Honestly, most carriers I've talked to are fed up as well, and just want to find a way to make it stop. As some one said, it's exactly like BCP38 --- the carriers that care keep their clients from spoofing caller id, etc. The ones that don't make everyone else look bad.
-----Original Message----- From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedc...@dessus.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 7:04pm To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: RE: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls? Why would the carriers want to do anything? They are making money from call termination fees. --- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume. >-----Original Message----- >From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Sean >Pedersen >Sent: Wednesday, 4 April, 2018 08:45 >To: nanog@nanog.org >Subject: RE: Are any of you starting to get AI robocalls? > >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 > > >-- >William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us >Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
