Drummond Issues Warning to Phone Companies That Allowed Robocalls to Bombard Oklahomans
Ponca City Now - December 16, 2024 5:51 am
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond
OKLAHOMA CITY – Attorney General Gentner Drummond has issued warnings to four voice service provider companies that transmitted suspected illegal robocall traffic on their networks for one or more of their customers.
Drummond and 50 other attorneys general who comprise the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force have investigated a variety of providers. They sent warning letters last week outlining their findings to the companies suspected of illegally transmitting robocalls.
“Illegal robocalls go beyond creating a nuisance,” Drummond said. “Oftentimes they are scams designed to steal personal or financial information from anyone who answers the call. These companies are on notice that illegal robocall activity will not be tolerated.”
Drummond and the coalition of attorneys general provided their findings to the enforcement bureau of the Federal Communications Commission for further consideration and action.
The task force sent warning letters to the following companies:
KWK Communications, Inc. – KWK Communications received at least 129 traceback notices from the industry traceback group between 2020 and 2022, which included high volumes of calls associated with IRS and Social Security Administration scams, auto warranty scams and utilities scams. In just one month in 2022, KWK allegedly routed more than 20,000 calls with illegally spoofed telephone numbers and more than 8.7 million calls made using invalid caller ID numbers.
Inbound Communications Inc. – Inbound received at least 63 traceback notices of suspicious activity between 2021 and 2022, including many calls that involved imposter scams. Inbound is also estimated to have allegedly routed more than 28.4 million DirecTV and cable discount scam robocalls in a single month in 2022. The Federal Trade Commission previously issued a cease-and-desist demand to Inbound over these scam calls.
AKA Management Inc. – AKA received at least 129 traceback notices between 2020 and 2022, including calls that were government imposter scams and tech support scams. AKA is also estimated to have allegedly routed about 12.1 million Amazon and Apple imposter robocalls to consumers in a single month in 2022.
CallVox LLC – CallVox received more than 47 traceback notices between 2020 and 2022 warning of unlawful or suspicious robocalls that it helped move into and through the U.S. telephone network, including thousands of calls to people who were registered on the Do Not Call list and calls placed using illegally spoofed telephone numbers.
“Illegal robocalls go beyond creating a nuisance,” Drummond said. “Oftentimes they are scams designed to steal personal or financial information from anyone who answers the call. These companies are on notice that illegal robocall activity will not be tolerated.”
Drummond and the coalition of attorneys general provided their findings to the enforcement bureau of the Federal Communications Commission for further consideration and action.
The task force sent warning letters to the following companies:
KWK Communications, Inc. – KWK Communications received at least 129 traceback notices from the industry traceback group between 2020 and 2022, which included high volumes of calls associated with IRS and Social Security Administration scams, auto warranty scams and utilities scams. In just one month in 2022, KWK allegedly routed more than 20,000 calls with illegally spoofed telephone numbers and more than 8.7 million calls made using invalid caller ID numbers.
Inbound Communications Inc. – Inbound received at least 63 traceback notices of suspicious activity between 2021 and 2022, including many calls that involved imposter scams. Inbound is also estimated to have allegedly routed more than 28.4 million DirecTV and cable discount scam robocalls in a single month in 2022. The Federal Trade Commission previously issued a cease-and-desist demand to Inbound over these scam calls.
AKA Management Inc. – AKA received at least 129 traceback notices between 2020 and 2022, including calls that were government imposter scams and tech support scams. AKA is also estimated to have allegedly routed about 12.1 million Amazon and Apple imposter robocalls to consumers in a single month in 2022.
CallVox LLC – CallVox received more than 47 traceback notices between 2020 and 2022 warning of unlawful or suspicious robocalls that it helped move into and through the U.S. telephone network, including thousands of calls to people who were registered on the Do Not Call list and calls placed using illegally spoofed telephone numbers.
