Connecticut BBB gives tips to block robocalls

HARTFORD — Connecticut Better Business Bureau says consumers can help reduce the number of unwanted, annoying and illegal scam telephone calls, as part of a new Federal Trade Commission program. The FTC initiative involves providing telecommunications companies and other industry partners with known robocallers’ telephone numbers every day, to bolster efforts to reduce and prevent the computer-dialed calls. The FTC collects scammers’ telephone numbers from consumer complaints t