Re: Caller ID = FAIL - Woman gets death threats after telemarketing scammers use her number while Caller ID spoofing

10-21-2008, 02:07 PM

ultimauw@gmail.com wrote:

>http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/.../1539227.shtml
>
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>Handling Caller ID Spoofing?
>Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 21, @12:11PM
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>Communications Privacy Spam
>An anonymous reader writes "A nice little old lady I know has had her
>number spoofed by some car warranty scammers. They're calling hundreds
>of potential victims per day pretending to use her phone number, and
>the angry ones call her back; some of them have even left death
>threats. She's terrified. Some well-intending anti-telemarketing folks
>have posted her address on the 'net as well. How can we figure out
>where these scammer bastards are, and what's the state of the current
>legislation to prevent caller ID spoofing? I calle the FBI in Boston
>(near where she lives) and they said they can't help. She's called her
>phone company, but they said they can't help either. She's had the
>same number for over 50 years and doesn't want to change it." If the
>Feds can't or won't handle it, what's the best approach here?

Just tell the feds that the scammers are downloading movies or MP3s
and they'll move heaven and earth to catch them..

10-21-2008, 11:09 PM

Mutlley <mutley2000@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:61asf4dfdu9mdc8m75shmp3hs2jpp2i53o@4ax.com:

> Just tell the feds that the scammers are downloading movies or MP3s
> and they'll move heaven and earth to catch them..
>
>

Go one better....Tell the MPAA through their website the scammers are
posting their latest movies online. Hell, even the Defense Secretary will
be hot on that trail....(c;

10-24-2008, 02:59 AM

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