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Rise Of The Robocalls: What's Behind Vermont's 4.5 Million Unwanted Monthly Calls

Vermonters receive an estimated 145,000 robocalls every day. We're looking at what's behind the rapidly increasing numbers of robocalls.
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Vermonters receive an estimated 145,000 robocalls every day. We're looking at what's behind the rapidly increasing numbers of robocalls.

Vermonters gets an estimated 4.5 million robocalls each month. Calls from scammers and marketers to an 802 number have doubled in just the last two years. We're looking at what's behind the rise in robocalls and ways you can protect yourself from the flood of unwanted calls.

Mich Kabay, a professor of computer security and information systems at Norwich University, joins Vermont Edition to discuss how technology is making robocalls and spoofed caller IDs easier and more common than ever. And what apps and other measures you can take to protect yourself from scams.

And Crystal Baldwin with the Consumer Assistance Program (a partnership with UVM and the attorney general's office) shares the most common Vermont scams and how to handle unwanted callers.

Broadcast live on Monday, March 11, 2019 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.
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