The Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission gave three gateway companies 48 hours to cut off robocalls peddling COVID-19-related scams, or else the FCC will authorize U.S. telecom companies not to accept calls which originate from those gateway providers.
The calls include a scam in which the call claims to be from the Social Security Administration and tells the recipient that their Social Security account is being suspended; calls shilling a fake COVID-19-related “refund”; and fraudulent offers to reduce people’s payments on mortgages, student loans or other bills. All of the calls originate overseas.
