FCC and FTC Demand Cut-Off Robercallers of Coronavirus Scams

Sat Apr 4 17:19:08 UTC 2020

Sadly I've discovered that >95% of scammers have caught on to lenny by 
now, and hang up within the first few seconds of hearing him.

I guess they've been thoroughly lenny'd already so he's no longer 
effective.

-Dan

On Fri, 3 Apr 2020, JASON BOTHE via NANOG wrote:

> I just need my phone to have a warm transfer button with or without supervision to Lenny https://toao.net/595-lenny
>
>> On Apr 3, 2020, at 18:40, Grimes, Greg <greg.grimes at msstate.edu> wrote:
>>
>> ï»¿
>> I was thinking the EXACT same thing!!
>>
>> --
>> Greg Grimes
>> Senior Network Analyst
>> Information Technology Services
>> Mississippi State University
>> 662-325-9311(w)
>>
>> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org> on behalf of Clayton Zekelman <clayton at MNSi.Net>
>> Sent: Friday, April 3, 2020 6:21:43 PM
>> To: Sean Donelan <sean at donelan.com>; nanog at nanog.org <nanog at nanog.org>
>> Subject: Re: FCC and FTC Demand Cut-Off Robercallers of Coronavirus Scams
>>
>>
>> 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://secure-web.cisco.com/1LWeqrXLGvJdEBzB1uFe8kj9AI4aQYKo58pr0a7HHabjzZjlUFhbYW9sw_3phNW8RRZcfh4T01zhFWJzwlT5koYKFBC0X9DhlUbUeWJCpcaJDWoGiw4jEvVGWiHMyWhb-DgXaHwKqs4DEaqsgXzJvXllUvcmj0hqGdV7dPWOJjhFPMUEnjT8Grl3W7MQ7A5v1nC1W9_K01pTSV8PsbPRjlTzYrA20dcqjx74JJSmlZDRnMsoPxJoZcH2jQ00PAsRaeGGdnA4EE5KwbCYlUu4M0UhYHkKmOkfjSJjZyBfAALCJQveH8qYnTfkSoI5OzVKm1aapZq23qJsbv8OReeHk8w/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcc.gov%2Fdocument%2Ffcc-ftc-demand-gateway-providers-cut-covid-19-robocall-scammers
>>>
>>> [...]
>>> The FCCÂ¢s Enforcement Bureau and FTCÂ¢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.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Clayton Zekelman
>> Managed Network Systems Inc. (MNSi)
>> 3363 Tecumseh Rd. E
>> Windsor, Ontario
>> N8W 1H4
>>
>> tel. 519-985-8410
>> fax. 519-985-8409
>>
>>
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