Re: FCC and FTC Demand Cut-Off Robercallers of Coronavirus Scams

[Clayton Zekelman <clayton () MNSi Net>]

Finally, but why did it take a pandemic to get them to do this?

At 07:14 PM 03/04/2020, Sean Donelan wrote:

> A sternly worded, finger-wagging press release.
>
>
> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-ftc-demand-gateway-providers-cut-covid-19-robocall-scammers
>
> [...]
> The FCC¢s Enforcement Bureau and FTC¢s Bureau of 
> Consumer Protection wrote to three gateway 
> providers that are facilitating these scam 
> COVID-19-related robocalls: SIPJoin of Suffolk, 
> Virginia; Connexum of Orange, California; and 
> VoIP Terminator/BLMarketing of Lake Mary, 
> Florida. The companies have been identified by 
> the Traceback Group, a consortium of phone 
> companies that help officials track down suspect 
> calls, managed by the trade association 
> USTelecom. The Commissions also wrote to 
> USTelecom to ask its members to begin blocking 
> calls from these providers if the flood of 
> robocalls is  not cut off within 48 hours.

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