NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson calls on FCC to crack down on robocalls
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson is part of a bipartisan group of attorneys general calling on the FCC to address illegal robocalls.
The group is urging the FCC to strengthen its "Know Your Customer" rules to help prevent scammers from using the U.S. communications network.
The rules would cut off scammers' access to legitimate telephone numbers, and allow phone companies to suspend or terminate callers who use their networks to make unlawful calls.
"We're asking the FCC to make sure phone companies do their part to stop these scammers from reaching North Carolinians," Jackson said. "If scammers can't reach our communications network to begin with, they can't make their illegal robocalls, and they can't trick people out of their money."
Last year, Americans received more than 29.6 billion scam calls and texts, and lost nearly $2 billion to these scams.
