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Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls

From: Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2020 07:52:21 -0500 (CDT)

No different than any other network abuse mechanism and regulatory and legislative measures meant to control it. 




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From: "Jon Lewis" <jlewis () lewis org> 
To: "Matthew Black" <Matthew.Black () csulb edu> 
Cc: "North American Network Operators' Group" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Friday, April 24, 2020 6:36:28 PM 
Subject: Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls 

On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Matthew Black wrote:


Has anyone else noticed a steep decline in annoying phone calls since the FCC threatened legal action against three 
major VOIP gateways if they didn’t make efforts to prevent 
Caller ID spoofing from scammers?


Not that it's at all on-topic for NANOG, but no. I still get numerous 
"last chance to renew my car warranty" and whatever the scam is from the 
credit card callers per day on both my home and cell numbers. 

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Current thread:

Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Matthew Black (Apr 24)
- RE: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Matthew Black (Apr 24)
- Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Jon Lewis (Apr 24)
  - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Mike Hammett (Apr 25)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls j k (Apr 27)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Mike Hammett (Apr 27)
  - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. (Apr 25)
    - RE: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Matthew Black (Apr 25)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. (Apr 26)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls William Herrin (Apr 27)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Jon Lewis (Apr 27)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Michael Thomas (Apr 27)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls Dovid Bender (Apr 27)
    - Re: Phishing and telemarketing telephone calls bzs (Apr 27)

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