Agree. Intent to deceive or misrepresent is at the heart of spoofing.

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> On Feb 16, 2021, at 12:00 PM, Brooks Bridges <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
>  I would posit that outpulsing a specific ANI with authorization of, and at 
> the request of, the number's owner doesn't really fall under the colloquial 
> understanding of "spoofing".  I think that term is typically used to imply 
> malice or deceit.
> 
> On 2/16/2021 8:44 AM, Carlos Alvarez wrote:
>> But the ridiculous side of this is that there are valid reasons to "spoof" 
>> numbers.  We have two customers who need to do it all the time, and it's 
>> legal, as well as demanded by their customers.
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 9:37 AM <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Legal or not it’s genius. Humans will notice right away and it’ll cost for 
>>> the robocallers.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 16, 2021, at 11:23 AM, Calvin Ellison <[email protected]> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Today we received a notice from one of our underlying carriers that 
>>>> included the following statement:
>>>> 
>>>>> * If a customer spoofs an ANI that they do not own, the clec's can 
>>>>> forward to call to a voiceless Voicemail which appears to be FAS.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Is there any legal device that actually supports this practice? I'm 
>>>> looking for a specific statute, FCC rule, precedent in a judicial ruling, 
>>>> or the like.
>>>> 
>>>> The FCC has ruled that the SIP 608 response code is to be used for 
>>>> signaling when a call is rejected. I doubt the FCC or FTC has ruled that 
>>>> terminating carriers are permitted to cause loss of trust and revenue 
>>>> between upstream intermediate and originating carriers.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Calvin Ellison
>>>> Systems Architect
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> +1 (213) 285-0555
>>>> 
>>>> -----------------------------------------------
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>>>> 5825 Oberlin Drive, Suite 5
>>>> San Diego, CA 92121
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