SK Teleco Warned for Allegedly Facilitating Scam Robocalls
The FCC Enforcement Bureau sent a letter to SK Teleco demanding that the voice service provider, which is allegedly transmitting scam robocalls impersonating Walmart employees, “immediately cease-and-desist processing these calls.” The calls discuss a “preauthorized purchase of PlayStation 5 special…
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edition with pulse 3D headset” ordered from the recipient’s Walmart account for $919.45, the bureau said this week. Call recipients who press 1 to cancel the order, as instructed, or who call back “are connected to live operators who request personally identifiable information, including social security numbers,” the bureau said. It’s “unlawful to place calls to cellphones containing artificial or prerecorded voice messages absent an emergency purpose or prior express consent,” said an FCC news release.