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Robocall scammers
My question for some of the very knowledgeable people here, and Cox, is this: shouldn't the telcos and/or carriers be able to tell if a sent caller id does not match the BAN (Billing Account Number) of the originating PRI circuit? I've worked on numerous PBXs and it's easy enough to send out a different caller id (information element) than the real phone number of the business, but I don't doubt the Telco/carrier keeps track of calls made for billing purposes.
Seems to me that would be an easy enough way to nail these scammers. If there were a registry of spoofed numbers complained about accessible to all the telco/carriers, it seems like the bad guys could be soon nailed.
Cox, think of the kudos you'd get if you helped nail these bothersome callers. Have your developers add a tab on phone tools to report robocalls, enough reports of the same numbers and you could get the FTC involved...especially since you don't want to offer Norobo capability to residential subscribers.
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stinkfoot63
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The fact is that if there were any intention of dealing with this problem they'd do it... but why when the issue presents such a value to phone service providers to sell call blocking services and devices at a profit? Phone scammers and telemarketers are a profit opportunity so don't expect them to go away... and the Do Not Call List- has proven itself to be little more than a placebo button- existing for no other purpose than to create the illusion that something is being done... and you can participate in your own deception to report each call. The bureaucrats must be laughing good at that one.
The best way to deal with unwanted calls is to call screen... scammers and telemarketers will rarely if ever leave a message so let the call go to voice mail or an answering machine. Real callers will leave a message- robocalls might leave the portion of the recorded message that began when the machine picked up. All others will leave a dial tone. Don't waste your time expecting anything useful to be done.
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yak
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Our best hope seems to be a future entrepreneur or inventor who offers this application. When 10,000 people all get the same spam-scam phone call, someone should be able to shut it down. When a competitor draws off customers from the big phone providers, the providers will suddenly clamp down.
I bought a phone that allows me to block 250 numbers as well as "unknown" or "unavailable" or "out of area" calls. I was willing to spend $80 just to slow-down the problem. Imagine what someone could make if they "solved" the problem.
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Health_Edge
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What I used to do when I had Cox telephone was to give out my Google Voice number and then use my Cox phone number as the forwarding line. That way all calls have to go through Google first, allowing you to use their call spam feature. For more info check out Google's support page. Best part is it's free! :-)
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dward5665
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