INET will not stop spamming me

[maxd]

... If you are still curious about these emails feel free to PM me....

Sorry but I've already said, PM or email me and we'll take it from there. It's not up to me to chase you down to solve your problem.

[BMWSTACK]

Sorry but I've already said, PM or email me and we'll take it from there. It's not up to me to chase you down to solve your problem.

I have already received a message from Inet that they would make sure handled this time. Sorry if I gave you the impression that I want you to "chase me down", but its actually the opposite. I know you have bigger issues to tackle and really didnt want you to waste time on this. I wrote "if you were curious" just in case this information was important for your own records. Thanks again for the offer to help and will definetely email or pm you if I need help with it in the future.

[GrandMaster]

It is certainly possibly to spoof caller id, there are companies advertising such services. If a company were the victim of such spoofing, it should be able to produce its own phone records showing that it did not make those calls and therefore it would not be fined.

A recent article about this issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/us...uped.html?_r=1.

[BMWSTACK]

A recent article about this issue: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/us...uped.html?_r=1.

I typically get at least 1 telemarketing call a day, and they always have the fake ID on there. I typically dont see a name, but the # that is always displayed is a spoof. The caller ID # that is normally shown is typically a dead #. I have tried to call back a number of times and they are always bad #'s. I remember I had seen a service that would allow you to type any # you wanted to have it shown on someones caller ID.

[vinylweatherman]

I typically get at least 1 telemarketing call a day, and they always have the fake ID on there. I typically dont see a name, but the # that is always displayed is a spoof. The caller ID # that is normally shown is typically a dead #. I have tried to call back a number of times and they are always bad #'s. I remember I had seen a service that would allow you to type any # you wanted to have it shown on someones caller ID.

As with email spam, users need the tools to fight back. A programmable phone would be a start, as it would then be possible to construct something along the lines of the spam filter that could adapt to changing tactics. What is wanted is software that dumps suspicious caller ID calls straight to voicemail WITHOUT setting off the ringer, yet be clever enough to let in legitimate calls. Maybe even allowing cartain types of calls through at certain times of day, for example, a local business is unlikely to call you at night, so such a call could well be a spoofed caller ID. Operating a whitelist should be easier, and having separate ringtones for different incoming calls, something already available on many handsets, the rest go to a null (silent) ringtone, so you can ignore the call without being disturbed and stressed by the ringer going off. A "set last caller as unwanted" function would also be useful.
The problem is that phone providers are in bed with the nuisance call industry, so refuse to supply the necessary tools at exchange level. The best you can get is to have a blocklist of up to 10 individual numbers, and you have to pay for this every month.

Maybe the best solution would be a VoIP landline, the same trick they use to spoof the caller ID, and have your PC as your programmable phone.

Ideally, the regulator should insist that certain defence tools be made available free of charge to subscribers so that they can defend their right NOT to receive such calls, rather than worry so much about the right to call that many companies are trying to protect.

Reading several articles on this, the time has come when phone companies and regulators can no longer say "this is impossible" to complainants.