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

Berny wrote:

>
> Question, Short of asking for a pen register on their line, which
> requires a court order*,  how does the common citizen determine the
> junx sender in order to sue?

You can sue the faxvertiser;  you can sue the faxblaster as a johndoe
and get the faxvertiser to throw the blaster over.  That is, in regular
court, not small claims.  Some can even recognize the fax 'fingerprints'
of common faxblasters who conceal numbers.  Those are civil remedies.

You can also get the cooperation of the telco, I've talked to them.  You
interact with local LE who can 'aid' the telco in taking the necessary
steps without any big court order.  There are laws about telephonic
misbehaviors - so LE gets into it because a law is being broken, then
you get LE to get the telco to help you.  The telco wants to help you,
they just have to obey the law.

Junx suers who are good at it, which includes both attorneys and
non-attorneys who have honed their skills at successfully suing junxers,
hangout in mailing lists and correspond about junx and have private
website resources to discuss and share strategies and information away
from the prying eyes of the junxers who are always snooping on the
strategists.

I used to lurk on a junkfax mailing list, but I haven't in years.  Going
after junxers is considerably more lucrative than going after spammers.

-- 
Mike Easter
kibitzer, not SC admin