![]() ![]() With some exceptions (political messages, flight delays, et al.), the TCPA prohibits robocalls to consumers’ traditional landline numbers without prior written consent, to consumers’ Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) landline numbers, and to all mobile numbers-both consumer and business (again, without written prior consent). Some robocalls use personalized audio messages to simulate an actual personal phone call. When the call is answered, the autodialer either connects the call to a live person or plays a prerecorded message. Just for good measure, here’s how The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA) defines a robocall, also known as “voice broadcasting.” It is any telephone call that delivers a prerecorded message using an automatic (computerized) telephone dialing system, more commonly referred to as an automatic dialer or “autodialer. There is legislation that addresses robocalling and the scams they attempt to pull off. As such, they use scams, attempting to swindle you out of your contact number, your financial information, your identity, or anything else of value through dishonest means. Illegal robocalls generally contact recipients with the intention of stealing something from them. And as the name suggests, the calls are made by computers. There is usually no real human behind a robocall, only an automated, pre-recorded message. ![]() As we’ve reported in a previous Malwarebytes blog, what spam is to email, a robocall is to telecommunications devices, such as home phones, mobile phones, and VoIP landlines. ![]()
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