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Tired of robocalls? Time to cash in on them

Depending on the company, it may be an illegal phone call, meaning they owe you money.

You usually avoid any number you think is a robo call, but to this group the ring is the sound of money. These people chose to spend their Saturday trading tricks on exactly how to do it.

Together they’ve earned nearly $350,000 turning robo calls into cash.

The common thread is Don Compton he created a $47 kit and everyone within the group bought it

In Compton’s guidebook he explained step-by-step instructions on how to handle robo calls

Good tips to practice are to answer the call, stay on the call, write down company names and websites, and call back the number. If you speak to a human get their contact information and email, to help you verify the company, then you see a detailed letter to that company, telling them they violated the law.

Two federal laws state a company needs your permission to call your cell with an auto dialer.

If they call anyway that’s a $500 violation. If your number is on the do not call registration, that number triples.

There’s no limit on how much money you can receive.

Tom Harry made $30,000 and did it in order to gain control.

“I feel like I lost my phone to calls that are unproductive everyday and that’s why I started requesting these demands,” he said.

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