Block robocalls: Helpful apps and tools that stop spam calls

Ever get a call from a random number, answer it, and then hear an automated message on the other end talking about your car warranty or endorsing a political candidate? That’s a robocall, and it’s a menace to society. Some people get robocalled multiple times a day. That’s not surprising, considering that in 2019, the Federal Communications Commission revealed that US consumers were receiving about 350,000 robocalls every three minutes — nearly half of them scams.