Comcast, AT&T take steps to combat scam calls

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Post Bulletin - 3/23/2019 - Christian Hetrick Phildelphia Inquirer - Comcast and AT&T said Wednesday that they successfully verified that calls between two separate networks were authentic as they work to combat a surge in scam calls. The successful test of call authentication technology between different networks is believed to be an industry first, the companies said. The rapid rise of robocalls has been driven in part by caller ID “spoofing,” in which scammers place calls that appear to come from local numbers or legitimate businesses. Nearly half of all mobile calls this year will come from scammers, according to First Orion, an Arkansas-based call management company. Read more @ https://www.postbulletin.com/news/busin ... 37bed.html