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Spam call bounty hunter

Planet Money

CHAPTER

TCPA Class Action Lawsuits Aren't the Point of the Law

The TCPA has turned telemarketing enforcement into a kind of market. Eric says these big lawsuits could actually have made the spam call problem even worse than before. A woman kept like 30 cell phones in a shoebox just to file TCPA lawsuits, and she called it her business. As for the people who are filing these lawsuits on their own, there are things besides the money motivating them.

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