A man in America was fined $120 million for making 100 million robocalls. A robocall is made by a programme. The say the man was a threat to public . His calls were because many were made to phones. Many calls went to telephones without the person being called wanting call. They were nuisance calls. This is like e-mail, which is also unwanted and a nuisance.
The man carried out " of the largest and most dangerous robocalling campaigns...". He made 96 million robocalls in three . It was a "telemarketing ". He used a technique to trick people into thinking the calls were from a telephone number. He also tricked people into believing the calls were from companies. Callers were passed on to call . These tried to sell them . The man said he did nothing .