full-disclosure - War Dialing, Spoofed(?) Phone Number [area code 786], and calls across the US

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Date: Fri Mar 10 14:30:27 2006
From: michael.holstein at csuohio.edu (Michael Holstein)
Subject: War Dialing,	Spoofed(?) Phone Number [area
	code 786], and calls across the US

Caller-ID spoofing is trivial if you've got a digital (eg: T-1) line 
where you can send your own call signaling. It's also made much easier 
by several (mis)configured VoIP services -- if you have access to the 
SIP gateway of one, and run something like Asterisk, you can send any 
number you want along with your call.

Caller-ID is like the return address on an envelope. Totally unimportant 
for call delivery, and you can write anything you want there.

~Mike.

Steven wrote:
> I debated about posting this to FD but it seems about as good of a place 
> as any to ask about this and perhaps someone can fill in the blanks.  I 
> got a call the other from the number 786-718-9058 and when I answered, 
> it was a message in Spanish which I couldn't really hear and didn't 
> understand.  That was the end of it.  Well then it called again 5 days 
> later and got my voicemail and left the same message it had the other 
> day when I answered the phone.  The message says the following:
> 
> "Usted a agotado todas las opciones. Esta semana sera desconectada. 
> Gracias".
> 
>  
> 
> Which apparently translates to:
> 
> "You've terminated all the options. You'll be disconnected this weekend. 
> Thanks"
> 
>  
> 
> Now I tried to call the number back only to find that it has been 
> disconnected or so my cell provider says.  At this point I took to the 
> Internet and got your standard reverse search of:
> 
> *The phone number "(786) 718-9058" is based in **Miami**, **FL** and the 
> registered carrier is Commpartners, Llc - Fl.*
> 
> 
> I then Googled the phone number to find out that this thing has been 
> calling all across the US.  Various people have reported that this 
> number asks them to press one, or is some sort of other scam.  This has 
> lead me to think the number is spoofed and is perhaps someone's attack 
> on a person's legitimate cell phone number.  However, the calls have 
> apparently been going on for months, back to a time when you could call 
> the number back and get a voicemail belonging to someone named John.  I 
> am wondering if perhaps a VoIP box somewhere or something to this affect 
> has been infected and is doing this.  I am wondering if any of you have 
> any insight on this or have any idea.
> 
> Here is a page with some more info and testimonials from hundreds of 
> other people across the country getting these calls:
> 
> http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/26/153054.php
> 
>  
> 
> There does not appear to be any link between areas, phone providers, or 
> even phone numbers.  A few people have said that their phone number is 
> one off from their family member's and they have not received a call.  
> Other's have the same thing and report that their family member got the 
> same call a few moments later.  No idea what's up with this.
> 
>  
> 
> Anyway -- if anyone knows or wants to find out and succeeds - please let 
> me know what's up.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks
> 
>  
> 
> Steven
> 
> 
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