[outages] [EXTERNAL] Re: Sudden influx of calls from 415 area code

[Dovid Bender]

That number is clearly not a valid number. AFAIK a NXX must match
[2-9][0-9][0-9]. From what I recall the FCC now allows carriers to reject
calls they think are spam. Step on is to drop calls with invalid ANI.



On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 5:35 PM Chapman, Brad (NBCUniversal) via Outages <
outages at outages.org> wrote:

> I got a scam call from 800-042-2213, with a pre-recorded message telling
> me that my social security number had been disabled.
>
> I'd wager that another bank of scammers has spun up a new host and started
> robodialing.
>
>
> On 5/21/19, 2:33 PM, "Outages on behalf of Dan Gamble via Outages" <
> outages-bounces at outages.org on behalf of outages at outages.org> wrote:
>
>     We saw similar on our T1 trunks but from 608 area code.  Ours were a
> mandarin language message telling us that our DHL package was ready for
> pickup. It appears to have only tried our range once and left Voicemails
> for the people who didn’t pick up.
>
>     Dan Gamble
>     System Engineer
>
>     wave
>     dgamble at wavebroadband.com<mailto:dgamble at wavebroadband.com>
>
>     From: Outages <outages-bounces at outages.org> on behalf of "McCloskey,
> William via Outages" <outages at outages.org>
>     Reply-To: "McCloskey, William" <William.McCloskey at surescripts.com>
>     Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 2:16 PM
>     To: outages <outages at outages.org>
>     Subject: [outages] Sudden influx of calls from 415 area code
>
>     We just saw a sudden influx of calls (hundreds to a wide range of
> DIDs) from 415 area codes to our sip trunks and a few unrelated cell phones
> within the last 15-20 minutes. Any idea what's going on?
>
>     Will McCloskey
>
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