---
title: The FCC’s Fight Against Phone-y Calls
metaTitle: "The FCCS Fight Against Phone Y Calls"
slug: the-fccs-fight-against-phone-y-calls
date: "2017-08-01T15:50:59-05:00"
image:
  src: "https://cdn.securelogix.dev/slx/images/undefined.webp"
sourcePublisher:
  name: CBS News
  url: cbsn.ws
sourceArticle:
  url: "http://cbsn.ws/2wh3nHp"
tags: [FCC, Phone Scam, Robocalls]
status: published
---

August 1, 2017

Your phone rings. You don’t recognize the number, but you answer anyway. “Hello, hello?” Then a prerecorded voice comes on the line: “Congratulations! You’ve been selected to receive at absolutely no cost to you free installation of aluminum siding for your home, along with a set of solar panels …”

By this point, if you have any common sense, you’ve already hung up. But you wonder: How could this happen since you’ve already signed up for the “do not call” list? And why are these scammers allowed to annoy me?...