<figure><img src="https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/5f8e9ce/2147483647/strip/false/crop/763x509+0+0/resize/763x509!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.bbb.org%2Fprod%2Fcorecmsimages%2F28285ab7-eaea-4cdf-9014-bceb42796e3f.jpg%3Ftx%3Dw_763" alt="Handcuffs are shown next to a cell phone with robocall telemarketer written on the screen"><figcaption>(BBB)</figcaption></figure>In the first two months of this year, the Better Business Bureau reports people in Illinois and Missouri received nearly 236 million robocalls.WSIU's Brad Palmer spoke with the BBB’s regional director Sydney Waters about <a href="https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/18615-bbb-tip-how-to-spot-and-stop-robocalls" target="_blank">how to reduce these calls</a>; which ones are legal and how artificial intelligence is making robocalls more convincing.

(BBB)In the first two months of this year, the Better Business Bureau reports people in Illinois and Missouri received nearly 236 million robocalls. WSIU's Brad Palmer spoke with the BBB’s regional director Sydney Waters about how to reduce these calls; which ones are legal and how artificial intelligence is making robocalls more convincing.

(BBB)In the first two months of this year, the Better Business Bureau reports people in Illinois and Missouri received nearly 236 million robocalls.WSIU's Brad Palmer spoke with the BBB’s regional director Sydney Waters about <a href="https://www.bbb.org/article/news-releases/18615-bbb-tip-how-to-spot-and-stop-robocalls" rel="noopener noreferrer">how to reduce these calls</a>; which ones are legal and how artificial intelligence is making robocalls more convincing.

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