Re: Spam Phone Call

["Jerry C. Adams" <midrange@xxxxxxxx>]

Well, that was certainly an interesting read.  I had never heard of such a
thing.

Thanks.

Jerry C. Adams
IBM i Programmer/Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Jones
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:27 AM
To: PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [PCTECH] Spam Phone Call

Well, caller ID Spoofing is a federal crime (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing ) but I wouldn't expect Los
Federales to devote too much attention to it unless it led to actual
fraud/loss.  They're simply too understaffed & overburdened to go after the
small fish in the pond.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Jim Oberholtzer
<midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I would call the local FBI office and let them deal with it.  They can
> find the origin of the phone call by pulling the appropriate records.
> (assumes approval by a judge)   More importantly, if they get a number
> of these complaints, they correlate the data and get after the source.
> FCC does not have the type of law enforcement arm to deal with this.
>
> Jim Oberholtzer
> CEO/Chief Technical Architect
> Agile Technology Architects, LLC
>
>
> On 3/28/2011 6:55 AM, Jerry C. Adams wrote:
> > All of us have, probably, gotten emails that claim our bank account has
> been
> > shutdown for one reason or another, and that we need to log in to
> reactivate
> > it.  Often it references a ban at which we do not even have an account.
>  I
> > know I get at least one of these every week.
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, this weekend I got a call on my cell phone during which an
> obviously
> > pre-recorded message said that my credit union account was shutdown.  As
> you
> > might guess, I don't have such an account.  Another strange thing about
> the
> > call is that the caller id was simply "2000", not an area code and
> phone#,
> > which usually displays for a caller unknown to me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Just wondered if anyone else has encountered this sort of thing, and
what
> > the proper, recommended response would be.  I thought about filing a
> > complaint with the FCC, but what information would I be able to give
> them?
> > The call is still on my "Recent Calls" log, but again all it says is
> "2000".
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jerry C. Adams
> >
> > IBM i Programmer/Analys
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