Unwanted robotexts targeted by FCC

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and North Dakota’s Drew Wrigley have joined attorneys general – from every state – in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in support a plan to help cut down on unwanted text messages. The proposal would require mobile wireless providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned, or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate list.

In 2021 the FCC received more than 15,000 consumer complaints about unwanted texts.  In 2020 scammers stole more than $86 million through frauds perpetrated via scam text messages.

Minnesota Attorney General Ellison urges consumers that if you get a robocall or a robotext don’t engage or reply:  hang up on the caller or delete the text immediately.  Ellison says “Minnesotans are polite people, but these folks aren’t: they’re scammers who are out to defraud you and steal your money.”