“…last year the FTC still received over 3 million complaints about unwanted calls. The problem? Some legitimate companies still aren’t respecting the Do Not Call list. And many of the unwanted calls are from scammers or non-legit companies, who don’t care if they violate the law. Many operate overseas, making prosecution even tougher. So far, the FTC has collected less than 9 percent of the $1.2 billion in fines for violating the Do Not Call list. Sadly, it’s getting easier for scammers to trick you into answering the phone. New technology makes it easy to “spoof” a phone number, so that a scammer can show up on your caller ID as an apparently legitimate number. Robocalls can be quickly set up, and illegal scammers find it easy to avoid detection.”