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How Robocalls Flood Phones, And Why They're Tricky To Thwart

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In mid-March, a federal appeals court struck down Obama-era rules targeting unwanted robocalls. The spam calls are the No. 1 consumer complaint to the Federal Communications Commission.

Texas Public Radio's Paul Flahive (@paulflahive) tells us how fraudsters are flooding our phones and taking advantage of easy-to-dupe phone systems, and how hard robocalls are to stop.

This segment aired on March 28, 2018.

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