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Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Recently, our office has received alerts of an uptick in spoofing calls. Spoofed calls are when a call appears to be coming from one number, but…

Release date: 5/7/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt proposed rules on enforcement against caller ID spoofing on calls originating overseas and spoofing

…we have received more than 5,000 complaints about telemarketing and do not call violations – out of an approximate 20,000 complaints each year. “Spoofing” allows scammers to disguise their identities,…

…year, phone companies were required to implement STIR/SHAKEN – caller ID authentication technology to combat spoofing by ensuring that telephone calls originate from verified numbers. Because the technology prevents robocallers…

…to implement STIR/SHAKEN, caller ID authentication technology that combats spoofing by ensuring that telephone calls originate from verified numbers. This technology was an important part of the Anti-Robocall Principles. Because…

…of real deputies and spoofing the phone number to make it appear as if it’s coming from the sheriff’s office. Law enforcement scams are a common way for scammers to…

…move up this deadline for smaller companies to adopt STIR/SHAKEN, which prevents callers from spoofing their numbers. “People are sick and tired of robocalls, and they want action,” said Attorney…

…implement network-level call blocking, combat caller ID spoofing on their networks with STIR/SHAKEN technology, confirm the identify of commercial customers, analyze and monitor high-volume network traffic consistent with robocalls, investigate…

…implement call blocking and call authentication solutions that would protect consumers from illegal robocalls and spoofing. Attorney General Stein’s comments to the FCC come after he led a bipartisan public-private…

…disaster grant. Don’t rely on caller ID to decide if a call is trustworthy. Scammers will use a fake phone number or caller ID spoofing technology to make their calls…