Centho, creator of Wincalls and presented as a cybersecurity expert, tracks the numbers used for this cold calling. He has catalogued nearly 23 million of them.
Three months after the ban on sales calls made without prior consent, the solicitations have not stopped. A new law was supposed to leave consumers alone. Those who were interviewed nevertheless say they continue to receive these calls.
Each month, a government platform still receives more than 20,000 reports of abusive calls. The volume of complaints therefore remains high despite the ban.
He has drawn up a red list of these numbers and created an application designed to block them automatically. The tool records calls that the ban has not eliminated.
The penalties provided for are high on paper. Cold callers face fines of up to 375,000 euros.
This sum is considered insufficiently deterrent for automated call centers capable of placing millions of calls. The legal ceiling carries little weight against such a large volume.
Last year, the fraud-enforcement authority imposed 11 million euros in fines on telephone solicitors. This annual total remains far below the ceiling set for a single offense and the pace of reports recorded each month.