Vishing is a type of social engineering attack where criminals use phone calls to impersonate legitimate entities including banks, HMRC and tech support.
And cell phone carriers would require carriers to implement new call blocking technology, offer call blocking and labelling accumulates. and label them real or spam and monitor networks for robo calls. lawmakers say it will make it easier to investigate and prosecute these bad actors. thanks to these, the phones will ring less often, but unfortunately, there will always be bad actors, no matter how well we try to prevent these calls, some will get through and that s why enforcement is a critical part of what we re doing today. right now there s no deadline for the new technology to be put in place and no guarantee they ll block the unwanted calls. officials say it s a step in the right doctor ex. some of the phone companies involved include verizon, sprint, t-mobile, at&t, century link and comcast. we ll see what the scammers
General from all 50 states. they announced a set of agreed upon anti-robocall principles that will include call blocking technology at the network level at no cost to phone customers. americans receive an average of 5 billion robocalls every month. let s get a check on cnn business this morning. take a look at global markets right now, a strong session for asia up some half a percent, similar story gains outperforming over there in london as you can see. that s the handover to the u.s. markets this morning on wall street, take a look, we are making gains, too. some 0.4 of 1% for the tech heavy nasdaq. it was a roller coaster day for investors after the bond market flashed warning lights that a recession could be coming yet again. just the dow managing to eek out a gain of around 50 points, the s&p 500 and the nasdaq falling slightly. federal reserve chair jay powell will try to calm investors at a high profile speech this morning. expectations for a september
Conspiracy that stole millions of dollars from businesses and the elderly through a variety of scams, then laundered the money. 14 people were arrested in the u.s. on thursday including 11 in los angeles. robocalls are the target of a new joint venture between telecom and law enforcement. companies including at&t, sprint, verizon and t-mobile are teaming up with attorneys general from all 50 states. they announced a set of agreed upon anti-robocall principles that will include call blocking technology at the network level at no cost to phone customers. americans receive an average of 5 billion robocalls every single month. i recommend you just don t answer calls when you don t recognize the number, but you do. of course i do. i m hoping it s someone who wants to talk to me. why would i ignore calls? hoping you won a prize. ahead the dodgers do it again, another dramatic walk off win. andy scholes with that story in the bleacher report. off
Include washington, d.c. with 48 calls per person last month. baton rouge, 43, memphis with 35, and san antonio with 31. now the telecom companies have agreed to deploy new call blocking technology, free to customers to use screening technology to determine if a number is being spoofed to look like someone you know or government agency. trace calls the callers. for most americans it can t come soon enough. come on, man. just trying to watch netflix. that was tom costello with that report. and that wraps up this hour of msnbc live. i m morgan radford. thank you so much for joining me this afternoon. andrea mitchell reports starts right now. and right now on andrea mitchell reports, the choice. the democratic field narrowing as the party debates whether it s better to be electric or electable. no election has been more