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  • How to Stop Criminal Robocalling

    All objective experience over the past seven years has shown that every successful effort to reduce robocalling has been the result of an enforcement action or fear of an enforcement action. Since most criminal robocalls [...continue]

  • How to Stop Tech Support Fraud

    Since 2021, criminal groups in India have shifted from making outbound law enforcement impersonation phone calls to distributing call back phone numbers to potential tech support fraud victims via computer pop-up ads and e-mail messages. [...continue]

  • How to Stop Robotexting

    As reported instances of spam text messages, scam text messages, and “robotexting” have increased over the past several years, many news outlets have treated robotexting and robocalling as similar, interchangeable scams coming from the same [...continue]

  • Where Criminal Robocalls Come From

    Most prima facie criminal scams originate from outside the United States, primarily from India. This is based on the totality of call traces and other statistics over the past seven years. For example, in 2020 [...continue]

  • Call Tracing Demystified

    Call tracing is the single most effective tool used to reduce illegal robocalls. By locating the source of an illegal call, illegal activity can be stopped at its source. Further, the fear of discovery by [...continue]

  • Robocalling v. Robotexting

    The FCC’s Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) is the second most powerful tool in the fight against robocalls. Since July 2021, the FCC has required all voice service providers to register with the RMD and declare [...continue]

GET INVOLVED


FVRO is currently seeking volunteers for a variety of exciting projects.

  • Investigators are needed to conduct covert examinations of scam call centers. Volunteer investigators call criminals and pretend to be potential victims in order to obtain IP addresses, phone numbers, and means and methods of payment.
  • Engineers are needed to set up and train investigators on use of virtual machines, Wireshark, and other cyber investigation tools. Additional special projects include helping to develop a VoIP honeypot and building web crawlers to document tech support fraud pop-up ads.
  • Attorneys are needed to analyze cases and specific case law. Future projects include John Doe lawsuits and helping victims with writs of mandamus.
  • Web developers and social media experts are needed to drive public engagement with FVRO’s projects and goals.
  • Federal Agents and State and Federal prosecutors are needed to vet, research, and provide feedback on specific policy proposals.
  • Passionate and dedicated activists are needed to be District Captains in each of all 435 Congressional Districts to organize community support for FVRO’s goals.
Interested parties should contact FVRO at [email protected].

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