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There are some PSTN gateway providers that you can basically makeup your outgoing CID on. Les.net used to let me do that for example - no validation. Twilio is
by djbusby 5y ago
There are some PSTN gateway providers that you can basically makeup your outgoing CID on. Les.net used to let me do that for example - no validation.
Twilio is doing their own enforcement to help their reputation.
- wildrhythms 5y agoThese gateway providers, in addition to simply spoofing the outgoing number, will also sell blocks of legitimate domestic numbers to the scammers- knowingly- to use for callback numbers. Truly disgusting https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/district-court-enters-permanent-injunction-shutting-down-telecom-carriers-who-facilitated https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/district-court-enters-permane...
- djbusby 5y agoYea, I wasn't tryna call anyone out, there are legit use-case and I like Twilio approach and yet, it's so easy so fake a CID :(