[asterisk-users] Spoofing CID

[Sherwood McGowan]

Robert Goodyear 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.
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Quick note, Congress is attempting to make this practice illegal:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/29/congress-looking-to-make-caller-id-spoofing-illegal/
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?tab=summary&bill=s110-704



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Sherwood McGowan
VoIP / Telecom Solutions
sherwood.mcgowan at gmail.com