On September 30, 2024 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released Q2, 2024 traceback data. This information illustrates three important points for policy makers.
- There appears to be an emerging trend toward making outbound scam calls using prepaid SIM cards.
- The data shows, for the fourth consecutive documented quarter, that there is no single so-called “gateway” responsible for allowing illegal robocalls into the United States.
- Significant additional reductions in illegal robocalls are possible if the FCC applies Know You Customer identification procedures to registrants to the Robocall Mitigation Database.
These points further emphasize what telecom fraud professionals have been saying for years: stopping illegal robocalls at the source through enforcement against the parties that make robocalls is more efficient and effective than trying to block robocalls at the network. Network measures to label and block robocalls are inaccurate, ineffective, and costly. However, because a relatively small number of criminals are responsible for a large majority of robocalls, enforcement has historically been proven to be the most efficient and effective means of stopping robocalls.
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