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State Lawmakers Looking Into Robocall Problem

Would like to see stiffer penalties

A fake caller ID and hiding their real location.

Robo callers are getting sneaky, and using technology as cheap as $2 to trick you into answering your phone.

Indiana Lawmakers met Tuesday at the Statehouse in Indianapolis to discuss how to disconnect such calls. 

Indiana's Attorney General's Office says they received nearly four-thousand complaints of unwanted calls in 2018, with 68 percent of those being robocalls. 

The Attorney General's office said the penalty for breaking Indiana's Do Not Call Law the first time is up to a $10,000 fine. It's $25,000 for each call after that. Lawmakers feel penalties should be harsher.

 

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