Caller ID Spoofing... For Businesses
from the that-will-be-fun dept
Forget spoofed email headers, a new company has been set up to help companies spoof the caller ID. The product is focused at collections agencies and private investigators, who can call a deadbeat up pretending to be someone they know to get them to answer the phone. The company insists they just want to target those types of customers, but I imagine some telemarketers would enjoy using such a tool. Meanwhile, there are some questions on legality. One person notes that it doesn't appear to break any laws -- but someone else points out that there are rules against collections agencies misrepresenting themselves. And, of course, as soon as this becomes popular, someone will pass a law banning caller ID spoofing.
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Outlawing VoIP
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Re: Outlawing VoIP
(2) These days, many VoIP networks have better-than-POTS quality
(3) Almost all VoIP networks now have interconnect
Do you ever get facts right?
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Re: Outlawing VoIP
2. and 3.: VoIP companies and VoIP enthusiasts claim this, but the reality is otherwise.
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No, that is part of the charm of Dorpus here. He can't be bothered with facts, just his adjenda.
You are not the 1st person to notice Dorpus's position on Techdirt of chief spewer of crap.
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Telemarketers can already do this
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Why worrying with spoofing ANI when VOIP is better
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Spoofing
this site offers caller id spoofing.
check it out. only 5 cents a minute...
there is a free test you can do.
so goto the link, register your phone number and call your self off the test to see different numbers come up on your caller id.
when you register though, know that your using your phone number, and u wont be able to register that # again.
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www.thezerogroup.com
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This is serious!
Check out my guide to PROPERLY Spoof Caller ID
Nice article from the "This will be fun dept". Josh
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