It would be hard to find someone who isn't familiar with the "we've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty" robocall. However, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and others are working to reach that goal by launching an effort dubbed Operation Robocall Roundup to stop these types of calls from happening in the United States.

As part of the Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force 's effort, Ellison's office announced Thursday that warning letters are being sent to nearly 100 downstream providers that accept call traffic from 37 telecom companies. In addition, the FCC says it will remove seven providers from the Robocall Mitigation Database. In doing so, other providers won't be allowed to either accept, or route, any calls from their networks.

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