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If youve gotten one of these annoying phone calls, you are not alone. Every month, 150,000 consumers complain about robo calls. What can be done to stop them . Thats our cover story today. This is an amazing opportunity. Sound familiar . Robo calls like this one now make up an estimated 35 of all calls placed in the united states. And telemarketing fraud, which often begins with the robo call, is estimated to cost consumers 350 million a year. One way to try and avoid the annoying calls is join the do not call list at donotcall. Gov. Its a registry for people who dont want to receive telemarketing calls. 220 million calls have been started to the list since it started in 2003 and yet the threat of fines, many ignore the list. And with new internet technology, robo call operators can make millions of calls cheaply. Many originate overseas and spoof or fake the number on Law Enforcement to catch the callers. Experts say, if you receive a robo call, just hang up. Responding in any way let
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