See the Future of Caller ID - And How it can Stop Scam Robocallers [telecom]

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If you loathe robocalls, you might just love this story. We have an inside look at a new type of caller ID that's designed to shut down scammers.

By Chris Chmura, James Jackson and Joe Rojas

Robocalls are annoying - and constant.

Irvine-based YouMail estimates U.S. phones received about 147 million robocalls every day last month. San Francisco Bay Area phones rang about 81 million times in December - with a robocaller on the other end.