There is an excellent chance that you’ve received a robocall recently.  These recorded messages have become a regular, unwanted presence of unsolicited sales calls and over the phone identity theft and other schemes that now total into the billions each year. The organizations behind these calls are operating with the intentions of catching unaware consumers and scamming them into a sale or scaring them into disclosing personal information.  One common scheme seeks to collect social security numbers in a call that purports to come from the IRS. Many times, calls target underserved and vulnerable communities.  People may receive frightening messages … Continue reading Authorities Move to Address Robocall Scams that Hurt Consumers