Yep. Add it to the list of IRS scams, fake arrest warrants, credit repair, free 
vacations, etc. The rate of calls has increased dramatically in the past year, 
especially with the "neighborhood scam" where they spoof their CLID to a local 
area code and prefix + 0000 through 9999 and blast you with calls, trying to 
trick you into thinking it's someone local and thus important or legitimate.

I have a second phone I use for work and on-call, so that goes on DND from 6PM 
to 6AM with a VIP list of people/numbers that can ring through. No problems 
there, and somehow that number isn't (yet) on anyone's list, so I don't get 
many calls.

On my personal cell, I started to use an app called Hiya that has been pretty 
successful. It's available for both iPhone and Android. It powers a lot of the 
carrier-specific apps like AT&T Call Protect, but unlike them, it doesn't suck. 
It's a giant database of reports that rate calling numbers and classify them as 
fraud, scam, neighborhood spoofing, etc. and you can flag them or route them 
right to voicemail. The only time it doesn’t work is when it hasn't updated its 
list in a little while and a few sneak through. They just realized a premium 
version that added some features. I haven't explored it yet.

Went from about 20 calls a week to almost nothing.

Carriers seem to be either uncapable or unwilling to address the issue other 
than the occasional lip-service reply about "taking customer's $variable 
seriously." 

-----Original Message-----
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of William Herrin
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2018 3:32 PM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls?

Howdy.

Have any of you started to get AI robocalls? I've had a couple of
calls recently where I get the connect silence of a predictive dialer
followed by a woman speaking with call center background noise. She
gives her name and asks how I'm doing. The first time it happened it
seemed off for reasons I can't quite articulate, so I asked: "Are you
a robot or a person?" She responded "yes" and then launched in to a
sales pitch. The next time I asked, "where can I direct your call?"
She responded "that's good" and launched in to her pitch.

Regards,
Bill Herrin


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