LONGWOOD, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - We all get them: the never-ending robocalls.
“In the last week and a half, probably three or four a day,” said Jon Lane, of Sanford.
“I'm on every do not call list I can be on. I would say at least five a day,” said Sandy Nicholas, of Lake Mary.
Now the State of Florida is taking a stance.
"It is a nuisance. A lot of times, these scam artists are trying to prey on our most vulnerable populations,” said Devin Galetta, from the Department of Financial Services.
The Department of Financial Services is pushing for harsher penalties and bigger fines against the phone scammers doing neighborhood spoofing. You know which kind of robocalls we’re talking about.
“Somehow they get your number and then they use it and it looks like it's from your neighbor,” said Nicholas.
“They show up usually with a similar area code to my phone number and I've really just been ignoring them,” said Lane.
It’s those spoofing calls that can be the most dangerous. If you even answer with a simple hello, the scammer may be recording your voice.
That’s why the Better Business Bureau says with any of these calls, “if you don’t know the phone number, just don’t answer it,” said Erika Urdaneta.
If you already have, Urdaneta says “just listen. see what they have to say. Don't say yes. Don't give any of your information.”