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How to stop robocalls and spam texts once and for all

Nbcwashington · · 332 words · By Susan Hogan; Ambar Rodriguez
Consumer Protection Cybersecurity/Fraud Prevention
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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Americans reported losing a whopping $10 billion to scams in 2023, the Federal Trade Commission says.”
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Multiple independent news sources (FOX 29 Philadelphia, JDSupra, and The Mirror) all report that the FTC stated Americans lost $10 billion to scams in 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew N. Ferguson (born June 17, 1986) is an American lawyer and government official serving since 2025 as the 57th chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). A member of the Republican Party, h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_N._Ferguson
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Federal Trade Commission v. Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Federal Trade Commission v. Facebook, Inc.) is an antitrust lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook parent com…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTC_v._Meta
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lina Maliha Khan (born March 3, 1989) is a British and American legal scholar who was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2021 to 2025. She is also an associate professor at Columbia …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Khan
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“Phone scams caused the highest per-person loss, at a median of $1,400.”
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Only one web search result specifically mentions the FTC reporting a median loss of $1,400 for phone scams. Another source mentions a different figure ($25.4 billion total) from a different organization (Truecaller), which does not corroborate the specific median loss figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The iPhone is a line of smartphones developed and marketed by Apple that run iOS, the company's own mobile operating system. The first-generation iPhone was announced by then–Apple CEO and co-founder …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable wireless telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area, unlike f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A telephone, commonly shortened to phone, is a telecommunications device that enables two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly. A telephone c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone
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“The Federal Communications Commission requires your provider to have robocall-fighting technology.”
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Multiple sources (CBS News, Fierce Network, and YouTube) confirm that the FCC has adopted rules and set deadlines requiring phone carriers to implement robocall-blocking/fighting technology, specifically mentioning the STIR/SHAKEN protocol.
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web search NEUTRAL — An estimated 4 billion robocalls rung in on people's cellphones in the month of May alone — 12 calls per person on average.Deadline for phone companies to implement robocall blocking technology. (04:5…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fcc-phone-carriers-robocalls-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — In its latest step to fight illegal robocalls, the Federal Communications Commission adopted rules requiring phone companies implement the STIR/SHAKEN caller ID authentication protocol in their IP net…
https://www.fierce-network.com/operators/fcc-requires-carrie…
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web search NEUTRAL — June 30 is the deadline for phone companies to report to the Federal Communications Commission whether they are implementing the agency's required robocall b...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5F2jkGQ9Tc
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“On an iPhone, go to Settings >> Phone >> Silence Unknown Callers. Anyone you don’t know will go right to voicemail.”
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Official Apple Support documentation and other tech sources (MacRumors) confirm that the 'Silence Unknown Callers' setting sends calls from numbers not in the user's contacts directly to voicemail.
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web search NEUTRAL — Calls from unknown numbers are silenced and sent to voicemail. With call screening, standard calling and data rates may apply. On software versions earlier than iOS 17, Live Voicemail also needs to be…
https://support.apple.com/en-us/111106
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web search NEUTRAL — Tired of random numbers and spam calls interrupting your day? Your iPhone actually has a hidden setting that can silence every unknown or spam call automatically — and it’s been there for years! In th…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttBcCXtumOg
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web search NEUTRAL — With Silence Unknown Callers toggled on, people who call you that aren't listed in your contacts will have their calls sent straight to voice mail and your phone won't ring. Did you know that you can …
https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/silence-unknown-callers-on-…
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“Sign up for the National Do Not Call Registry. You can do so online or by phone via the FTC.”
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Wikipedia confirms that the National Do Not Call Registry is a database maintained by the United States federal government (FTC) for individuals to request that telemarketers not contact them.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A do not call list or do not call registry is a list of personal phone numbers that are off-limits to telemarketers in some countries. Do not call lists may also be held privately by a company, listi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_not_call_list
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Do Not Call List (DNCL) (French: Liste nationale de numéros de télécommunication exclus) is a list administered by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Do_Not_Call_List
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Do Not Call Registry is a database maintained by the United States federal government, listing the telephone numbers of individuals and families who have requested that telemarketers not …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Do_Not_Call_Registry
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