BY MYRA FAYE TURNER Remember back in the day when everyone had landline phones? No sooner would you sit down to eat, get in the shower, etc. when your phone would ring and on the other end was an annoying telemarketer. The widespread use of answering machines and caller ID eased some of the pain. The calls continued, but at least you could screen them. Fast forward. A new, more annoying way to irritate consumers has reared its ugly head: robocalls. Most days I received a dozen robocalls. On the day I am writing this piece, I received two calls before noon. One at 8:30 a.m. while standing in the checkout line at the grocery! In case you don’t know, a robocall is a computer-dialed call, with a pre-corded message. Most robocalls are phishing expeditions —spammers attempting to separate you from your money or steal your identity. Not all calls are spammers or annoyances, but most are. You may have received robocalls during this election cycle, for instance.
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