{"id":809,"date":"2019-08-26T13:58:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T17:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?p=809"},"modified":"2022-01-28T11:45:41","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T16:45:41","slug":"attorney-general-donovan-joins-fight-against-illegal-robocalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/attorney-general-donovan-joins-fight-against-illegal-robocalls\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Donovan Joins Fight Against Illegal Robocalls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Robocalls are annoying. But, when a scammer is on the other end of the call, they can also be dangerous. That&#8217;s why Attorney General Donovan with attorneys general from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., formed a public-private coalition with 12 phone companies to implement anti-robocall strategies to help protect consumers from illegal robocalls and make it easier for attorneys general to investigate and prosecute bad actors. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/ago.vermont.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/State-AGs-Providers-AntiRobocall-Principles-With-Signatories.pdf\">Anti-Robocall Principles<\/a> address the robocall problem in two main ways: <strong>prevention<\/strong> and <strong>enforcement<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12\nphone companies\u2014AT&amp;T, Bandwidth, CenturyLink, Charter, Comcast,\nConsolidated, Frontier, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, Verizon, and Windstream\u2014will\nwork to <strong>prevent<\/strong> illegal robocalls\nby:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Implementing call-blocking technology at the network level at no\ncost to customers.<\/li><li>Making available to customers additional, <em>free<\/em>, easy-to-use call blocking and labeling tools.<\/li><li>Implementing technology to authenticate that callers are coming\nfrom a valid source.<\/li><li>Monitoring their networks for robocall traffic.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>These\nphone companies will assist attorneys\u2019 general anti-robocall <strong>enforcement<\/strong> by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Knowing who their customers are so bad actors can be identified\nand investigated.<\/li><li>Investigating and taking action against suspicious callers \u2013\nincluding notifying law enforcement&nbsp;&nbsp; and\nstate attorneys general.<\/li><li>Working with law enforcement, including state attorneys general,\nto trace the origins of illegal robocalls.<\/li><li>Requiring telephone companies with which they contract to\ncooperate in traceback identification.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Moving\nforward, phone companies will stay in close communication with the coalition of\nattorneys general to continue to optimize robocall protections as technology\nand scammer techniques change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have received an illegal robocall, you can act by reporting it to the Consumer Assistance Program (CAP). CAP tracks scam trends occurring throughout Vermont, and provides timely alerts about rising scams. Call CAP toll free at (800) 649-2424.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributing Writer: Madison Braz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Content Editor: Crystal Baldwin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robocalls are annoying. But, when a scammer is on the other end of the call, they can also be dangerous. That&#8217;s why Attorney General Donovan with attorneys general from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., formed a public-private coalition with 12 phone companies to implement anti-robocall strategies to help protect consumers from illegal robocalls and&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/attorney-general-donovan-joins-fight-against-illegal-robocalls\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Attorney General Donovan Joins Fight Against Illegal Robocalls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[481474],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-consumer","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1232,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/1232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}