Robocalls have many people in the region fed up, and asking to not be contacted again isn’t working.
In an FTC complaint filed in federal court, James “Jamie” Christiano and his companies, NetDotSolutions Inc. and TeraMESH Networks In. are accused of operating a dialing platform called TelWeb. A second defendant, Andrew Salisbury, is accused of using TelWeb to blast consumers with more than a billion robocalls a year.
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“Great. I hope they really put an end to it, I really do,” said Trotwood resident Latweta Ross after learning about the lawsuit.
Of the billions of calls each year, 64 million used neighbor spoofing, which makes the call appear to be from your area code, or in Dorothy Gragg’s case, from her own home in Jefferson Twp.
“It was stunning because I’m like, looking around the house and I’m like, well there’s nobody here but me,” she said.
John North, Better Business Bureau president and CEO, explains what to do when you receive a robocall.
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“The best thing to do is don’t answer it,” North said. “Don’t say ‘yes’ — we’ve talked about that before because people are using that ‘yes’ to hook you on the line for a lot of other illegal things — and simply hang up your telephone.”
The FTC said consumers who receive robocalls should report them at FTC.gov. Your complaints help law enforcement track illegal callers and help block the phone numbers bring used.
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