Category: Stalking, Blocked/Restricted Calls, eHarrasment

Stalking, Blocked/Restricted Calls, eHarrasment is more than just annoying, it is menacing and scary – you must act quickly to end it or the situation will escalate. Take action with me as we seek to make criminal the use of call restriction and blocking, if YOU need to block your number when you call someone, then you already know you shouldn’t be calling them.

They are NOT your friends!

Hey, not much time here because I am so busy these days, just wanted to point out how insidious the scam artists of the webernet can be, take a look at this fake “Hallmark” invite?  First off, Hallmark.org is a dead giveaway, but as I showed you guys in previous posts – if you just “mouse over” the link you can see that it is actually asking you to “click here” to an evil I.P address that willkick off what we call an “executable file” (a.k.a. “*.exe”).  I am not going to be your guinea pig here, but I bet it does something pretty awful when you click on it!!

I highlighted the evil in red in the screenshot to the LEFT – Please children?  Warn your mothers?

Don’t click on anything… Make your parents watch “Mars Attacks” repeatedly until they get it… NO, MOM! They are NOT your friends!

First of all you should all have registered here: https://www.donotcall.gov/default.aspx at the National Do Not Call Registry.  So, avid readers, as you are all aware, I have been very much against the use of caller ID blocking be it for Telemarketing purposes or for any associated harassment that would result from the use of caller id blocking, especially frustrated with spoofing and VoIp anonymity.

This week the House of Representatives passed a new bill, an amendment to the 1934 Communications Act to prohibit manipulation of caller identification information, this will outlaw [fingers crossed] the use of *67 , spoof cards and all that other crap I hate.  The proposed bill is only 8 pages long, but every word reassures me of the impact it will have on all of us into the future.

DSLreports writes:

Argh!

Congress has passed a law that bans all spoofing of caller ID identification, be it via traditional phone service or VoIP. The Truth in Caller ID Act of 2010 (pdf copy here) was passed in the House of Representatives this week, and was primarily aimed at scammers who use spoofed phone numbers when pitching bogus wares (you’re probably familiar with the extended auto warranty scams by now.) The language of the bill:

It shall be unlawful for any person within the United States, in connection with any real time voice communications service, regard- less of the technology or network utilized, to cause any caller ID service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information, with the intent to defraud or deceive.

The bill of course contains an exemption for police or federal agencies should they be using the tactic in law enforcement.

I breath a sigh of relief today.  Thank you HOR, now on to Congress!!

I have received such a huge response to these stalker posts, and so many personal stories and questions from readers, regarding calls from blocked numbers and restricted calling.   Look, when you see “Blocked Number” come up on your phone, it is because who ever is on the other end does not want to be identified, which usually indicates something is not right.  They went out of their way to use *67 to block their number or they choose to set their Mobile phone to not share their caller I.D.

Regardless of whether you are being harassed by a stalker, ex-employee, psycho from no where or a telemarketer, who ever it is is not someone calling with your best interest in mind, am I correct?  Of course I am. read this entry »