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Any Advanced Methods for Identifying Voip Callers (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by VashPast@alien.top to c/voip@netheads.online

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Spam telemarketing has pretty much been made illegal barring some specific exceptions carved out by the TCPA. So, long story short, every time I manage to identify one of the spam callers calling my phone... I sue them and get paid. It's turning out to be a pretty nice gig. =)

It's really hard to identify some of these spam callers sometimes though. As you might imagine, they hang up when they sense any kind of danger, like asking for company names or website addresses. Right now for example, I have a call back number for this company, it works, but it has a vanilla voicemail and they are never going to call me back.

How could I get the owner of this phone number? Any advanced methods that aren't the whois sites?

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[–] voipcanuck@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would say your best bet is to go along with the caller as if you're interested in whatever they are selling. Play dumb until you can actually get some verifiable information such as "who do I make the cheque out to and where do I mail it?". Also "how do I call you back?" Just make sure you don't give anyone you're actual name or credit card number!

[–] VashPast@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

This has been the method so far. I understand since big companies like Do Not Pay have worked out something like fake credit cards for situations like this, going to try to get one.