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spammers do it with software like freeswitch
you can do it with apps like spoofcard or other services
Stop calling, Damn it.
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you can do it with apps like spoofcard or other services
Lee Stockwell
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Oh he will!
steve_64
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If you answer and go through the hassle and speak to them tell them you already have a company you are happy with they will put you on their do not call list.
One day I was bored.
How do you have a conversation with a robot?
Cleanworks
Moderator
Ask him, "who is Fred"?
that's crazy
Papa John
Lifetime Supportive Member
At the end of their recording-- some tele-spamers allow you to opt out of further phone calls by pressing a particular number
steve_64
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If you you listen to the recording and follow the directions you will get a live person.
KevinD
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Only legit companies
Steve Lawrence
Member
Just found out that the scammers challenged our "Don"t Call List" in court and won....that's why they are out in droves now. Probably bribed public officials to vote in their favor. What a country!?!?!
i just dont know how they sell anything, everyone hates them
Cleanworks
Moderator
There's a sucker born every minute.
All robocalls in the U.S. are illegal already and have been for a decade (except school notification & charity ) UNLESS you have given written permission. The new proposed legislation just enhances the penalty. I get 25-40 a day, even of Sunday I get 6-7. I never would buy anything from these assholes. Interlink actually ROBOCALLED me a few times about special events a few years ago. I hardly ever go there despite there being one four miles from my current home. INSTEAD I drive 30-45 minutes non-rush hour to buy from an independent shop. He carries wider lines of products and stocks 5-6 different encaps. IF YOU ROBO me, we are pretty much done.
The real relief is coming from the carriers's blocking the calls from ever reaching you. They can see those numbers calling huge blocks of numbers and can easily block them. The FCC has ordered that and supposedly it's happening this year. Here is an article on the new legislation :
Three senators have proposed new legislation aimed at deterring robocall scams. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, or TRACED, Act would give the FCC broader authority to penalize those that violate telemarketing restrictions, give the commission a longer window in which to act and establish an interagency working group that would explore additional actions that might deter robocall scams going forward.
"As the scourge of spoofed calls and robocalls reaches epidemic levels, the bipartisan TRACED Act will provide every person with a phone much needed relief," Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), a cosponsor of the proposed legislation, said in a statement. "It's a simple formula: call authentication, blocking and enforcement, and this bill achieves all three."
With this legislation, the statute of limitations on penalties for robocall violations would be extended from two years to three, and the FCC would be instructed to propose new rules aimed at protecting individuals from receiving calls or messages from those using unauthenticated numbers. Further, an interagency working group -- which would be made up of both federal agencies and state entities such as the Departments of Justice, Commerce, State and Homeland Security, the FCC, the FTC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state attorneys general -- would be tasked with providing Congress with recommendations regarding both prevention and prosecution of robocall violations as well as strategies for how federal agencies might implement those recommendations.
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Additionally, the TRACED Act would require the FCC to ensure voice service providers implement call authentication frameworks that can verify incoming calls are legitimate before they reach consumers.
"The TRACED Act targets robocall scams and other intentional violations of telemarketing laws so that when authorities do catch violators, they can be held accountable," said Senator John Thune (R-SD), who introduced the bill. "Existing civil penalty rules were designed to impose penalties on lawful telemarketers who make mistakes. This enforcement regime is totally inadequate for scam artists and we need do more to separate enforcement of carelessness and other mistakes from more sinister actors." Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) cosponsored the bill.
In the last year, the FCC has approved new rules targeting robocalls that spoof caller ID information and urged voice providers to begin validating calls before they reach recipients. "Combating illegal robocalls is our top consumer priority at the FCC," Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement earlier this month. "That's why we need call authentication to become a reality -- it's the best way to ensure that consumers can answer their phones with confidence. By this time next year, I expect that consumers will begin to see this on their phones." In May, the FCC issued a robocall operator responsible for 96 million automated calls a $120 million fine.
Via: The Verge
The real relief is coming from the carriers's blocking the calls from ever reaching you. They can see those numbers calling huge blocks of numbers and can easily block them. The FCC has ordered that and supposedly it's happening this year. Here is an article on the new legislation :
Three senators have proposed new legislation aimed at deterring robocall scams. The Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence Act, or TRACED, Act would give the FCC broader authority to penalize those that violate telemarketing restrictions, give the commission a longer window in which to act and establish an interagency working group that would explore additional actions that might deter robocall scams going forward.
"As the scourge of spoofed calls and robocalls reaches epidemic levels, the bipartisan TRACED Act will provide every person with a phone much needed relief," Senator Ed Markey (D-MA), a cosponsor of the proposed legislation, said in a statement. "It's a simple formula: call authentication, blocking and enforcement, and this bill achieves all three."
With this legislation, the statute of limitations on penalties for robocall violations would be extended from two years to three, and the FCC would be instructed to propose new rules aimed at protecting individuals from receiving calls or messages from those using unauthenticated numbers. Further, an interagency working group -- which would be made up of both federal agencies and state entities such as the Departments of Justice, Commerce, State and Homeland Security, the FCC, the FTC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and state attorneys general -- would be tasked with providing Congress with recommendations regarding both prevention and prosecution of robocall violations as well as strategies for how federal agencies might implement those recommendations.
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Additionally, the TRACED Act would require the FCC to ensure voice service providers implement call authentication frameworks that can verify incoming calls are legitimate before they reach consumers.
"The TRACED Act targets robocall scams and other intentional violations of telemarketing laws so that when authorities do catch violators, they can be held accountable," said Senator John Thune (R-SD), who introduced the bill. "Existing civil penalty rules were designed to impose penalties on lawful telemarketers who make mistakes. This enforcement regime is totally inadequate for scam artists and we need do more to separate enforcement of carelessness and other mistakes from more sinister actors." Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) cosponsored the bill.
In the last year, the FCC has approved new rules targeting robocalls that spoof caller ID information and urged voice providers to begin validating calls before they reach recipients. "Combating illegal robocalls is our top consumer priority at the FCC," Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement earlier this month. "That's why we need call authentication to become a reality -- it's the best way to ensure that consumers can answer their phones with confidence. By this time next year, I expect that consumers will begin to see this on their phones." In May, the FCC issued a robocall operator responsible for 96 million automated calls a $120 million fine.
Via: The Verge
Ron Werner
Member
I created a contact on my phone called "Idiot Telemarketer" , or call it Yelp, whatever, so the next time they call you can choose whether to answer or not. If it was an Idiot, I'll block the number as well.
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