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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I can confirm we’ve seen fraud to this NPANXX also on our carrier network. In our case, a customer PBX was hacked and all of their call paths were filled with never-ending calls to random numbers in this exchange. In our case also, all calls answered with dead air. The calls stayed up until we killed them. Most LD companies don’t seem to terminate to this exchange at all, but Level 3 did for a high price. That was expensive; we had assumed that the FCC’s ICC reform had done away with high-cost domestic destinations. We block this NPANXX now, and have never had a complaint about it being blocked.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mike Ray, MBA, CNE, CTE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Astro Companies, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>11523 Palm Brush Trail #401<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Lakewood Ranch, FL 34202<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>DIRECT: call or text 941 600-0207<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.astrocompanies.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>http://www.astrocompanies.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> VoiceOps <voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Dawson<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2019 6:25 PM<br><b>To:</b> Paul Timmins <paul@timmins.net>; voiceops@voiceops.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] 605-562 - Arbitrage scam?<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jumping in on this one late – Pine Ridge is most well-known for the Ogala Lakota reservation that is located there. Numbers are in fact owned by Native American Telecom which is tribally owned and has had traffic pumping charges levelled against them as someone else mentioned. Payday lenders have used tribal law for years to get around usury laws, there was one company that was charging something like 900% effective interest. Repayment on a $10k loan was something like $75k. Wondering if they can somehow skirt Federal telecom law too?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Paul, you are 100% correct – any fraud detection system that is only looking at International destinations would not pick it up . . . you definitely need something that can, at a minimum, be configured to look at call velocity and volume to US destinations. I can make a recommendation if you are interested.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rob<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org">voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org</a>> on behalf of Paul Timmins <<a href="mailto:paul@timmins.net">paul@timmins.net</a>><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 4:54 PM<br><b>To: </b>Matthew Yaklin <<a href="mailto:myaklin@firstlight.net">myaklin@firstlight.net</a>>, "<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [VoiceOps] 605-562 - Arbitrage scam?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;background:white'>Yeah, what makes it notable in this case is it seems like it's dead air calls and hacked phones like traditional international fraud, not free conference call services.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 5/29/19 4:16 PM, Matthew Yaklin wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Nevermind.. you meant interstate calling fraud detection systems I assume. Sorry. Please ignore me. I just reread again.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id=Signature><div id=divtagdefaultwrapper><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Bold;color:#000048'>Matthew Yaklin</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"helveticaneue",serif;color:#000048'>Network Engineer</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Bold;color:#AEFF00'>FirstLight</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D7'>359 Corporate Drive │ Portsmouth, NH 03801</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"helveticaneue",serif;color:#000048'>Mobile 603-845-5031</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"helveticaneue",serif;color:#000048'><a href="mailto:myaklin@firstlight.net">myaklin@firstlight.net</a> | <a href="http://www.firstlight.net">www.firstlight.net</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Italic;color:black'>This email may contain FirstLight confidential and/or privileged information. 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Delivery of this message is not intended</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Italic;color:black'>to waive any applicable privileges.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> VoiceOps <a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org"><voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org></a> on behalf of Matthew Yaklin <a href="mailto:myaklin@firstlight.net"><myaklin@firstlight.net></a><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 29, 2019 4:14:02 PM<br><b>To:</b> Paul Timmins; <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [VoiceOps] 605-562 - Arbitrage scam?</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Paul,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Why do you mention international toll fraud when that is an area code and exchange for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Pine Ridge South Dakota?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>And just imagining how small that company must be wouldn't a logical guess be more like they just messed up in some fashion?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>But in your defense that telecom company is fishy and Sprint tried to sue them. I am not sure what ended up happening. Typical crap with free conf stuff and having traffic sent to a high cost area...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div id="x_Signature"><div id="x_divtagdefaultwrapper"><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Bold;color:#000048'>Matthew Yaklin</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"helveticaneue",serif;color:#000048'>Network Engineer</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Bold;color:#AEFF00'>FirstLight</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0078D7'>359 Corporate Drive │ Portsmouth, NH 03801</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"helveticaneue",serif;color:#000048'>Mobile 603-845-5031</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"helveticaneue",serif;color:#000048'><a href="mailto:myaklin@firstlight.net">myaklin@firstlight.net</a> | <a href="http://www.firstlight.net">www.firstlight.net</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Italic;color:black'>This email may contain FirstLight confidential and/or privileged information. 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Delivery of this message is not intended</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:HelveticaNeue-Italic;color:black'>to waive any applicable privileges.</span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#212121'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" align=center></div><div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> VoiceOps <a href="mailto:voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org"><voiceops-bounces@voiceops.org></a> on behalf of Paul Timmins <a href="mailto:paul@timmins.net"><paul@timmins.net></a><br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 29, 2019 3:50:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [VoiceOps] 605-562 - Arbitrage scam?</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is anyone else seeing lots of long duration calls to the 605-562 <br>exchange that when you dial the respective number, it supervises to dead <br>air?<br><br>Seems like a new kind of toll fraud that international fraud detection <br>systems won't catch.<br><br>-Paul<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>VoiceOps mailing list<br><a href="mailto:VoiceOps@voiceops.org">VoiceOps@voiceops.org</a><br><a href="https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops">https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/voiceops</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>