Attorney General Keith Ellison (D-MN)
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFGO/KNOX) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and North Dakota’s Drew Wrigley have joined attorneys general from every state in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission in support of a plan to cut down on unwanted text messages.
The proposal would require mobile providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned, or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate list.
In 2021, the FCC received more than 15,000 complaints about unwanted texts. In 2020, scammers stole more than $86 million through fraud perpetrated via scam text messages.
Ellison urges people not to engage or reply to robocalls or robotexts.
“Hang up on the caller, or delete the text immediately,” Ellison said. “Minnesotans are polite people, but these folks aren’t. They’re scammers who are out to defraud you and steal your money.”
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