[Asterisk-Users] Re: VoIP SPAM, what's next ?

[Scott Laird]

On Aug 10, 2004, at 1:14 PM, Loek Gijben wrote:

> "hank" <hank at hanksmith.net> wrote:
>> voip spam?
>> I have never gotten any yet.
>
> It's is just waiting for the first one to arrive..
> The mechanics are just too appealing for spam-like businesses.
>
> Imagine a telemarketeer script that dials lists of VoIP addresses. 
> Instead of having
> to pay for each call they use cheap Internet bandwioth. The same cost 
> savings we
> use * for applies to the telemarketeers also.

Why stop there--you can beam pre-recorded messages to phones without a 
person or phone line ever being involved.  You could send hundreds of 
calls per minute without paying for more then a cheap PC and a T-1.  
You could play voice-response tricks to shunt likely prospects onto a 
real call center without requiring any real effort.  Compare that to 
email spam, and what it takes for "customers" to get in touch with the 
spammers.

See http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103_2-5302988.html -- 'Qovia' just 
announced a product to do this.  Welcome to the future.


Scott