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Net Phone Customers Brace For 'VoIP Spam'

Posted by timothy on from the you-knew-it-was-on-the-way dept.

XaviorPenguin writes "If you think that Spam in your e-mail inbox is bad, wait until VoIP gets huge! According to a News.CNet.com story, your voice mail box on your Net Phones may be cluttered with ads for Viagra. '"The fear with VoIP spam is you will have an Internet address for your phone number, which means you can use the same tools you use for e-mail to generate traffic," said Tom Kershaw, a vice president at security specialist VeriSign. "That raises automation to scary degrees."' If you think that is scary, you know the Do-Not-Call list that is out by the FTC, yeah, um, people with Net Phones may not be affected by this list and spammers/telemarketers may take this advantage for themselves. "

5 of 226 comments (clear)

  1. Doesn't sound all that bad... by Dominatus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean I'll be getting calls from "barely legal" teens requesting my attendance in viewing them for the low price of $29.99 a month?

    1. Re:Doesn't sound all that bad... by AlexMidn1ght · · Score: 5, Funny

      For some reason I think your wife will disagree...

      "Who the hell is Samantha? She claims remembering you from some party the other night? And apparently she's hot for you!"

      "But honey I assure you I was at work!"

  2. You know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    None of this would happen if everybody just went out and bought herbal viagra and penis enlargement kits. If we all bought some then they wouldn't need to spam us so much.

    So buy! Buy! Buy!!

  3. phone spam by mastergoon · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can't wait to find out how Nigerians pronounce "i HaVe A gReAt BuSiNeSs PrOpOsAl FoR U"

  4. What is this "wife" thing of which you speak? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some reason I think your wife will disagree...

    You must be new here.