[VoiceOps] Sophisticated Voice-Response Robocalls

[Merve Sahin]

Hi,

You may find some related information here:
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/04/the-new-spam-interactive-robo-calls-from-the-cloud-as-cheap-as-e-mail/

Merve

On 12/11/2015 05:19 PM, Peter Beckman wrote:
> I know hunting down and stopping the calls isn't worth my time.
> 
> I'm more interested in the technology they are using and who has built it
> and who provides it as a service.
> 
> Beckman
> 
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015, Aaron Seelye wrote:
> 
>> FWIW, the number you saw on caller ID really doesn't mean anything.  I
>> get emails/calls from people complaining to me that one of our
>> customers is spam calling them, only to find that the number isn't
>> allocated to anyone, and didn't even touch our switch.  It's too much
>> of a PITA to really trace down how a call got to you, and the trail
>> would likely die when you hit an account that was made elsewhere with
>> a stolen CC or was made from overseas.
>>
>> -Aaron
>>
>> On 12/11/15 6:53 AM, Peter Beckman wrote:
>>> I just got a pretty sophisticated voice-response robocall.
>>>
>>>      Caller: "Hello is Jen there?" (My wife's name. Coincidence or
>>> intentional?)
>>>
>>>          Me: "I'm sorry, Who is this?"
>>>
>>>      Caller: "Oh sorry I was calling for either of you. This is Debbie
>>>              [something] and I'm calling about ... [sales pitch for
>>> something]"
>>>
>>>          Me: "Excuse me, could you tell me what 5 plus 7 is?"
>>>
>>>      Caller: "Oh well then I'll call back later, OK?"
>>>
>>>          Me: "No."
>>>
>>>      Caller: "OK, bye."
>>>
>>> Now I could tell that these were recordings pretty quickly, but I had to
>>> throw a Turing Test at it to be sure. The call and audio quality was
>>> good,
>>> and frankly, I was impressed, right until the anger flooded in about it
>>> being a robocall.
>>>
>>> Anyone else experience the same? Know who the provider is?
>>>
>>> http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-206-777-1088
>>>
>>> Beckman
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>>> Peter Beckman                                                 
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> Peter Beckman                                                  Internet Guy
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