RE: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls?

["Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>]

Why would the carriers want to do anything?  They are making money from call termination fees.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of Sean
> Pedersen
> Sent: Wednesday, 4 April, 2018 08:45
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: RE: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls?
>
> Yep. Add it to the list of IRS scams, fake arrest warrants, credit
> repair, free vacations, etc. The rate of calls has increased
> dramatically in the past year, especially with the "neighborhood
> scam" where they spoof their CLID to a local area code and prefix +
> 0000 through 9999 and blast you with calls, trying to trick you into
> thinking it's someone local and thus important or legitimate.
>
> I have a second phone I use for work and on-call, so that goes on DND
> from 6PM to 6AM with a VIP list of people/numbers that can ring
> through. No problems there, and somehow that number isn't (yet) on
> anyone's list, so I don't get many calls.
>
> On my personal cell, I started to use an app called Hiya that has
> been pretty successful. It's available for both iPhone and Android.
> It powers a lot of the carrier-specific apps like AT&T Call Protect,
> but unlike them, it doesn't suck. It's a giant database of reports
> that rate calling numbers and classify them as fraud, scam,
> neighborhood spoofing, etc. and you can flag them or route them right
> to voicemail. The only time it doesn’t work is when it hasn't updated
> its list in a little while and a few sneak through. They just
> realized a premium version that added some features. I haven't
> explored it yet.
>
> Went from about 20 calls a week to almost nothing.
>
> Carriers seem to be either uncapable or unwilling to address the
> issue other than the occasional lip-service reply about "taking
> customer's $variable seriously."
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces () nanog org] On Behalf Of William
> Herrin
> Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:32 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls?
>
> Howdy.
>
> Have any of you started to get AI robocalls? I've had a couple of
> calls recently where I get the connect silence of a predictive dialer
> followed by a woman speaking with call center background noise. She
> gives her name and asks how I'm doing. The first time it happened it
> seemed off for reasons I can't quite articulate, so I asked: "Are you
> a robot or a person?" She responded "yes" and then launched in to a
> sales pitch. The next time I asked, "where can I direct your call?"
> She responded "that's good" and launched in to her pitch.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
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