Elaine S. Povich

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Journalist @ https://t.co/Wq1fJMlvJi, mom, college professor, wife, writer, Mainer, Red Sox fan. Tweets are my own and do not imply endorsements.
SEP 09, 2019
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is one of 54 attorneys general who have urged federal officials to crack down on robocalls. [Heather Cherone/The Daily Line]

Your cellphone rings from a number you don’t recognize. Reluctantly, you pick it up and discover it’s an automated call from your credit card company, warning you that someone has fraudulently used your card to buy 10 plane tickets to Singapore. You won’t have to pay the charges. Whew!

Amid state and federal efforts to crack down on scam robocalls, legitimate robocallers worry that calls like this one will be blocked too.

Legit robocalls get snared in crackdown on scams

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is one of 54 attorneys general who have urged federal offic...

Bio

Journalist @ https://t.co/Wq1fJMlvJi, mom, college professor, wife, writer, Mainer, Red Sox fan. Tweets are my own and do not imply endorsements.