Re: FCC and FTC Demand Cut-Off Robercallers of Coronavirus Scams

["Grimes, Greg" <greg.grimes () msstate edu>]

I was thinking the EXACT same thing!!

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Greg Grimes
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From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>
Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 6:21:43 PM
To: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>; nanog () nanog org <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: Re: FCC and FTC Demand Cut-Off Robercallers of Coronavirus Scams


Finally, but why did it take a pandemic to get them to do this?

At 07:14 PM 03/04/2020, Sean Donelan wrote:

> A sternly worded, finger-wagging press release.
>
>
> https://secure-web.cisco.com/1LWeqrXLGvJdEBzB1uFe8kj9AI4aQYKo58pr0a7HHabjzZjlUFhbYW9sw_3phNW8RRZcfh4T01zhFWJzwlT5koYKFBC0X9DhlUbUeWJCpcaJDWoGiw4jEvVGWiHMyWhb-DgXaHwKqs4DEaqsgXzJvXllUvcmj0hqGdV7dPWOJjhFPMUEnjT8Grl3W7MQ7A5v1nC1W9_K01pTSV8PsbPRjlTzYrA20dcqjx74JJSmlZDRnMsoPxJoZcH2jQ00PAsRaeGGdnA4EE5KwbCYlUu4M0UhYHkKmOkfjSJjZyBfAALCJQveH8qYnTfkSoI5OzVKm1aapZq23qJsbv8OReeHk8w/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcc.gov%2Fdocument%2Ffcc-ftc-demand-gateway-providers-cut-covid-19-robocall-scammers
>
> [...]
> The FCC¢s Enforcement Bureau and FTC¢s Bureau of
> Consumer Protection wrote to three gateway
> providers that are facilitating these scam
> COVID-19-related robocalls: SIPJoin of Suffolk,
> Virginia; Connexum of Orange, California; and
> VoIP Terminator/BLMarketing of Lake Mary,
> Florida. The companies have been identified by
> the Traceback Group, a consortium of phone
> companies that help officials track down suspect
> calls, managed by the trade association
> USTelecom. The Commissions also wrote to
> USTelecom to ask its members to begin blocking
> calls from these providers if the flood of
> robocalls is  not cut off within 48 hours.

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