From Somerville News Weekly: TELEMARKETERS MUST SHOW REAL NUMBER

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TELEMARKETERS MUST SHOW REAL PHONE NUMBER by thesomervillenewsweekly By Bob Katzen The Telecommunications, Utilities and Energy Committee held a virtual hearing on a bill that would prohibit "spoofing," a practice used by telemarketing companies to have a phony telephone number show up on a consumer's Caller ID. The company’s intent is to deceive, defraud or obtain anything of value, including financial resources or personal identifying information, from the consumer. Current law only prohibits the telemarketers from preventing their phone number from appearing on Caller ID but doesn’t address the legitimacy of the phone number that appears on Caller ID. Read more of this post thesomervillenewsweekly | December 20, 2021 at 10:38 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: https://wp.me/p3W9T6-ngI