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    The FCC is cracking down on scammy robotexts. What that means for you

    by Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times Mar 16, 2023 5 minutes
    Robotexts have drawn the ire of the FCC.

    How many text messages have you received lately about a missed delivery of a package you didn't order? Or a prize you've earned for being a loyal customer of a company you don't use? Or a nonexistent withdrawal just made on your account?

    Bogus messages like these have skyrocketed in recent years as scammers have shifted from robocalls to robotexts — in part because the feds were forcing phone companies to shut their networks to robocalls. The legal landscape is changing, however, in a way that should make it tougher for fraudsters to invade your message queue too.

    That's tougher, not impossible. Scammers are a notoriously resourceful bunch.

    On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission adopted a rule that requires mobile phone companies to block texts that are "highly likely to be illegal." That includes texts from spoofed or non-working numbers, which

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