[ARC5] Spammers...

[Jim Haynes]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2015, Glen Zook via ARC5 wrote:

J> There is a similar "no call" list here in the United States.  That does 
cJut down the number of unwanted calls considerably.  However, there are 
stJill those companies that ignore this list even though there are severe 
penalties for violating this.
> One thing that these callers now do is to "spoof" the caller i.d. system 
> an put what seems to be individuals, organizations, etc., instead of 
> their real name.  The telephone number is also spoofed to prevent 
> someone from calling back and identifying the caller or to use the 
> number for filing a complaint.  Doing such is very easy these days using 
> a computer. Glen, K9STH

I keep wondering why it isn't possible for the FTC to mandate a
non-spoofable caller-ID as a solution to the problem.

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