Re: [asterisk-users] Spoofing CID

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Author: Brent Davidson
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To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Spoofing CID
Robert Goodyear wrote:
> Yeah I'm thinking either homeland security or some other
> identity-critical legislation might be on my side here.
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 12:40 PM, randulo <spamsucks2005@???
> <mailto:spamsucks2005@???>> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Robert Goodyear
> <rob.goodyear@??? <mailto:rob.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.
> That sucks!
>
> Here's an older article about this seemingly common practice:
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9822
>


If I were you I would go to the local Sheriff's department (not local
police) and file a harassment complaint.
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