Pennsylvania leaders take new approach to cracking down on robocalls

Source: CBS News

Updated on: July 9, 2026 / 7:31 PM EDT / CBS Pittsburgh


Last year, Americans received nearly 30 billion scam robocalls and text messages. Now, leaders in Pennsylvania are taking a new approach to try to crack down on them.

"It's not just certain audiences that are targeted in this space. It's really everybody," said Kate Sullivan, CEO of Better Business Bureau of Western Pennsylvania. "Robocalling is just faster and more aggressive than it's ever been," Sullivan said.

The prevalence, exacerbated by artificial intelligence, is why 49 attorneys general across the country sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission to strengthen its rules to prevent scammers from accessing legitimate phone numbers.

"You have individuals that will purchase maybe 100,000 different phone numbers," Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said. "Those numbers will land somewhere where you have a nefarious actor who will use those numbers to do the robocalls."

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/pennsylvania-robocalls-crackdown/

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National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) PRESS RELEASE - Bipartisan Coalition of 49 Attorneys General Urges Federal Action on Illegal Robocalls

Link to LETTER (PDF) - https://www.naag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Reply-Comments-of-49-State-AGs-re-2026-Numbering-Resources-NPRM-July-2026.pdf

This effort has been mostly a locally-reported one nationwide as the M$M have mostly ignored it so far.