YouMail: 1,158,075,500 robocalls in 2025, 689,951,700 in 2026 YTD. The Missouri AG has separately cited 513.8 million robocalls into the state in early 2026 — about 88.5 calls per person affected. 42,440 FTC DNC complaints — 688 per 100,000, up 32.8%. The AG’s own No-Call Unit logged more than 33,600 state no-call complaints in 2025 and called it the office’s top consumer complaint.
Federal floor: TCPA $500 / $1,500.
Missouri layer — this is the one to memorize:
- Missouri No-Call Law, RSMo §§ 407.1095–407.1110. AG civil penalty up to $5,000 per knowing violation.
- Private right, § 407.1107.3: if you received more than one telephone solicitation in any 12-month period by or on behalf of the same person or entity in violation of the no-call rules, you may enjoin the conduct and recover the greater of actual loss or up to $5,000 per knowing violation. Two-year state limitations period. Written procedures can be a defense.
- Telemarketing Law, §§ 407.1070–407.1085. No calls 9 p.m. to 8 a.m. Separate penalties up to $1,000 for certain telemarketing-conduct violations even off the list.
- MMPA, § 407.010 et seq. The sale that follows the ring — deception, concealment, unfair practice. Actual damages, possible punitive damages and fees. That is Series Two: MMPA Justice.
What changed: No 2026 rewrite of the $5,000 private count. AG Hanaway joined the 2026 FCC carrier letters. The practice point is still the second call in 12 months — that is what opens § 407.1107.
Left on the table: 42,440 × $500 ≈ $21.2 million federal floor. × $1,500 ≈ $63.7 million. If a slice of those files also qualifies for $5,000 under the No-Call Law, the same complaint pile becomes a different industry. Almost none of it is being collected.
Register at ago.mo.gov No-Call and donotcall.gov. Report to 866-289-9633. Use the Missouri Playbook and MMPA Justice.
This is a Q3 2026 TeleJustice Academy quarterly law update. Figures: YouMail Robocall Index (estimated volume); 2025 DNC complaint counts and per-capita rates from the FTC Data Book cycle. “Money left on the table” is complaint count × TCPA statutory minimums — an illustration, not a prediction. Robocall indexes include legal recorded calls. Only documented illegal calls and texts support a claim. Educational only. Not legal advice. TeleJustice Academy is not a law firm. Protect the file: donotcall.gov · state list where one exists · call log with date, time, number · screenshots · your state Playbook at telejusticeacademy.com and telejusticepro.com.