Reply to post: Re: Levying fines is hard

Since the FCC won't act, Congress finally moves on robocalls by passing half-decent TRACED Act

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Re: Levying fines is hard

True, but legitimate credit card companies don't introduce themselves as "your credit card company" but rather as "Chase Bank" or whoever.

The call centers for legitimate business have been outsourced for the same cost reasons that scammers have outsourced their call centers - my point was that fining them will be difficult if they operate in India or the Philippines. Who you really want to fine is who hired them, since as I understand it most robocallers are essentially contractors acting for a third party. If someone in the US hires an overseas company to robocall me, you need to fine that guy in the US, otherwise even if you shut down the company that's robocalling for him he'll simply hire someone else and the calls will continue.

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