[asterisk-users] Spoofing CID

[randulo]

On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Robert Goodyear <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