Nomorobo Files TCPA Lawsuit Against Debt Collector

Telephone Science Corporation (doing business as Nomorobo), has filed an unusual TCPA lawsuit against debt collection firm Harris & Harris Ltd. in the Northern District of Texas, alleging 16,554 violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and Texas consumer protection laws.

Nomorobo protects consumers and businesses from unwanted robocalls and spam texts through its mobile apps and integrations with VoIP landline carriers. The core of its technology is a large, constantly updated database of known robocaller numbers, which is built in part by maintaining a “honeypot”—hundreds of thousands of unlisted, dormant phone numbers used to detect and identify robocalls.

When a call matches a number on its blocklist, Nomorobo automatically intercepts and blocks the call before it reaches the user, in theory only allowing legitimate calls to come through. The service is recognized by the FTC, offered for free on landlines, and is available as a paid app for mobile devices.