Re: Falsified caller IDs (was Re: [ot] Busted a telemarketer!)

"Berny" <[email protected]> Tue, 16 May 2006 12:14:03 -0500
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"Kenneth Brody" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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SNIP
> What I'd like to know is how they convinced the telco to pass false
> caller ID data to the recipient.  (I sometimes get "999-999-9999".)

Well I can't answer that question, but when my wife or daughter call with
skype from the Middle East, it registers as 000 123-4567 on the CNID. And I
keep hearing it is trivial to fake the CNID,, which is apparently what most
FAX spammers do.