[asterisk-users] Spoofing CID

[Brent Davidson]

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 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:spamsucks2005 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Robert Goodyear
>     <rob.goodyear at gmail.com <mailto:rob.goodyear at gmail.com>> 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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