# @digitaltrends on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2023-08-04T16:48:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Digital Trends (@digitaltrends) — https://gondola.cc/digitaltrends

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The American regulator has just announced what it says is a record-breaking $300 million fine for “the largest illegal robocall operation the agency has ever investigated.”

Operating since at least 2018, the enterprise involved a “complex scheme designed to facilitate the sale of vehicle service contracts under the false and misleading claim of selling auto warranties,” the FCC said in a release. 

The operation placed more than 5 billion robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers during a three-month period in 2021. It violated federal spoofing laws by using more than 1 million different caller ID numbers in an effort to disguise the true origin of the robocalls, a ruse designed to increase the chances of the target answering.

#technews #robocalls

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