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How can you stop robocalls?
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Meet the robocallers
Every second, Americans receive 62 robocalls. Right before the pandemic began, we set out to find a serial robocaller.
ROBOCALLS FEATURED
Why are robocalls such a big problem?
One of out of every 6 American adults loses money every year from phone scams, costing victims a total of $10 billion, according to Hiya State of the Calls Report.
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We bought 16 new cellphones, and most started getting robocalls before we even used them
Americans got 58.5 billion robocalls in 2019 -- the most ever. Our investigative team bought 16 new phones all over the U.S. and measured when they got spam calls.
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Woman cites robocallers in grandmother's death
A woman's warning about robocallers.
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Why most robocallers will never be caught
The overwhelming majority of robocallers will never be caught. Here's why.
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How robocallers get away with it
The FTC needs your help in this fight.
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Woman blames robocallers in grandmother's death
"It...cuts me to my core that I didn't stop everything that day and go to her."
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What you can do to stop robocalls
They're annoying. They're non-stop. Here's what you can do to stop robocalls.
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How do robocalls work?
We set out find out who are the robocallers, who are the victims and what can be done to stop the calls.
Robocalls
We tracked down a serial robocaller. This is what he said.
This company called one number more than 1,000 times.
Robocalls
We bought 16 brand new cell phones. They started getting robocalls before we even used them.
Even buying a brand-new phone doesn’t stop the robocall problem. The TEGNA investigative team bought 16 new cell phones across the country. Here's what happened.
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