[Tfug] OT - Telemarketing calls with fraudulent caller ID

[Brian Masur]

I've had a couple of these, one was on saturday august 5th, another a few 
months ago.  The caller ID did look like a strange number now that you 
mention it, the last one was a 682 area code which I'm not sure exists.  
Have you had any go to voicemail?  What I don't understand is why they're in 
spanish.


>From: Adrian <choprboy at dakotacom.net>
>Reply-To: Tucson Free Unix Group <tfug at tfug.org>
>To: tfug at tfug.org
>Subject: [Tfug] OT - Telemarketing calls with fraudulent caller ID
>Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:12:07 -0700
>
>A bit off-topic here... but as TFUG is always a great place to find people
>with diverse background skills.
>
>Has anybody been getting pre-record spanish telemarketing calls from
>fraudulent numbers as of recent? Apparently it is a "you have won a free
>camera" scam of some sort. I have received a number of these in the last
>month, to my cell phone, and just got another, again with a fraudlent CID
>number 231-491-8895. Previous numbers have included 303-720-1234,
>240-861-9988, and 323-483-6532, all fraudulent of course.
>
>My provider, T-Mobile, basically said they couldn't do anything but change 
>my
>phone number, but I kind of expected that. Anybody have a good track with
>somebody in telecom that could start a report or prod a fed into
>investigating? A month ago there was nothing on these calls, now there is a
>bit in Google. Lots to people on the DNC, all from fraudulent numbers.
>
>
>Adrian
>
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