CHARLOTTE, N.C. — No one likes those relentless robocalls. So what's being done to stop the spam?
Let's connect the dots.
The fight against phony callers began two years ago in North Carolina.
Attorney General Josh Stein joined a coalition of states to put pressure on cell phone carriers.
And so far it seems to be working.
Leaders say you are probably still getting the occasional call, but 33 billion robocalls have been blocked nationwide since 2019.
And that number may have spiked just in the past week. Cellphone carriers had until Sept. 28 to adopt a program called Stir Shaken.
That's a fancy name, but it's basically its technology that filters out spam callers before they reach your phone.
Cell carriers who don't have Stir Shaken up and running by now could face serious consequences from the FCC so most of them have added the protection to your line.
But that doesn't mean the robots are gone for good. Stein said now that spam calls are blocked, he's seeing a surge of spam texts.
This is just another reminder that if a message looks suspicious, just go ahead and hit the block button.
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