[130619] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Scam telemarketers spoofing our NOC phone number for callerid
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (FEARGAL_LEDWIDGE@CRGL-THIRDPARTY.C)
Wed Oct 6 17:23:57 2010
From: FEARGAL_LEDWIDGE@CRGL-THIRDPARTY.COM
To: scott@doc.net.au, nanog@nanog.org
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 16:22:50 -0500
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From: scott@doc.net.au [mailto:scott@doc.net.au]=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: Scam telemarketers spoofing our NOC phone number for callerid
>There were some laws passed recently which makes "faking" caller-id illega=
l,
>although I'm not sure exactly what the details are (eg, I'm fairly sure
>sending your cell phone number from a desk phone is fine as you own both o=
f
>them).
In the US - it's not quite law yet.=20
The bill in question is H.R. 1258: Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010. It was p=
assed by the house in April 2010 - but has not yet been passed by the Senat=
e. A similar bill was passed by the Senate previously - so it's only a matt=
er of time.
Specifically - the bill will make it illegal "to cause any caller ID servic=
e to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information."
Changing your caller-id for legitimate non-nefarious purposes will still be=
allowed.
Feargal
