FCC to Consider New Rules to Combat International Scam Robocalls

Wed Apr 27 22:33:15 UTC 2022

On 4/27/22 2:41 PM, Sean Donelan wrote:
> I've noticed a few (small number) of robocalls have started spoofing 
> international phone numbers instead of local phone numbers.  I don't 
> know if this is because telephone gateways are doing a better job at 
> blocking neighbor caller ID spoofing -- or something else.
>
>
>
> https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-consider-new-rules-combat-international-scam-robocalls 
>
> WASHINGTON, April 27, 2022
>
> [...]
> The new rules, if adopted at the FCC’s May 19 Open Meeting, would 
> require gateway providers to participate in robocall mitigation, 
> including blocking efforts, take responsibility for illegal robocall 
> campaigns on their networks, cooperate with FCC enforcement efforts, 
> and quickly respond to efforts to trace illegal robocalls to their 
> source. Under the proposed Report and Order, non-compliance by a 
> gateway provider would result in that provider being removed from the 
> Robocall Mitigation Database and subject to mandatory blocking by 
> other network participants, essentially ending its ability to operate. 
> [...]

So I have a question. Suppose that I wanted to report a call as being 
spam to my provider, say. With email, I can just send them a message 
with the full headers since it's in my inbox. There isn't the equivalent 
for an inbox for voip, so that would require the provider to keep 
records of the signaling, right? I mean it could be kept on the phone if 
it's terminating SIP, but it seems like the provider keeping records 
would be more efficient. What I want is a spam button on the ones that 
it doesn't say are a scam.

Mike