On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 11:06:46AM -0600, Bob Tanner wrote: > > Doesn't your > > fax machine/software print the number the message came from on the fax? > > Yes, TSI crap can be forged and with the caller-id forge things now, it's > pointless. The last bunch of junk faxes we got all had the info forged or > faudulant. Contrary to popular belief, the number printed on the top of those faxes is NOT gathered via caller-id, it's sent by the remote system. It's the same process you went through when you setup your fax machine. You're essentially looking at the From: address, and we all know how easy it is to forge that. Get a caller-id box, plug it in in-line, watch the real callerid start. Callerid blocked? Call your telephone company to report it. Most states allow you to file in small claims court to recover the $500/fax, and you can file it against the people for whom the fax was sent. > > > I had received some spam fax at a business once but it at least had a > > number one could call to "make it stop". I called, and surprisingly > > they stopped. YMMV. > > We are seeing the old spammer trick with junk faxes. You call to get off the > list, only to confirm the fax number is legit, and be put on a different junk > fax list. Last resort would be to call the telephone company and tell them you're receiving harassing fax calls, and you would like a trace put on the line. They will log inbound calls, phone # (despite callerid blocking), time/date etc. this can then be handed over to the proper authorities or subpoenaed in court. -- Matthew S. Hallacy FUBAR, LART, BOFH Certified http://www.poptix.net GPG public key 0x01938203 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list