The FCC will now require mobile service providers to block certain robotext messages that are highly likely to be scammers. Scammers pose as the government and businesses, like Amazon and Netflix, to steal your identity or your money.
Scammers pose as the government and well-known businesses like Amazon and Netflix, and use links in texts as bait so they can steal your identity or your money.
The FCC’s new rules announced it will require mobile service providers to block certain robotext messages that are highly likely to be illegal.From 2015 to 2022, robotext complaints rose from around 3,300 to 18,900 per year. “Robotexts pose a unique threat to consumers: unlike robocalls, scam text messages are hard to ignore or hang-up on and are nearly always read by the recipient, often immediately,” the FCC said in its announcement. “In addition, robotexts can promote links to phishing websites or websites that can install malware on a consumer’s phone.
A second rule will require each mobile wireless provider to establish a point of contact for text senders, or have providers require their aggregator partners or blocking contractors to establish such a point of contact, which senders can use to inquire about blocked texts.The FCC is also seeking public comment on further proposals to require providers to block texts from entities the FCC has cited as illegal robotexters.
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