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Spam calls are one of the most annoying problems on the internet era. But surprisingly, a U.S. law from 1991 might allow you to earn up to $1,500 for each illegal robocall.
The problem is that most robocallers hide behind fake names, spoofed phone numbers, and anonymous operations, making it almost impossible for consumers to identify them.
That’s where technology - and increasingly AI - comes in.
Tools like DoNotPay created a virtual credit card system designed to uncover the real identity of spam callers. When a robocaller tries to sell you something, you give them the virtual card. When they attempt to process the payment, the payment network reveals the business name, address, and phone number behind the call.
That information can then be used to automatically generate legal claims…
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There's this amazing law in the U.S. that allows you to get $1,500 every time you get a spam call. It's called the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. This law is from 1991. The problem with these robot callers is they use fake names, fake numbers. So we decided to build something to help these people. We built a special credit card, a virtual credit card, and it's not linked to the consumer. It's linked to do not pay, and when they try and sell you the cruise or whatever they're trying to sell you, you can say I'm very interested. Here's my special card, and you give them the special do not pay card. And through the payment network, it gets the business name, address, phone number, all the details through the payment network that you would need to generate a letter to get your money. And there's this one man, I keep talking about him, he's based in New Jersey, and he's made his full time job using do not pay to get money back from these robot callers, he's kind of an exceptional case, he's made, I would say close to $100,000 doing this. That's really helpful because I think without the card and without the knowledge, he wouldn't be able to do this.