So who out there is aware of the FCC or FTC laws concerning spoofing caller ID for deceptive purposes? There's a collection agency out there who has my wife's name crossed with someone else's, and they are picking numbers from our area code to present themselves as when calling us (over and over and over.) I of course would like to turn this around on them as they refuse to believe who we say we are. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20080703/806553a9/attachment.htm
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Robert Goodyear <rob.goodyear at gmail.com> wrote:> So who out there is aware of the FCC or FTC laws concerning spoofing caller > ID for deceptive purposes? There's a collection agency out there who has my > wife's name crossed with someone else's, and they are picking numbers from > our area code to present themselves as when calling us (over and over and > over.) I of course would like to turn this around on them as they refuse to > believe who we say we are.That sucks! Here's an older article about this seemingly common practice: http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9822
Robert Goodyear wrote:> So who out there is aware of the FCC or FTC laws concerning spoofing > caller ID for deceptive purposes? There's a collection agency out > there who has my wife's name crossed with someone else's, and they are > picking numbers from our area code to present themselves as when > calling us (over and over and over.) I of course would like to turn > this around on them as they refuse to believe who we say we are. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- > > AstriCon 2008 - September 22 - 25 Phoenix, Arizona > Register Now: http://www.astricon.net > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-usersQuick note, Congress is attempting to make this practice illegal: http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/congress-looking-to-make-caller-id-spoofing-illegal/ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?tab=summary&bill=s110-704 -- Sherwood McGowan VoIP / Telecom Solutions sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com