Message-ID: <20220503221015.5450B799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 22:10:15 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: FTC settles with VoIP service provider for TSR violations
On April 26, the FTC announced the filing of a proposed consent order
with a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service provider, a related
company, and the company's owner (collectively, "defendants") for
allegedly "help[ing] scammers blast millions of illegal robocalls." In
the complaint the FTC claims that the defendants violated Section 5(a)
of the FTC Act, the Telemarketing Act, and the TSR by continuing to
provide VoIP services to customers despite "knowing or consciously
avoiding knowing" the customers were: (i) using the services to place
calls to numbers on the FTC's Do Not Call (DNC) Registry; (ii)
delivering prerecorded messages; and (iii) displaying spoofed caller
ID services to callers involved in scams related to credit card
interest rate reduction, tech support, and the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=136ad218-9692-4314-9547-1792336398a7
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Message-ID: <20220503221329.AF57A799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 22:13:29 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: How Do Virtual Phone Numbers Work?
A virtual phone number is not dependent on a location. So, you can
make and receive calls from anywhere; as long as you have an internet
connection. Anybody can gain advantages from using virtual phone
numbers, but business owners and entrepreneurs can perhaps benefit the
most. Virtual phone numbers are ideal for remote workers who ...
https://qrius.com/how-do-virtual-phone-numbers-work/
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Message-ID: <20220503133525.07AEC799@telecom2018.csail.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2022 13:35:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bill Horne <malQRMassimilation@gmail.com>
Subject: FTC, DOJ Seek To Enjoin Internet Provider From Facilitating
Illegal Robocalls
by Moorari K. Shah , A.J. Dhaliwal and Katie Daw
On April 26, the DOJ filed a federal complaint on behalf of the FTC
against a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, a related
company, and its owner for allegedly facilitating the transmission of
illegal telemarketing robocalls.
According to the complaint, the companies and owner assisted in the
transmission of millions of robocalls, including calls that they knew
or should have known were scams. Specifically, the company provided
VoIP services despite knowing that its customers were delivering
prerecorded messages and were displaying spoofed caller IDs in various
scams, including scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic, tech support,
and credit card interest rate reduction. Further allegations include
that the company knew its customers were placing calls to numbers on
the FTC's Do Not Call (DNC) Registry. Many of the robocalls originated
overseas, and the company also allegedly failed to prevent the calls
from reaching American consumers.
https://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/it-and-internet/1188988/ftc-doj-seek-to-enjoin-internet-provider-from-facilitating-illegal-robocalls?email_access=on
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