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FCC Ups Penalties For Caller ID Spoofing

Posted by timothy on from the spoofing-needs-no-scarequotes dept.

GovTechGuy writes "The FCC adopted new rules on Thursday that would significantly increase the penalties for individuals or organizations that alter their caller ID information to commit fraud or with other harmful intent. The new rules allow the FCC to fine violators $10,000 per violation plus more for every day it continues. Users can still change their caller ID info as long as it's not for fraud or harmful purposes."

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  1. It doesn't matter by Trailer+Trash · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I get sometimes 3 or 4 calls in one day from "Account Services", a scam company that tries to get credit card info from people. I'm on the do-not-call list, and they sometimes even call my cell phone. They do robo calls and they spoof caller id. It's illegal in many different ways.

    But I can't get the FCC to pay any attention to them, and I've tried.

    They might as well up the penalties to $5 Trillion + death penalty. It doesn't matter. If you're not going to enforce it the actual penalty is irrelevant.

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    Do you have ESP?