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Spam Phone Calls Surged This Year

Phone spammers are working overtime in 2017. Complaints about spam phone calls to the do not call list nearly doubled over the last year. But the Federal Trade Commission says there may be some relief in sight.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with MSNBC’s Ali Velshi( @AliVelshi) for more.

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