<div dir="ltr">I got hit with the numbers below last night. I pickup and get just silence for 5-10 seconds and then the line hangs up. Calling back I get an error saying that the mobile phone I've dialed is not accepting calls. <div><br></div><div>0401996173</div><div>0404234730</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Jason.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 May 2018 at 07:19, Matthew Moyle-Croft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmc@mmc.com.au" target="_blank">mmc@mmc.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class=""><div>On 30 Apr 2018, at 2:03 pm, Narelle <<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="m_1381323692624937282Apple-interchange-newline"></span><div><span class=""><div><br></div>The problem is that they are now using genuine third party numbers.<div><br></div><div>And the poor ducks that actually own them end up receiving a million calls in response.</div><div><br></div></span><div>Please everyone - make sure you secure your call servers and ensure good authentication!! Not to mention enforcement of number ownership in your configs…</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This happens because people aren’t validating CLID on interconnects. It’s not really about security and authentication of VOIP infrastructure. It came about because people want to set CLID on outbound calls via carriers that don’t own their numbers. In some ways it’s consumer/business friendly BUT abuse leads to phone calls being a trashfire. In the US it’s meaning that some carriers run all calls through some validation and present some info about whether it’s real or not or the likely actual origin. T-Mobile are doing this - super helpful as you get info on whether it’s a scam or not. HIGHLY recommend Australian carriers get onto this. It’s cut down the amount of dodgy calls in the US a lot recently.</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>MMC</div></font></span><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Narelle </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 1 May 2018, 1:23 AM Chris Watts <<a href="mailto:Chris.Watts@techanalysis.com.au" target="_blank">Chris.Watts@techanalysis.com.<wbr>au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex" id="m_1381323692624937282gmail_block_quote0">
  
    
  
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    Yea got 2 today and one yesterday all were the Telstra scam, you
    know the one... alleging to be from Telstra technical support.<br>
    0403 567 139<br>
    0161 926 190 91<br>
    +91 80-432 640 00<br>
    <br>
    I block them at the pbx so they cant call me from that number again.</div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br>
    Chris.</div><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><br>
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    <div class="m_1381323692624937282m_7797829238854137336moz-cite-prefix">On 1/05/2018 1:05 am, Tom Storey wrote:<br>
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        <div>Im based in London, but a colleague of mine has been
          getting a few calls on his mobile recently from random
          Australian numbers.</div>
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        <div>Random-ish anyway. The last 3 digits seem to be the same,
          although that could be entirely coincidental.</div>
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        0403 595 417
        <div>0401 499 417</div>
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        <div>Does anyone else see the same kind of thing, or am I
          reading way too far in to it?</div>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 23 April 2018 at 07:18, Narelle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>></span>
          wrote:<br>
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              <div>And here is the promised summary of responses! Thanks
                team. Please send any additional commentary to
                narelle.clark "at" <a href="http://accan.org.au" target="_blank">accan.org.au</a>-nospamplease</div>
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              </div>
              <div>Problem statement:</div>
              <div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Consumer
                  reps are hearing a rise in the incidence of VoIP calls
                  faking their caller ID for the purposes of spamming
                  and scamming.</div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Consumers
                  check the caller ID on their handset CND and accept
                  the Australian sourced number, only to find it is a
                  complete scam. This is often tied to the 'missed call
                  scam' but now they are presenting using genuine Aussie
                  phone numbers and the actual owners aren't happy.</div>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Summary
                  of responses:</div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">This
                  could be from a few likely possibilities 1. a local
                  VoIP system has poor security and has been compromised
                  and is being used as a local dialler. 2 incorrect
                  configuration of a VoIP server with incorrect numbers
                  on outbound calls within Australia or 3 outright fraud
                  from overseas VoIP servers presenting as Australian
                  numbers.</div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br class="m_1381323692624937282m_7797829238854137336m_-7473907600810875810gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Ideally,
                    this could be handled similarly to IP address
                    matching within BGP ASes, but not likely to be as
                    simple.</span><br>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">By
                  inference any provider doing so would be in
                  contravention of the ACMA Numbering Plan 2015 Part 2
                  s102 and therefore fines are payable:</div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
                  <div>"s 102 Carriage service provider must not issue a
                    number that it has not been</div>
                  <div>allocated</div>
                  <div>A carriage service provider must not issue a
                    number to a customer unless the</div>
                  <div>carriage service provider holds the number."</div>
                </div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">De-identified
                  responses (some typos corrected):</div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><wbr> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<---------</span>
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                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I'd
                    say that in my experience, most of the time it's not
                    spoofed CID or ANI, rather a compromised set of SIP
                    gateway credentials. Once in, they either don't
                    bother setting CLIP (because it's a scam call) or
                    they set it to something that the caller is likely
                    to pick up - local area code prefix or similar. The
                    side effect of this is the usual network security
                    approach, rather than telephony security - setting
                    up fail2ban, choosing strong passwords, whitelisting
                    source IP's that you know are cool, blacklisting
                    certain countries IP ranges (India...) yada yada.</span>
                  <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
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                  <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Personally,
                    for our call-center kids, we use zendesk for
                    telephony, single-sign-on via gsuite authentication,
                    which in turn is protected by password policies and
                    enforced 2factor auth. Works well. </div>
                  <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
                  </div>
                   --------8<
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<---------</span></div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Most
                    network operators will filter the source CallerID to
                    ensure that only CallerIDs attached to the calling
                    account are able to make a call.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The
