[plug] block lists for phones

[Brad Campbell]

On 9/7/23 19:31, Brad Campbell wrote:
> On 6/7/23 20:15, William Kenworthy wrote:
>> Thanks Onno, interesting but not what I was after.  I am looking for a list of Australian spam numbers - the pbx is behind a firewall with only the upstream IP/port able to access it so its numbers coming through the VoIP provider I am after.
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> That way madness lie. They spoof caller ID. I've had people call me back that I've never called. Once we started investigating it all became apparent.
> Same way I've called people back. Friends and family have had the same thing, so there's no real way to create a "list" as the numbers they appear to come from aren't the actual source numbers.
> 

Obviously as penance for posting that, this week I've had 3 people call me back because someone has used my number for Caller ID. Lovely people to chat to, and apparently at the time the weather in Brisbane was nice.



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