> > > https://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-shake-down-robocallers-and-robotexters-for-fun-and-profit/ >
I absolutely endorse this idea. Very early in my career, I worked for a shop that provided network/IT services for a bottom tier debt collector, one of the early innovators of the 'rent-a-lawyer' concept in that industry. It disgusted me to overhear the tactics they used when I was in their offices setting one thing or another up, and I reveled in the schadenfreude when they started getting splashed with such 'stock' FDCPA complaints and losing constantly. On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:25 PM Anne P. Mitchell, Esq. <amitch...@isipp.com> wrote: > > > > On Apr 24, 2020, at 5:36 PM, Jon Lewis <jle...@lewis.org> wrote: > > > > On Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Matthew Black wrote: > > > >> Has anyone else noticed a steep decline in annoying phone calls since > the FCC threatened legal action against three major VOIP gateways if they > didn’t make efforts to prevent > >> Caller ID spoofing from scammers? > > > > Not that it's at all on-topic for NANOG, but no. I still get numerous > "last chance to renew my car warranty" and whatever the scam is from the > credit card callers per day on both my home and cell numbers. > > Well, while we are already engaged in the thread, some of you may be > interested to know (especially if you find yourself with time on your hands > these days), that you *can* actually get money from these scum. In fact, > it turns out that they cave pretty easily because they *know* they are > violating the law, and they *know* what the penalties are. > > In fact, we wrote up how to do it (link below) and I *know* that it works > because I just got myself $1000 out of a text message spammer! > > So, harass those phone spammers for fun *and* profit! ;-) Here's the > write-up I did, feel free to ask me any questions you may have. :-) > > > https://www.theinternetpatrol.com/how-to-shake-down-robocallers-and-robotexters-for-fun-and-profit/ > > Anne > > -- > Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law > Dean of Cyberlaw & Cybersecurity, Lincoln Law School > CEO/President, SuretyMail Email Reputation Certification > Author: Section 6 of the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 (the Federal anti-spam law) > Legislative Consultant, GDPR, CCPA (CA) & CCDPA (CO) Compliance Consultant > Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange > Former Counsel: Mail Abuse Prevention System (MAPS) > >
