---
title: "Robocalls are annoying, insidious and often illegal — and there’s no “magic solution” to stop them"
metaTitle: "No Easy Fix for Robocalls"
slug: no-easy-fix-for-robocalls
date: "2018-12-23T13:58:36-06:00"
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  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/undefined.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: Denver Post
  url: dpo.st
sourceArticle:
  url: "https://dpo.st/2BYPKkI"
legacySlug: robocalls-are-annoying-insidious-and-often-illegal-and-theres-no-magic-solution-to-stop-them
tags: [FCC, FTC, Robocalls]
status: published
---

December 23, 2018

By the time you finish reading this sentence, roughly 2,000 more robocalls will have pinged phones across the country.

Most are the same: a buzz emits from an incoming 303, 720 or other familiar area code. Maybe it is a locked-out neighbor? A child’s classmate? But on the other end of the line is a robotic voice rattling off a list of ominous hazards. Something about the IRS, a credit score or mortgage rates. In Colorado alone, 2.4 million robocalls happen each day, according to YouMail, a software company that tracks robocalls and makes blocking software.

“I hear about it all the time, from family, friends and constituents,” Cynthia Coffman , Colorado’s attorney general, said. “People are very frustrated...”