[asterisk-biz] Fraud

[Paul]

trixter aka Bret McDanel wrote:

>On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 18:26 -0400, Brian wrote:
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>>I honor what comes back from my DB.  When you run our API it does a live dip
>>in the database I use for pricing your call.  I try to do updates to the
>>database then traffic is low which is usually around 2-3 am or so..  but
>>nevertheless..   To answer your question yes, if you get back a price place
>>the call and the numbers don't match then I will change the cost of the
>>call.  Mind you I do keep logs of every LCR API attempt to keep people
>>honest.  
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>what about situations where your carrier might have a pass through
>billing clause, for example one situation that occured is that in
>certain countries its really easy to set up a phone company, publish
>rates, then at some point in the future change those termination rates.
>You may not get the information quickly enough before calls go through
>but your carrier might bill you.  Or do you not have any pass through
>billing agreements with any of your providers?
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Most pots line ld providers now have rate lookups on the website. That
alone protects consumers in most states from any pass through. How do
those carriers protect themselves?

I would not route calls to any country where such things are possible
using a pass through provider. Practice safe termination and live longer.