In a unanimous decision announced March 16, the Federal Communications Commission adopted its very first rules that aim to stop robo texts, the kind that attempt to trick consumers into clicking on links that can result in ripping them off. The agency is requiring wireless phone carriers to block texts from illegitimate phone numbers, which can display as numbers from unused lines and landlines and urging the companies to seek other ways to fight back. An FCC chairperson says, scam artists have found that sending us messages about a package you never ordered or a payment that never went through along with a link to a shady website is a quick and easy way to get us to engage on our devices and fall prey to fraud. Be leery of text messages and hopefully more of these messages will be stopped by our mobile phone providers.
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