[asterisk-biz] 44-70x Numbers: Block? Evil?

[Al Bochter]

Peter Beckman

Thanks for posting this I will block +44 70xx number range.

Best regards,

Al Bochter
Bochter Services

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Peter Beckman wrote:

> This weekend a bunch of people with fraudulent credit cards hit my 
> business
> and set up a bunch of forwarding to +44 70x numbers.  Not having done 
> much
> work in the UK yet, I didn't know what these were until I read this:
>
>   http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-phone-uk.htm#phone-uk
>
>   "Most "419" scams using +44 70xx numbers involve emails that are sent
>    from Nigeria and other West African countries, not from the UK! If you
>    see a +44 70xx number in a 419 scam email it usually means you're 
> dealing
>    with criminals based in Nigeria."
>
> When I tried it in Skype, skype also blocked the 44 70x number.
>
> Do most ITSPs block +44 70x?  Are there other numbers like this that 
> should
> be blocked?  Is it only ITSPs that block it, where traditional telephony
> companies are simply more than happy to connect your call?  Are ITSPs 
> here
> to provide dial-tone and connectivity regardless of how good or bad the
> call might be?
>
> Beckman
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