FCC: Americans Get 2.5 Billion Robocalls A Month

CBS Local — Most Americans have been on the receiving end of an anonymous phone call from a person or recording offering suspicious deals and services. In recent years, some of these “robocalls” have even turned into verbal threats, falsely promising jail time if the victim didn’t send the caller money.
Robocalls are employed by scammers, telemarketers, and others using automatic dialing equipment to make thousands of calls to potential victims each hour. According to the