RELATED: IRS reminds taxpayers to guard against COVID-19 fraudOver more than four months in early 2019, the FCC said, these telemarketers faked the number their calls displayed in caller ID with intent to deceive consumers; purposefully called people who are on the Do Not Call list; and called people's mobile phones without getting permission first.Consumers weren't the only ones bothered.
The telemarketers faked their calls to make them appear they came from other companies, which then received angry calls and were named in lawsuits from consumers.
The FCC didn't name these companies, but said one got so many calls that its phone network “became unusable.”The fine is not a final decision.
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