Phone.com Complies with New FCC mandated Anti-Fraud/Spam Requirements

On June 28, 2021
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If your time is short Illegal robocalls are a nuisance and a vehicle for bad actors to commit fraud. The telecommunications industry has developed a framework called STIR/SHAKEN to verify the authenticity of caller ID numbers. The deadline to implement these protocols is June 30, 2021. Phone.com complies with these requirements. The change will have no customer impact except for hopefully reducing the number of illegally spoofed caller-IDs. Some carriers may also flag calls as “Trusted.” Background Illegal robocalls are a nuisance and a vehicle for bad actors to commit fraud. The recent surge in robocalls is due

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Phone.com Complies with New FCC mandated Anti-Fraud/Spam Requirements