Phone numbers for sale leads to an uptick in Robocalls
“What is happening is illegitimate businesses or, more appropriately, scammers and criminals, are the ones making these calls now,” Frey said. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:39 PM CDT May 12, 2021 Updated: 10:39 PM CDT May 12, 2021
NEW ORLEANS The calls are consistent.
“Sometimes it’ll be from someone overseas. Sometimes it would be a recording,” said Chad Joseph of New Orleans, who said he gets robocalls every day.
When we called Joseph, we’re weren’t one of those annoying and often illegal robocalls, but considering how we got his number, we easily could have been.
How easy is it for robocallers to get your info? We bought some ourselves to find out
Americans got more than 58 billion robocalls in 2019 – the most in history. 1.6 billion of them were in Louisiana. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:27 PM CDT May 11, 2021 Updated: 10:27 PM CDT May 11, 2021
NEW ORLEANS They are aggravating, frustrating and downright irritating: Robocalls are a constant invasion of privacy in our live and we just want them to stop.
Some of them are legal, but many are not. It’s easy for your phone number to fall into the wrong hands, wasting your time and causing a major inconvenience.