JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Do you ever feel like robocalls will never end?
You're not alone. The Federal Trade Commission released a new set of numbers that shows there were 5.4 million Do Not Call complaints. According to the National Do Not Call Registry Data Book for Fiscal Year 2019, October 2018 to September, more than half of the complaints were robocalls.
The data show that complaints were at an all-time high at this time last year before hitting an all-time low in January. Throughout the year, the number of complaints rose once again.
VIEW: Do Not Call Data Book 2019
Florida ranks 19th in the nation among unwanted calls complaints.
Additionally, the FTC broke complaints down by the different types of unwanted calls, with No. 1 being imposters and a close second being medical and prescriptions. Not far behind was reducing debt.
The FTC recommends if you get one of these calls to report it to donotcall.gov. That way, those numbers can be given to phone carriers that work on call-blocking and call-labeling solutions. Your reports also help law enforcement identify the people behind the calls.