                    ACMA is rather strict in regards to this and network
                    operators can face fines if they knowingly allow a
                    'spoofed' callerID without verifying the number
                    owner.</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Most
                    larger network operators/carriers have implemented
                    filtering across their network so if a report of
                    nuisance calls is received they have procedures<span> </span><br>
                  </p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">in
                    place to deal with it quickly.<br>
                  </p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
                  </p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">I
                    would suspect that the calls you are seeing may come
                    from a compromised device or account with the most
                    unlikely being an untrustworthy operator.<br>
                  </p>
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Technically
                    speaking the best you can do is report every case to
                    your provider and police then block the number if
                    it's not a legitimate number.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
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                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><wbr> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<---------</span> </div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br>
                </div>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"> 
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">I
                    would say they are likely coming in from overseas
                    based telco's. All of the Australian based operators
                    that I'm aware of take their responsibility
                    seriously when setting the outbound calling number
                    that calling customer has the right to use that
                    number. We will not set an outbound CLID for our
                    customers unless the inbound is churned to us or the
                    customer has provided proof they own the rights to
                    the number. Like their mobile number for example. </span>
                  <br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
                  <br class="m_1381323692624937282m_7797829238854137336m_-7473907600810875810gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><wbr> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<---------</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> </span>
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                  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Yes
                    I have seen this. Even personally had it</span></span>
                <div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Had
                  the solar grant scam call with its Caller ID as a
                  Gladstone number.  <br>
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                <br class="m_1381323692624937282m_7797829238854137336m_-7473907600810875810gmail-Apple-interchange-newline" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><wbr> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> --------8<</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"> -----<wbr>---8<</span>
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                <div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Unfortunately
                  this is very hard to protect against. Pretty much
                  relying on the source carrier to so their due
                  diligence and actually stop you from setting a number
                  owned by someone else as your caller ID.</div>
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                <div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Unfortunately
                  there are a lot of VoIP providers that don't do this.
                  There are even some VoIP systems that are open to the
                  internet that allow unauthenticated or default
                  user/pass to connect..</div>
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                  often (as in sometimes several times a day) receive
                  scam calls from the 'I'm from Telstra, I regret to
                  inform you we will be cutting off your internet' or
                  'you have a virus I'm calling to help you'  variety,
                  some of them lately showing a obviously dodgy caller
                  ID of 61234567890.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
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                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Verifying
                  caller ID from direct customers is within their range
                  is OK, but  could a large international gateway
                  verify:</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">(a)
                  all caller IDs coming up from customer VoIP networks
                  aggregating throusaands of number ranges from
                  downstream and downstream-of-downstream customer VoIP
                  gateways?</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
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                  - possibly doable, in the same way ISPs require
                  downstream ISPs to register IP address block ranges to
                  get them into a filter before they'll allow the ranges
                  into BGP routing rables</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
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                <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">(b)
                  incoming calls from upstream wholesale suppliers,
                  including international networks, which may or may not
                  have any CLI information at all? In telephone networks
                  looped calls are OK, so it is perfectly ok to recieve
                  a call routing from an international gateway with a
                  Caller ID starting with '+61' or any other country
                  prefix, and to forward it through.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.6px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">
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              <div>Best regards and thanks again for the input</div>
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              <div>Narelle Clark</div>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 1:22
                    PM, Narelle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:narellec@gmail.com" target="_blank">narellec@gmail.com</a>></span>
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                        <div>Hi folks</div>
                        <div>we may be hearing a rise in the incidence
                          of VoIP calls faking their caller ID for the
                          purposes of spamming and scamming.</div>
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                        <div>Consumers check the caller ID on their hand
                          CND and accept the Australian sourced number,
                          only to find it is a complete scam. This is
                          often tied to the 'missed call scam' but now
                          they are using genuine Aussie phone numbers
                          and the genuine owners aren't happy.</div>
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                        <div>From my rusty experience at setting up VoIP
                          systems, you should be able to impose filters
                          on incoming calls  at the network level here
                          the number doesn't match the source - can
                          people please give me a clearer update on this
                          from the trenches?</div>
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                        <div>What are the good housekeeping steps for
                          network operators?</div>
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                        <div>Off list please and I'll summarise the
                          responses,</div>
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                        <div>thanks in advance</div>
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                              Narelle Clark<br>
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