As part of the bipartisan, nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, Attorney General Phil Weiser notified nine phone providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route suspected illegal robocalls across their networks. These warning letters include information about the task force’s investigation and analysis of each provider’s illegal and/or suspicious robocall traffic.
“While we’ve made progress on robocalls, they continue to plague Coloradans’ phone lines,” Weiser said. “Working with this broad, bipartisan group of attorneys general, I remain committed to stopping illegal and unwanted calls, holding scammers accountable, and protecting Colorado consumers.”
In addition to sending these warning notices and demanding that these companies stop transmitting illegal robocalls, the task force has also shared its concerns about these providers with federal law enforcement partners, including the Federal Communications Commission.
The task force sent warning letters to the following companies:
Global Net Holdings received at least 153 traceback notices for illegal and suspicious robocalls about government and financial imposters and impersonations, Amazon suspicious charges, credit card interest rate reductions, Medicare scams, Chinese package delivery scams, cable discount scams, utility disconnect scams, and others.
All Access Telecom received more than 356 traceback notices since the end of 2023 for illegal and suspicious robocalls about political impersonations, cable discount scams, government and financial imposters, Amazon suspicious charges, credit card “courtesy” calls, and others.
Lingo Telecom received more than 105 traceback notices since the end of 2023 over robocalls involving Social Security imposters, utility disconnects, Amazon suspicious charges, student loans, and others.
NGL Communications received at least 100 traceback notices since the end of 2023 for robocalls about COVID financial relief, student loan forgiveness, debt relief, DirecTV discounts, credit card interest rate reductions, and others.
Range received more than 590 traceback notices since 2019 for robocalls about utilities rebates, Medicare advisors, financial impersonations and credit card interest rate reductions, auto warranties, and others.
RSCom Ltd received nearly 1,000 traceback notices since 2019 for scam calls about tax relief, private entity imposters, utilities disconnects, travel scams, student loan forgiveness, and others.
Telcast Network received at least 800 traceback notices about illegal and suspicious robocalls about financial and utility imposters, utilities rebates, Medicare advisors, Amazon, tax relief, and others.
ThinQ Technologies (also known as Commio) received more than 500 traceback notices since 2019 about government imposters, debt relief/financing, loan approvals, Amazon suspicious charges, student loan forgiveness, DirecTV discounts, sweepstakes, and others.
Telcentris (also known as Voxox) received more than 400 traceback notices since 2019 about scam calls about Social Security imposters, Amazon scam, student loans, and others.
If you suspect fraudulent activity from a robocall, hang up immediately, and do not provide any personal information. Consumers are encouraged to make use of device settings and phone provider services allowing for call screening and number blocking.
The 51-attorney general Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force investigates and takes legal action against those responsible for routing significant volumes of illegal robocall traffic into and across the United States.
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