<div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Why do we assume the caller has the right to place calls from the number he’s using?</div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">If you can call him back and reach him at the number from which he is calling, then I would have a stronger reason to believe that he actually has the right place calls from that number.</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">But in the absence of good evidence that he has right to place calls from that number, this sounds like an attempt to get your assistance to prevent a different person from being able to place calls. I would make a complaint to your state attorney general office; that’s where most of the Telecom fraud and scam investigations are occurring in the USA. If there is anything at all that has been said that was misleading, or the caller doesn’t have the right to call from that number, that could qualify as criminal fraud.</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 13:40 Paul Timmins via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="line-break:after-white-space">I wonder if the plan is to spoof a victim's number and get people to block someone who is about to be victimized to prevent them from complaining or stopping some form of fraud that they're planning.<div><br></div><div>Did the stir/shaken header on this call indicate it came from Verizon Wireless?</div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><br>
<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Sep 19, 2023, at 1:31 PM, Christopher Aloi via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr">Here is another link if that one didn't work - <div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0dff3yxAUUyWu_Nd9ddlMGY8w#2023%5FSeptember%5F19%5F095014%5FEST-EDT%5FInbound%5F4845791377%5F7169616161%5F714" target="_blank">https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0dff3yxAUUyWu_Nd9ddlMGY8w#2023%5FSeptember%5F19%5F095014%5FEST-EDT%5FInbound%5F4845791377%5F7169616161%5F714</a><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 1:19 PM Christopher Aloi <<a href="mailto:ctaloi@gmail.com" target="_blank">ctaloi@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I appreciate the concern, and the thought crossed our minds. He called twice and once ended up in sales and once in support and he didn't seem to be interested in who he spoke with. <div><br></div><div>Here is a recording of the call..</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://vaspian-my.sharepoint.com/personal/caloi_vaspian_com/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fcaloi%5Fvaspian%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2023%5FSeptember%5F19%5F095014%5FEST%2DEDT%5FInbound%5F4845791377%5F7169616161%5F714%2Emp3&ga=1" target="_blank">https://vaspian-my.sharepoint.com/personal/caloi_vaspian_com/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fcaloi%5Fvaspian%5Fcom%2FDocuments%2F2023%5FSeptember%5F19%5F095014%5FEST%2DEDT%5FInbound%5F4845791377%5F7169616161%5F714%2Emp3&ga=1</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 1:12 PM Carlos Alvarez via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div dir="ltr">
Is it possible that he’s fixated on a specific employee? Not to be alarmist, but it’s worth asking around. I once had a situation where I noticed some crazy calling activity in a log, just by coincidence, and found that an employee was being stalked/harassed.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sep 19, 2023 at 10:08:33 AM, Christopher Aloi via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<br></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Ha! He did say "he has no self control". Maybe just someone with some mental challenges.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 1:05 PM Alex Balashov via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Does your company provide anything of interests to addicts, or anyone with a compulsive habit they are trying to kick? (e.g. compulsive shopping for new VoIP handsets)<br>
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> On Sep 19, 2023, at 12:52 PM, Christopher Aloi via VoiceOps <<a href="mailto:voiceops@voiceops.org" target="_blank">voiceops@voiceops.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hey All,<br>
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> I have a new one.<br>
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> We (hosted phone provider) have received three calls today from an individual asking us to block him from calling our company. I can't figure out his end game. He's tried multiple times and didn't explain why when questioned. He said multiple times he wanted his number to be blocked from calling our company.<br>
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> Thoughts?<br>
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> Could it be a social engineering attempt? What for?<br>
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> Chris<br>
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