Re FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh () hserus net>
> Date: March 3, 2017 at 5:52:16 PM EST
> To: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> Cc: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers
>
> Let us put it this way, the marketers are often offshore but more likely than not, their clients - the advertisers 
> who paid for the campaign - are in the USA.  
>
> The TCPA, which governs telemarketing allows prosecution of the advertiser not just the marketer who robocalled you.
>
> Any marketer in the USA will likely not want to expose himself to wire fraud charges 
>
> --srs
>
> > On 04-Mar-2017, at 3:35 AM, Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > In theory, sure. In practice, prosecution of such cases is virtually nil
> > for "routine" robocalling.
> >
> > L
> >
> >
> > > On 03/04 02:56, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> > > You do realise that once they spoof a real individual's phone number, they lay themselves open to a variety of wire 
> > > fraud and impersonation related criminal charges.
> > >
> > > --srs
> > >
> > > > On 04-Mar-2017, at 2:10 AM, Dave Farber <farber () gmail com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Begin forwarded message:
> > > >
> > > > > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
> > > > > Date: March 3, 2017 at 1:19:35 PM EST
> > > > > To: nnsquad () nnsquad org
> > > > > Subject: [ NNSquad ] FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > FCC chair wants carriers to block robocalls from spoofed numbers
> > > > >
> > > > > https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/robocalls-begone-fcc-seeks-to-block-calls-from-spoofed-numbers/
> > > > >
> > > > >    The proposed rules would let providers "block spoofed
> > > > >  robocalls when the spoofed Caller ID can't possibly be valid."
> > > > >  Providers would be able to block numbers that aren't valid
> > > > >  under the North American Numbering Plan and block valid
> > > > >  numbers that haven't been allocated to any phone company.
> > > > >  They'd also be able to block valid numbers that have been
> > > > >  allocated to a phone company but haven't been assigned to a
> > > > >  subscriber.
> > > > >
> > > > > - - -
> > > > >
> > > > > Unfortunately, since this would only apply to illegitimate numbers,
> > > > > this is likely to be of only extremely limited value.  Robocallers
> > > > > have long since learned that spoofed numbers that don't look legit are
> > > > > likely to be ignored. So they routinely "borrow" legit numbers of
> > > > > legit subscribers to spoof, causing even more hassles for everyone.
> > > > > This rule is likely to exacerbate this problem.
> > > > >
> > > > > --Lauren--
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