[Asterisk-biz] CID Spoofing

[C F]

On 7/28/05, Michael Greb <michael at thegrebs.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 04:40:24PM -0400, C F wrote:
> > On 7/28/05, Michael Greb <michael at thegrebs.com> wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 10:14:08AM -0400, C F wrote:
> > > > On 7/27/05, Michael Greb <michael at thegrebs.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 03:42:45PM -0400, C F wrote:
> > > > > > First for Alex,
> > > > > > People do it for all types of reasons, and not always for criminal
> > > > > > activity. Collections is one example. If you can't get a hold of
> > > > > > someone just call him with the callerID of his wife, girl friend, or
> > > > > > boss, and you'll be surprised of the results.
> > > > > Sure you might get them on the phone but you would be in violation of
> > > > > the rules that regulate what collection agencies can and can't do to get
> > > > > in contact with you.
> > > >
> > > > I did not say collection agencies, I said collections. If you are not
> > > > employed by someone else, then you do collections all the time. Every
> > > > so often there is someone that likes not to answer the phone becuase
> > > > they know you want money, in which case this IS legal, and it acutaly
> > > > works.
> > >
> > > I used imprecise language.  It doesn't matter if you work for a
> > > collections agency or not, the provisions regulating collections still
> > > apply.
> > >
> >
> > Not true, if it's a debt owned to you (you didn't sell that debt, or
> > you were not hired by someone to collect someone elses debt) then you
> > are not a collector by law.
> 
> Correct, you aren't a debt collector, but if you use any name other
> then your own business name in any medium when communicating with a
> debtor (i.e. presenting yourself as someone else via caller ID spoofing)
> then you are responsible for meeting all provisions of the Fair Debt
> Collections Act, including those which apply solely to debt collectors.
> 
> Perhaps before you correct me, you go read the act for yourself.
> 
> Michael

Maybe so, in which case the most popular reason (at least that I have
heard of) for spoofing callerID is indeed ilegal. But in any other
case there is no law about spoofing callerID