stop illegal robocalls that originate overseas from entering American phone networks. #FCCLive #OpenMtgFCCThe FCC explained that the new rules institute compliance requirements on gateway providers, which are smaller companies that move calls from network to network. They’re often used by scammers to disguise calls from other countries entering the U.S.
Stir/Shaken is the technology that confirms that originating carriers validate caller ID information before the calls reach consumers. It prevents spoofing, when a caller intentionally falsifies the information transmitted to your caller ID. Many scammers use spoofing to make calls appear to come from a local number, a familiar business or even a government agency to encourage people to answer.
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