[Asterisk-Users] Junk calls from FWD numbers

[Florian Overkamp]

Hi, 

> -----Original Message-----
> My Asterisk server registers two FWD numbers.
> On average I get about one call a day from someone calling
> from an FWD number and leaving a pointless, under 10 second
> message.  It's easy to see who these people are if I look
> in my CDR file I can see thier name and number.  They seem to
> be new FWD users, likely who've just downloaded FWD's Xten
> softphone and then dial some random FWD user (me) to try it
> out. I wonder if these same people when they first got a
> POTS phone installed in thier home got out the white pages
> and dialed randomly asking anyone who'd answer "Hi does this
> work? can you hear me?"
> 
> Question:  Does everyone with an FWD number get these junk
> calls or am I the only lucky one?

Nope, I have them too every once in a while. My choice to deal with it was
to simply setup a simple demo-IVR so people can play with it without having
to bother me :-)

(FWD: 25899, IAXtel: 17005821001)

Florian