(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A man uses a cellphone in New Orleans, Aug. 11, 2019. On Tuesday, May 23, 2023, attorneys general across the U.S. joined in a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday’s office, Sunday announced the first action under “Operation Robocall Roundup.” This is an effort by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force in multiple states to crack down on robocalls across the nation and in Pennsylvania. Fifty bipartisan Attorneys General and Sunday sent letters of warning to thirty-seven voice providers demanding them to stop robocalls that are illegal that are being routed through their networks immediately. You can call 1-888-777-3406 to be on the Pennsylvania Do Not Call list or to be on the same list online at the link below:

Click here for the link: attorneygeneral.gov/dnc

According to that same release from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, here are some tips to help avoid robocalls:

• Be mindful of providing your phone number to businesses asking for your telephone number. Signing up for a rewards program or similar with your phone number allows the business to place you on telemarketing lists without requiring further consent.
• Be aware of providing contact information when participating in online surveys of contests. Read the fine print– you may be adding yourself to a telemarketing list.
• Entering contests at fairs and other public events may lead to future telephone solicitations.

Warning letters about robocalls are also being sent to 99 downstream telecom providers by the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force.