T-Mobile Begins Verifying Calls To Protect Against Spam (theverge.com)

Posted by msmash on Thursday January 10, 2019 @07:25AM from the for-what-it-is-worth dept.

T-Mobile is beginning to roll out support for call verification technology, which will confirm that a phone call is actually coming from the number listed on caller ID. From a report: Now, if one T-Mobile subscriber calls another T-Mobile subscriber, the person receiving the call will see a message saying "Caller Verified" if they have a supported phone. Unfortunately, there's only one supported phone -- Samsung Galaxy Note 9 -- for the time being. Call verification won't put a stop to spammy phone calls, but it will start to help people identify which calls are actually coming from real people. As anyone with a phone knows, spammers have relentlessly spoofed local phone numbers in recent years, making it appear that you're getting an incoming call from someone you may know. Call verification is meant to combat that.

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What about spam calls "from" my phone number? by UnknownSoldier · 2019-01-10 07:47 · Score: 5, Insightful

It's disgusting that in this day and age we have to put up with spam calls that appear to be coming from the SAME bloody phone number as our phones!
I guess the telcos are more interested in money then respecting customer's time.
What can customers do to change the situation since the FCC appears to be doing fuck all about it ?